What's Old Is New Again

[Subdeacon Joe]

This is why you don't throw things away.

 

[Chantry]

Newer doesn't always mean better.  In a role where the extra weight of the Maxim isn't a concern, I doubt that most of the modern infantry machine guns  are significantly better.  Although I'd prefer a Vickers over the Maxim.

 

"The base had a stockpile of approximately 5 million rounds of Mk VII ammunition which was no longer approved for military use. They took a newly rebuilt Vickers gun, and proceeded to fire the entire stock of ammo through it over the course of seven days." 

 https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a18971/forgotten-weapons-the-vickers-gun-is-one-of-the-best-firearms-ever-made/

[Alpo]

49 minutes ago, Chantry said:

The base had a stockpile of approximately 5 million rounds of Mk VII ammunition which was no longer approved for military use

For those, like me, that wondered why NO LONGER APPROVED

 

https://talesfromthesupplydepot.blog/2017/09/20/mk-vii-303-rounds/

 

>Although a full metal jacketed round (and thus legal under The Hague Convention), the MK VII had a light-weight aluminium tip and a much denser lead base. Therefore although the round travelled through the air as normal, on contact with a human being the distribution of weight caused it to tumble making far more grievous wounds.<

 

[Pat Riot]

1 hour ago, Alpo said:

For those, like me, that wondered why NO LONGER APPROVED

 

https://talesfromthesupplydepot.blog/2017/09/20/mk-vii-303-rounds/

 

>Although a full metal jacketed round (and thus legal under The Hague Convention), the MK VII had a light-weight aluminium tip and a much denser lead base. Therefore although the round travelled through the air as normal, on contact with a human being the distribution of weight caused it to tumble making far more grievous wounds.<

 

It’s my firm belief that there should be only a couple of rules in war.

1. Don’t drop nukes unless absolutely necessary. 
2. Don’t kill the civilians unless absolutely necessary. 
3. Don’t let Brits or Europeans dictate rules.

 

For more info see “The French and Indian War” in history books. 
 

NOTE: The above is meant as humor. If you don’t find it funny it’s not my problem. 

[watab kid]

11 hours ago, Pat Riot said:

It’s my firm belief that there should be only a couple of rules in war.

1. Don’t drop nukes unless absolutely necessary. 
2. Don’t kill the civilians unless absolutely necessary. 
3. Don’t let Brits or Europeans dictate rules.

 

For more info see “The French and Indian War” in history books. 
 

NOTE: The above is meant as humor. If you don’t find it funny it’s not my problem. 

amen to all of that , 

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

On 2/12/2024 at 9:38 AM, Pat Riot said:

It’s my firm belief that there should be only a couple of rules in war.

1. Don’t drop nukes unless absolutely necessary. 
2. Don’t kill the civilians unless absolutely necessary. 
3. Don’t let Brits or Europeans dictate rules.

 

For more info see “The French and Indian War” in history books. 
 

NOTE: The above is meant as humor. If you don’t find it funny it’s not my problem. 

'Tain't funny.  It's sadly quite accurate and very reasonable.

[watab kid]

12 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:

'Tain't funny.  It's sadly quite accurate and very reasonable.

and that area of history he cited is quite symbolic of everything that the rules of warfare might be considered the opposite of terrorism in our world ,