RE: Buy the new US military rifle before the troops get them
April 24, 2022 at 1:33 pm
(This post was last modified: April 24, 2022 at 1:35 pm by Peebothuhlu.)
At work.
Not my country, not my space/area.
My thoughts/reactions to previous comments are kind of clouded by my Granfather's experiance/treatment (Probably not the right words) in WW II.
He was of the right stuff to be 'Professional Army' here in Aus in the late 1930's.
This had him training up recruits as out guys were moved to help Queen and country in North Africa.
Needless to say. The kick off in the Pacific seems to have been a rather 'Brown pants' day for folks here at the time.
The short end of the tale hence is my Grandfather ending up in New Guinea with fek all much of anything (Effectivly but I paraphrase) being asked to do the heroic impossible.
To read people arguing about the 'Price' of something that would seem fundamental to a Soldier's life?
Harkens back to Astronaut John Glenn's comment of "As I hurtled through space... my thought was 'Every part of this vehicle was procured by the lowest bidder'."
I get/understand there's a 'Price' to/for everything but.... I mean really? Are we back to thinking maybe the Sten is how to equip with a weapon? "Good, cheap, simple. You can only pick two."
I hyperbole, I'm sorry in my ramblings. It's not maybe the best of times for me atm.
Cheers.
Not my country, not my space/area.
My thoughts/reactions to previous comments are kind of clouded by my Granfather's experiance/treatment (Probably not the right words) in WW II.
He was of the right stuff to be 'Professional Army' here in Aus in the late 1930's.
This had him training up recruits as out guys were moved to help Queen and country in North Africa.
Needless to say. The kick off in the Pacific seems to have been a rather 'Brown pants' day for folks here at the time.
The short end of the tale hence is my Grandfather ending up in New Guinea with fek all much of anything (Effectivly but I paraphrase) being asked to do the heroic impossible.
To read people arguing about the 'Price' of something that would seem fundamental to a Soldier's life?
Harkens back to Astronaut John Glenn's comment of "As I hurtled through space... my thought was 'Every part of this vehicle was procured by the lowest bidder'."
I get/understand there's a 'Price' to/for everything but.... I mean really? Are we back to thinking maybe the Sten is how to equip with a weapon? "Good, cheap, simple. You can only pick two."
I hyperbole, I'm sorry in my ramblings. It's not maybe the best of times for me atm.
Cheers.
