Do not watch if you don’t like seeing a doe hand a dog a beating:
Word on the street is that that dog had converted an airsoft lower to a M16!
Talk about being incredibly protective of that fawn. I think that can serve as a lesson to everyone, that cute animals such as deer are still wild animals no matter how docile they appear at first.
On 1 April, TACOM Life Cycle Management Command issued the Maintenance Information Message MI 10-040 “Camouflaging Specific Small Arms” stating that, given command approval, Soldiers are permitted to camouflage the M4/M16 weapon systems with paint.
As the guide says at the end, weapons painting has been elevated to a fine art. I don’t know where the awesome examples I saved on my harddrive went, but some of the paint jobs I have seen are breathtaking. The example the have in the PDF is pretty weak looking as far as artistry goes, although it still would likely look better than black in the right environment.
I’d like to see the military started paying soldiers that are also artists extra money to paint rifles. The talented guys shouldn’t have to work for free just because their whole unit would rather not walk around with the plain old black color scheme.
Very talented guy, I wouldn’t even know where to start.
Pretty neat that he made it in parts just like the real rifle. I was pretty impressed to see the detachable ELCAN optic, magazine, and working bolt too.
Reminds me of the Wood Glock 19 I posted about a long time ago.
Very powerful pictures. A few in this set because very famous, even won Pulitzer prizes. I remember when the first Rage Against The Machine album came out in 1992 with the picture of the burning monk on the cover. Definitely their best album by the way.
I’m sure war hasn’t got any easier, but when I look at those pictures it’s amazing to see how much they did with NO modern technology. Sure makes how I spend my days look insignificant. I have the utmost respect for anyone that has ever served, or is currently serving in the Military.
UPDATE: Steven S. notified me of lots more pictures just put up at another PLOG – HERE
Jasmine was so happy in the Aladdin movie, look at her now:
Aladdin came out of the closet, and left her for the genie. Now she looks pissed off because she was forced to take up arms to defend the middle east.
I’m not quite sure about that terrible trigger discipline (times 2, considering she has both her index and middle finger on the trigger)
Also, she’s going to be unpleasantly surprised when she finds out that the ammunition she has draped over her shoulder, is not compatible with her M-16A1.
You can check out the full “Fallen Princesses” set – HERE (they are all awesome, but there are no other gun related ones)
It appears she got issued a left handed M4, which strikes me as odd Does the military issue both right and left handed guns, or are lefties told to suck it up and learn to shoot right?
Ever since the military and law enforcement started using m16′s and m4′s produced by Colt, the company developed an elitist status because they chose largely to turn their nose up at civilian market.
Now they seem to want a piece of the market, with the new AR6720.
The fact the pricing for the Colt 6720 is being based on serial number just goes to show that you can’t shake old habits. I don’t know if the tiered pricing was decided by Colt or by Clyde Armory (the exclusive retailer of the 6720). The serial number in itself obviously only has extrinsic value… meaning no one really cares what it is, unless you can find someone pretentious enough that “NEEDS” a certain serial number that you possess. Unless of course for this model, Colt doesn’t clean or calibrate their machines after the first parts are made. I guess that would make the later ones less valuable? heheh
Here is how the pricing goes…
The least expensive guns are serial # 400 and up – $1200
Most expensive serial # 11 – $3000
#1 – #10 are apparently “spoken for”
I’ll admit $1200 isn’t TOO terrible… like Solomon at SNAFU! mentioned though, it is still quite a bit higher than similar offerings from Bushmaster, Rock River Arms, Armalite etc…
I don’t ever like telling people what to do with their money, but in my opinion if you even pay $50 more for a #300 to #399 serial you’re making a big mistake. No matter what, you are better off buying a different brand name AR-15 such as the ones mentioned above, and spending the left over money on ammo or a red dot optic.
Designed, fabricated and tested by Brunswick for the U.S. Army MIRADCOM to provide the non-dedicated riflemen with a lightweight, portable assault weapon system to defeat enemy positions in an urban and fortified combat environment.
RAW Launcher attaches to the muzzle of an M-16A1 rifle utilizing existing triggering and sights. The RAW projectile is initiated through the firing of a standard 5.56 mm ball round of ammunition. RAW does not interfere or prevent the firing of the rifle’s standard ammunition at any time. Raw produces a 14″ hole through 8 inches of double reinforced concrete and defeats light armor. Since RAW travels line of sight, It can be fired from below a canopy or in sewers and storm drains. RAW produces minimal back blast pressure and noise and can be fired from within enclosed areas.
This computer simulation depicts the operation of the Army’s Improved Magaine.
The Army has begun fielding the new 5.56mm 30 round Improved Magazine that delivers a significant increase in reliability for the battle-tested M16 and M4 weapons systems. Bolstering the already high reliability ratings of the M16/M4 systems, the Improved Magazine effectively reduces the risk of magazine-related stoppages by more than 50 percent compared to the older magazine variants. Identified by a tan-colored follower, over 500,000 of the improved magazines have been fielded to units in Iraq, Afghanistan and in the U.S.
Pretty big oversight when the Army forgets the extraction of the casing in their video. Even if they got the extraction right, the entire video would still be 100% useless.
I called a few different NATO numbers a while back and inquired about that document. All the people I talked to told me that it was not just “available” to anyone that simply wanted it. I found that answer odd though considering every other NATO document under the sun, is readily available on the internet.
My question is: if there is no STANAG 4179, where does a person get the standardized magazine measurements from? The few dozen companies that make magazines can’t have just busted out their calipers and measured an old COLT magazine they had lying around, and called it day.
Or could they have?
The original Magpul P-Mags never fit properly in “some” AR-15 lowers. To me, this means that they didn’t use the standardized model of an AR-15 magazine to create their polymer one.
Steve @ TheFirearmBlog has a post right now called STANAG 4179 does not exist! detailing how he received an email from “Roberto” a NATO employee who claims the document was never ratified which resulted it in being discarded.
If anyone has the STANAG 4179 document (if it exists ) please contact me, I’d love to see it. Otherwise I’d like to see any document that has the AR-15 magazine measurements in it, so please send it over!
By calling attention to ‘a well regulated militia’, the ‘security’ of the nation, and the right of each citizen ‘to keep and bear arms’, our founding fathers recognized the essentially civilian nature of our economy. Although it is extremely unlikely that the fears of governmental tyranny which gave rise to the Second Amendment will ever be a major danger to our nation, the Amendment still remains an important declaration of our basic civilian-military relationships, in which every citizen must be ready to participate in the defense of his country. For that reason, I believe the Second Amendment will always be important.”
- John F. Kennedy, April 1960
Hell will freeze over before we would ever see Obama in a photo of comparable awesomeness.
And Caesar’s spirit, raging for revenge,
With Ate by his side come hot from hell,
Shall in these confines with a monarch’s voice
Cry “Havoc!” and let slip the dogs of war,
That this foul deed shall smell above the earth
With carrion men, groaning for burial.
Looks like they must have hired HK’s marketing guy for this picture:
Problems:
1) Guy in front has his rifle scope on backwards
2) Guy in front has his left arm through the loop in the sling
3) Guy in rear has his sling on in a pretty akward manner considering he’s planning on shooting his sidearm with his right hand
All jokes aside, the clothing acually does look pretty nice. You can check it out at their website – HERE
Also known in Japan as “Cat Shit One”, this animated series is scheduled for release in early 2010 … It looks pretty awesome
The series follows three American soldiers (Rabbits) in the Vietnam War named Bota, Perky and Rats. All three are in the recon team called Cat Shit One. Each mission shows the daily activities of the reconnaissance group in Vietnam
The American Rabbits in this are a wordplay on the Japanese word “Usagi”, which also means Rabbit. Another way to look at it is the word as an acronym – U.S.A. G.I.
Pretty neat!
Other animals in this series according to their nationality are:
On 1 April, TACOM Life Cycle Management Command issued the Maintenance Information Message MI 10-040 “Camouflaging Specific Small Arms” stating that, given command approval, Soldiers are permitted to camouflage the M4/M16 weapon systems with paint.
OH NOES trigger discipline. 
) please contact me, I’d love to see it. Otherwise I’d like to see any document that has the AR-15 magazine measurements in it, so please send it over!
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