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John Garand's last design at Springfield Armory. Even Ian calls it 'weird'...

Yeah; the real value of nuclear escorts was they could keep up with the carrier during high-speed deployments and transits, when time is of the essence. Maybe, just maybe, modern nuclear technology will make reactors small enough and cheap enough to make nuke LSCs viable again.

"There is no black in the forest..." That's what the people who foisted the UCP abortion on the US Army said...

Contracts let and keeping skilled workers employed and in place.

Go ahead and 'swipe the pen' to recognize practical reality and reclassify surface combatants up a notch, making frigates, destroyers and the destroyers, cruisers. This actually reflects the ships' missions IMO and just might help make their costs easier to live with.

They seem to have squeezed every possible bit of value from their Mosins. That stock, though...

Being the only me I have, I need to...

The 'Mule'? M274 Truck, Platform, Utility, 1⁄2 Ton, 4X4

Hear, hear!! As one who dates back to 1956, I agree heartily! 😁 --although it does get a bit poignant when I remember these aircraft being touted as the Latest and Greatest...

The Stallion isn't much younger, first flying in '64.

With 147gr bullets, you also have 20-30 grains of additional mass to help.

Yep. I was thinking more like 'non-state actors'.

I saw a rundown on ‘Classic Firearms’ and there may be a dime’s worth of difference.

Would the M7 TDP have to be changed for adoption? If so, how extensive would the testing have to be?

Around a pound lighter, 11 in barrel, among other refinements. Mike and John both say easier to control: