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Around that time, I had a chance to buy either an M16A1 clone or XM155 clone; I went for the A1 clone, then foolishly sold it later.

A 'Dissipator' configuration, with a rifle-length handguard around a 16" barrel is another option. Also, the current full-length free-float handguards give plenty of gripping surface.

Cool!

Yep. As long as a muzzle device is permanently attached that makes the barrel 16" or longer, the length of the actual rifled bore is irrelevant. If you go the bullpup route, the overall length of the firearm still has to be at least 26"

Here in the States, 16" OAL is by far the most popular due to infringements...we can't get any shorter without tyrannical permission.

As much as I like that little wheelie, it is old and parts are likely close to failure, and I do prefer autos. Now I carry a Sig P365, and a sweet little pocket blaster it is!

I steadfastly maintain that Kelgren ranks right up there with Browning.

What caught my eye was the Daewoo K2 being reintroducec:

Then there was the USS Shangri-La (CV 38), named after a joke...

I can only wonder about the discussions around naming DD 666...

Yep, and escort naming seems to have remained pretty consistent to the present. There are a few exceptions, the USS Winston Churchill comes to mind.

We need cruisers, nukes to keep up with the carriers!! They would get state names. SSBNs started out with names of presidents; go back to that. As for frigates, Samuel B Roberts had better be near the top! There are a number of fighting destroyers that should be honored in the new class. Stuart's suggestion for auxiliaries is spot on!

AWAY BOARDERS!! Maybe that's why the Rus have whole galleries of gatling guns on their ships...

Maverick or Phoenix?

Yep. If it gets stuck the riders can get out, pick it up and carry it to solid ground. 😛