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From: scott@sting.Berkeley.EDU (Scott Silvey)
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Subject: Re: FAV's
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Date: 15 Mar 91 03:55:17 GMT
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From: scott@sting.Berkeley.EDU (Scott Silvey)
scott@graft.Berkeley.EDU (Scott Silvey) writes:
|> I can see that the middle
|>   gunner operates a large gun compared to the light machine gun 
|>   mounted next to the driver.  Perhaps this is a .50cal or 20mm even? 
|>   The barrel is a lot thicker, but somewhat short.
|> 
|> [mod.note:  Could the large weapon be a 40mm grenade launcher ?
|>  Short, thick barrel hints at this. - Bill ]

I'm pretty sure it wasn't a grenade launcher.  It had a flash suppressor.
  Oh, and the barrel wasn't a _LOT_ thicker, I meant "a lot thicker" in 
  the mild sense of the phrase   ;^)

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