Newsgroups: sci.military Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!cbnews!military From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: Side arms for Fly boys. Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Date: Thu, 18 Oct 90 02:11:31 GMT Approved: military@att.att.com Message-ID: <1990Oct18.021131.6585@cbnews.att.com> References: <1990Oct15.033827.12908@cbnews.att.com> <1990Oct16.011101.11588@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military-request@att.att.com Lines: 19 From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) >From: Allan Bourdius >... The Marines >wanted an improved .45, because they didn't see any real problem with >the exisitng pistol, except its age... Yet more proof that the Marines are the only US service with their heads screwed on correctly... :-) (They fought an uphill battle in Congress to get Harriers for close support, and gave up F-14s in exchange; their close-support pilots are trained as infantrymen first; they're equipping all their transport aircraft with defensive countermeasures; they're pushing hard to get the Osprey into service; and now they turn out to have common sense about pistols too... an impressive bunch.) -- "...the i860 is a wonderful source | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology of thesis topics." --Preston Briggs | henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry