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#141 Post by froggy »

Pfff ............. Blu, you are such a capitalist philistine !!

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#142 Post by Blu »

froggy wrote:Pfff ............. Blu, you are such a capitalist philistine !!

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Yup I am, and pole vaulting is about all it's good for ;)
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#143 Post by froggy »

Well ... Mister ....
Can I, at least, appeal to your sense of compassion in those times of taxing economical hardship ?

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froggy wrote:Well ... Mister ....
Can I, at least, appeal to your sense of compassion in those times of taxing economical hardship ?

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Nope, make them get a job then buy a Lee Enfield.
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#145 Post by froggy »

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Cant beat your logic really ...
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#146 Post by snayperskaya »

Blu wrote:
froggy wrote:Well ... Mister ....
Can I, at least, appeal to your sense of compassion in those times of taxing economical hardship ?

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Nope, make them get a job then buy a Lee Enfield.
Talking of Enfields......VDV trooper in Afghanistan holding a SMLE.
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#147 Post by Blu »

snayperskaya wrote:
Blu wrote:
froggy wrote:Well ... Mister ....
Can I, at least, appeal to your sense of compassion in those times of taxing economical hardship ?

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Nope, make them get a job then buy a Lee Enfield.
Talking of Enfields......VDV trooper in Afghanistan holding a SMLE.
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Figured he need a decent rifle and picked up the SMLE. :D
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#148 Post by snayperskaya »

Blu wrote:
Figured he need a decent rifle and picked up the SMLE. :D
Maybe you're partly right Blu, Soviet soldiers in the 1980s found that their AKM and AK-74 rifles could not match the range of the World War II-era bolt-action Lee-Enfield and Mauser rifles used by Mujahedeen rebels.One of the reasons the Russians liked the Dragunov, it could counter the longer ranges the Mujahedeen snipers favoured.Coalition forces would face the same problem decades later.

Mosin PU, Second Chechen War alongside SVU.
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#149 Post by snayperskaya »

Bren still in use with Taliban.......

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#150 Post by Rearlugs »

snayperskaya wrote:Bren still in use with Taliban.......

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Its an ex-Indian Army Vickers Berthier. Looks very similar to a Bren.
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