Re: SA80-A2: it's all the soldier's fault

[MathesonT@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 8/2/2002 1:08:12 AM Pacific Daylight Time, roger@firedrake.org writes:


> Much of the pressure for new weapons systems, in the UK at least, comes
> from the defence companies. 


Not much fear of that in small arms.  With the Royal ordnance factory in Nottingham closing and HK about to become a German company again, the UK no longer has a small arms industry.  Going to have to hold those SA-80s together with gaffer tape or go foreign.

Rob