Adding up the costs:
Holy those stats at the beginning are as unbelievable as that dude’s eyebrows. They only get more ridiculous after that… the stats; his eyebrows stay the same.
Hat tip: Lyle
Holy those stats at the beginning are as unbelievable as that dude’s eyebrows. They only get more ridiculous after that… the stats; his eyebrows stay the same.
Hat tip: Lyle
Yea that sums it up nicely.
Thoughts? Did any of you guys stock up a long time ago, in anticipation of this happening again?
The M-4 carbine, one of the primary rifles used by the United States military, appears destined for a change. After concerns surfaced about rifles overheating in a sustained firefight in 2008 in Afghanistan, the manufacturer and the United States Army are close to agreeing on a modification to the weapon’s barrel that makes the carbine more resistant to the stresses of extended firing.
Full Article at the New York Times website – HERE
This is a continuation of my blog post on New York Times on the Making of the Military’s Standard Arms
The costs on this chart obviously aren’t adjusted for inflation. Interesting though nevertheless.