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This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Kaiser Kirk" (Feb 22nd 2008, 5:14pm)
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Originally posted by Kaiser Kirk
on #1 & 2 : Makes sense. Given WW history, other than the Indian Wars, the US hasn't done battle since the Civil War, correct? Does the M1911 exist, and for that matter the Thompson and BAR? I believe all those were related to wartime issues.
on #3. Well I don't actually expect a sale, but it's my mercantile duty, and would help bring program costs down further, to offer the US the option of purchasing the Lt-33 and Lt-35 tanks.
This post has been edited 2 times, last edit by "Rooijen10" (Feb 22nd 2008, 5:18pm)
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Observing the action on various locations, Major General Douglas MacArthur was quite impressed by the performance of the American built Thompson submachinegun.
"I had heard rumors of Thompsons being used by the Japanese armed forces, despite the attempts of our government to block the sale of these weapons to Japan," MacArthur told AWNR in an exclusive interview. "This is the first time I actually see it and they were well used. Having seen it, I can't believe why the US Army is so slow to accept the weapon. I mean the Coast Guard, the Navy, and the Marines use the Thompson. Hell, even gangsters use them to shoot each other to pieces! Last month's mob massacre on Valentine's day is a good example."
Asked why he and his observer group were here, MacArthur replied: "This is a good opportunity to share our ideas on warfare with and give advice to our Filipino friends, and vice versa. Also we got to see the Thompson in actual combat. Unfortunately we have yet to get a glimpse of the new Japanese Arisaka Type 88 sniper rifle which 'the reporter bimbo is supposed to be using around here'..."
(Yayoko: ACHOOO!!!)
"... or at least that was how a Japanese officer told me that... (looked to me that he was not a fan of her)"
This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Rooijen10" (Feb 22nd 2008, 5:23pm)
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Originally posted by Kaiser Kirk
on #1 & 2 : Makes sense. The US did not gain the Phillipines, or participate in WW1. Wasn't the M1911 developed to replace the 0.38 revolver due to the Filipinos? So does the M1911 exist, and for that matter the Thompson and BAR (WW1) ? I believe all those were related to wartime issues.
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Originally posted by Hrolf HakonsonIn US service, it's made a little trickier, since the riflemen can only steal from the BAR or the machinegun if they've retained an empty en bloc clip (since you can't load a Garand without one).
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Originally posted by Hrolf HakonsonIn US service, it's made a little trickier, since the riflemen can only steal from the BAR or the machinegun if they've retained an empty en bloc clip (since you can't load a Garand without one).
As Sam Elliott said when playing SMG Basil L. Plumley in "We Were Soldiers": "By the time I need one, there'll be plenty of them lying around."
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Originally posted by Hrolf HakonsonIn US service, it's made a little trickier, since the riflemen can only steal from the BAR or the machinegun if they've retained an empty en bloc clip (since you can't load a Garand without one).
As Sam Elliott said when playing SMG Basil L. Plumley in "We Were Soldiers": "By the time I need one, there'll be plenty of them lying around."
Depends on whether you've been defending a position, or retreating (or attacking). It's a good line, it's just not necessarily true.
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