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...address his people. The Marines spread out in firing positions alongside tanks and personnel carriers, while Grenadians sat looking back from their front steps on the opposite hillside. A U.S. tank sprang into life, firing into a hill with thick green vegetation, making a direct hit on an ammo dump and an antiaircraft position. One young man who sat watching the scene admitted that he too was once for the revolution. Now, reluctantly, he welcomed the invaders. "It's a sad solution, but there seemed to have been no other way," he said. "The military would have ended...
...would cost as much as $83 per round, which the Air Force was prepared to pay. Dilger decided not to impose any product specifications, telling the two manufacturers, Aerojet Ordnance Co. in Downey, Calif., and Honeywell's defense systems division in Minneapolis, that he simply wanted 30-mm ammo that worked, for the lowest possible price. The companies still compete hard, improving efficiency and cutting prices to win the major share of each year's production contract. Average cost per shell: less than $15. Over five years Dilger used the savings to further refine the cannon, yet still...
...orders the second gunner to take all the ammunition. We are completely exposed on one side of the craft, but the pilot wants to fire until the last bullet, and so we circle around the firing zone over and over again, corkscrewing to favor our "good side." The last ammo finally runs through the gun only when the light has gone and the sun is sitting pale on the slope of the volcano...
...Eagle's Personal Defense/Martial Arts editor, is not so starry-eyed as to ignore the problems of a night-table Remington. The question of ammunition, for instance. "In the confusion of being rudely awakened, it's easy to forget to pick up a bandolier or belt carrier with extra ammo." Slings with spare rounds are a possibility, but remember: 'They are not appropriate for riots since they give the rioters something to grab." Another difficulty is proper training. As McLoughlin points out, "It's a little rough on the furniture to live fire indoors...
...Thompson with 50 rounds of ammo rents for $26. Given the Thompson's firing rate of 30 rounds per 2 sec., the gunner gets less than four seconds' worth of ear-battering bliss. Entrepreneur Day is permitted by federal authorities to sell the machine guns, which cost from $500 to $3,000. For better or worse, he has found 100 buyers in three years. Day, who is convinced that the U.S. faces an impending wave of terrorism, also believes that machine-gun slinging will find nationwide acceptance as a sport. "People go bowling or skiing or skydiving...