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"0" Pirating last year?
On 1/11/2014 11:36 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Sat, 11 Jan 2014 11:31:03 -0500, wrote:
On Fri, 10 Jan 2014 23:25:38 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:
The .50 cal machine gun can shoot a mile off. Being a machine gun, it can put a lot of rounds on target. Why they don't put one on every ship is beyond me.
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It seems to work for the Coast Guard.
We had six M2s and a 5"/38. That will really reach out there and put a
50 pound projectile on target up to 10 miles away.
The 83 footers carried an 81mm
That will get your attention too.
I think they also started using the 20mm chain guns.
Chain guns or 5"ers may be a little expensive to mount on all those ships, but M2s or M85s should be
reasonably priced. They'd definitely keep the fishing boats out of RPG or AK-47 range.
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Hope you're having a spectacular day!
Again, who runs them? Are you going to train the crew to use the weapon
in a moments notice? What if it jams on an inexperienced user, then the
pirates come in, and they are ****ed too....
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