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2005-07-25 Afghanistan/South Asia

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Posted by Fred 2005-07-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Ok, I remember the lecture on ammunition, but 16,000 rounds still seems like an awful lot!

Posted by trailing wife 2005-07-25 05:20|| 2005-07-25 05:20|| Front Page Top

#2 but 16,000 rounds still seems like an awful lot!

Nah, that's a small cache for a real rebel group. These are the guys that have been fighting the Burmese regime for years, they moved base camps into Bangladesh to rest and reload.
It's the gangsters in the Bangladesh cities that are lucky to have a dozen rounds for a shutter gun found on their bodies.

Posted by Steve">Steve 2005-07-25 08:28|| 2005-07-25 08:28|| Front Page Top

#3 For my one bit of active fighting in Vietnam, I was issued an M-2 carbine and 800 rounds of ammo in 8-round clips. Weighed a TON! I think I turned back in about 40 rounds...

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2005-07-25 16:31|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2005-07-25 16:31|| Front Page Top

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