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From: tkogoma%triton.unm.edu@ariel.unm.edu (Gym Z. Quirk)
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Subject: Re: Rifles grunts love (ak-47, uzi) was 'using rifle..prev. war'
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Date: 25 Jan 91 03:07:47 GMT
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From: tkogoma%triton.unm.edu@ariel.unm.edu (Gym Z. Quirk)
In article <1991Jan24.043239.25361@cbnews.att.com> quan@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Suu Quan) writes:
>I was a small man weighing 94Lbs, so I did not re-use the AK-47s we captured : 
>it weighs considerably too much for a small infantery man to 
>carry a long distance. I carried an American made Carbine. don't remember
>the code name nor the model, but it was light. But AK-47's bullets are 
>heavier and larger in diameter (more lethal, makes more damage to the body).
>
>That's all I can remember.
>
>[mod.note:  Sounds to me like either an M1 or M2 carbine.  The actual
>bullet is .30 cal, about the same diameter as the AK's 7.62 round, but
>the cartridge of the Russian round is a bit bigger in diameter. - Bill ]

Maybe the "shorty-16"?  Take a standard M-16, cut the barrel down, and
replace the stock with a folding one.  Designations I've seen are
CAR-15 and M-177.  According to what I've read, it was capable of
firing standard 5.56N rounds and using standard M-16 clips.

The same weapon has been rechambered to fire 9mm Parabellum rounds and
is called the "Colt SMG".  I think it is in use with the FBI and other
Federal Law-enforcement agencies.

But then, I'm just a lonely Trekkie who reads the odd book on military
history for yucks...

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