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Originally Posted by Baron von Kriterium
As a currently serving member, I don't care anymore. I'm 3.5 years from compulsory retirement so I'm sticking it out for the pay and pension. But I do shake my head at how something as simple as a handgun purchase can be so royally cocked up. Give me that budget and I could go to any gun show and sign a contract in an hour.
Have you heard about our medium machineguns? That's another example of taking a simple solution and creating a major problem. It's unbelievable. We have a dope of a Foreign Affairs Minister suggesting providing the Ukrainians with weapons. How about providing our own military first?
The reality is the Canadian people (read voters) don't care. It doesn't affect them. Health care, environment, education and that kind of stuff resonates with them.
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Mark Milley - the currrent US JCS has a winner of a quote on about pistol procurement and the mere 2 year process it took to replace the M9 from 1985:
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"We're not figuring out the next lunar landing. This is a pistol. Two years to test? At $17 million?" Milley said to an audience at a Washington, D.C., think tank on March 10. "You give me $17 million on a credit card, and I'll call Cabela's tonight, and I'll outfit every soldier, sailor, airman and Marine with a pistol for $17 million. And I'll get a discount on a bulk buy."
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If anyone isn't familar with the problem with the C6A1 7.52 GPMG (FN MAG) that BVK is talking about here's an article:
https://ottawacitizen.com/news/natio...ew-machineguns
Problems with the feed channel. Sounds like a machining problem and probably not a hard fix, but considering the basic design of these goes back to the 50's - it's a bit surprising it happened.