No sooner had they gotten permission from the higher ups that they could build a new barracks to aid in the war effort that he went around raiding WWI museums for weaponry that hadn't fired properly in several years. He paid Pentagon prices for them too. But a Meares Missile System set him back several million, it has minimal defensive capabilities and has all the firepower of a cap gun on a rainy day, the Sprague Sidewinder is no better and has all the maneuverability and speed of a tank stuck in the mud or Cecil Fielder sliding into second. It's only redeeming quality is that it has very thick armor. You can fire at it from short range, long range, hard, soft and it all bounces right off.
War is heck.
Look on the bright side, the billions we spend on these guys so they can play baseball is keeping them from really screwing things up.