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NinerSix said:I don't remember being consulted about this, I would have taken them!
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We don't get "consulted" on quite a number of problems.
NinerSix said:I don't remember being consulted about this, I would have taken them!
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Jim Seggie said:We don't get "consulted" on quite a number of problems.
NinerSix said:I am being facetious, of course. I'll paraphrase someone else: Non end user dictating end user requirements. Drives me up the ******* wall, but I refuse to give up and be silenced.
Jim Seggie said:I figured that
Like rucksacks...every time we get a new one, the bright ones equate that to "the troops can carry MORE kit now".
Thucydides said:And agree that before we even get a single new dime we need to identify and eliminate lots of waste in the system, especially the bottlenecks that slow down decision making. If we did that, raising defense spending to 2% of GDP would actually look more like raising it to 2.5%.
Kat Stevens said:Pith helmets and cross belts for the army, square rig for the navy, and long leather dusters and flying helmets for the fly guys. Martini-Henry SARP project finally gets off the ground.
E.R. Campbell said:Quite right, Kat, we need to get back to real soldiering.
By the way, the fellow in the pith
helmet is Air Chief Marshal Sir Henry
Robert Moore Brooke-Popham, the
other fellow was one of the tiny handful
of truly brilliant generals of the 20th
century - a select group that does not
include Currie, Haig, Foch, Hindenburg,
Pershing, Patton, Montgomery, MacArthur
or even Brooke.
Lightguns said:Sitting here in my misery of Base Duty officer and you leave me hanging, who is it? I remember the pic but not the man!
Lightguns said:Thank you, now I remember the name and shall wiki him for a bit.
Sheep Dog AT said:I'd have to check but I think 5.56mm Ball clipped is around $0.67 each.
Colin P said:5.56 retails at around .50cents a round for normal bulk ammo in 1,000 lots
http://www.reliablegun.com/en/federal-american-eagle-rifle-ammo-223-rem-55gr-fmjbt-1000rds-army-can-ar223
If the army can't beat that, then it's doing it wrong.
dapaterson said:Keep in mind that the Army may be paying more to keep guaranteed sources of supply in operation via the Munitions Supply Program. It may be easy enough to buy ammo now, but in the event of a major conflict, unless you've got your own factory (or got a factory committed to you) you may well be SOL.
Lowest cost is not always the best choice for military supplies if it means you can't get them when you really need them.