You have a howitzer just hanging around? :o) We were always told that flechette rounds are not proscribed by the Geneva Convention when used against human targets which after reading the Geneva conventions that is open to interpretation and in fact, Israel got away with using them. I'm not sure if my home was in danger of being overrun by insurgents that I would be all that concerned about the Geneva Convention though. I think I would risk a war crime tribunal to save my family.


>>The M2 .50 caliber machine gun is one of the best guns out there. Worth its weight in gold.
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>Absolutely, no question there. My unit transitioned from the M60A3 tank before I got there, and I heard nothing but bad about the M85. Everyone was pretty happy that the Abrams had the M2HB instead. It was a ball to shoot from a tripod mount, too.
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>>If insurgents were marching down your road what would be your weapon of choice?
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>105mm Beehive.
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>Personally I think it was pretty short-sighted of MacArthur to shove the M14 down our allies throats in the 1950's. If we had gone with the 7x49 EM2 that the English and Belgians were developing, we'd have been better off. It is interesting that we're now looking at a 6.8mm cartridge to solve some of the knockdown problems the .223 has.