Newsgroup: it.cultura.militare
Titolo: Ma quanto sparano in Iraq?

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August 18, 2005: The fighting in Iraq is taking a toll on the assault 
rifles and light machine-guns that do most of the shooting. So the U.S. 
Department of Defense has ordered another 50,881 M-4 assault rifles, at 
$1,042 each, and another M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) 5.56-mm light 
machine guns, at $667 each. The M-4 is a short barrel M-16, which makes 
it easier to use from inside a vehicle, or when fighting inside a 
building. The M249 is basically an M-16 design modified with a heavier 
(and easy to change) barrel, and the ability to use belted ammunition. 
The M249 provides most of the firepower for the infantry, with each fire 
team of 4-5 troops having one M249, over a thousand rounds of belted 
ammo and one or two additional barrels (when the M249 barrel gets 
overheated from firing too many rounds too quickly, a fresh one can be 
installed within seconds.) The U.S. Army wants a new design for their 
light machine-gun, partly because the M249 (introduced in the early 
1980s) was wearing out. But the heavy use of M249s in Iraq and 
Afghanistan has resulted in a need for new weapons, before a new design 
can be agreed on and put into production.

Più sparano meno sanno sparare di solito
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 can be agreed on and put into production.
*** Ah sicuro, aggiungo pero' che molte migliaia di queste armi 
mostravano importanti segni d'usura gia' prima di OIF (vedi quelle dei 
Marines e dei reparti Airborne dell'US Army).
Diffidare da strategypage.
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 il fornitore, ne voglio una!
*** Per essere precisi, il costo unitario di una M249 e' attorno ai 4000 
USD.
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Aleks
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 - A Texan folk singer in Tuscany

 USD.
Si, ma loro andranno a comprali in formato famiglia, quindi con lo 
sconto "dal produttore al consumatore".

 sconto "dal produttore al consumatore".
*** Appunto Mirco, mi riferivo a quello. Ad ogni modo è un errore piu' 
che evidente. Come fa una mitragliatrice leggera relativamente complessa 
come la M249 ad avere un costo inferiore a quello di una carabina M4 
(due gusci di lamiera stampata), prodotta fra l'altro in un numero di 
esemplari infinitamente maggiore?
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Cheers
Aleks
Http://www.vietnamwarart.tk/
 - Vietnam War Color Plates (1945/1975)
Http://www.Air-America.org
 - From WW2 to downtown in Saigon (1945/1975)
Http://sherylcrow.co.nr
 - Sheryl Crow Italian Resource 1996/2005
Http://www.vanessapeters.com/
 - A Texan folk singer in Tuscany

 esemplari infinitamente maggiore?
Cosa vuoi aleks strategypage è la solita merda, io l'ho tolto anche dai
bookmarks visto che c'è molto di meglio sulla rete anche in italiano.
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