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Old 01-15-2007, 17:35 PM   #21 (permalink)
Stan187
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The young Army guy from my church just got home Iraq a few days ago. We're supposed to go to the range on Friday. I hope to get an update from him on the weapons that the guys out in the field think work best. One thing that disturbs me is that he says most guys are not given a pistol for backup, they are sent out with the M-16 only. Only the officers are given a Beretta. I don't like the sound of that at all.
I don't think we got enough nine mils to do that. As far as I know most soldiers in most armies, unless they are SOF, don't get backup pistols. But maybe I never bothered to pay attention, and am wrong.
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