[kj] (OT) Pakistan

[Brendan]

I've played more first person shooters than the rest of you combined so I
hereby elect myself authority on gun choices for all environments.

Enfield wins in Afghanistan and Pakistan, as long as there's enough ammo.


>> if you get shot with one of them, you’re fucking SHOT man, kiss your

>> ass goodbye

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>    True but to take on a hoard of Taliban and hold territory in

> what was once (still is?) the most weapons-saturated places on earth,

> I'd prefer an AK-47 with one of those taped-up triple-mega-banana-clips.

> Or a Nuke.

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> Hey those things aren’t that bad at all, they’re powerful as fuck, if

> you get shot with one of them, you’re fucking SHOT man, kiss your ass

> goodbye. In that environment it’s probably not a bad choice for long

> distance fighting.

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> Pretty shit at chose range compared to an automatic rifle. But hey, they

> worked a treat in Romancing the Stone and all the Indy movies ;)

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> I've heard that several those Pkstni gov't. local forces in the Tribal

> Areas are using Enfield-type bolt-action rifles against the Taliban.

> They're prolly using them as currency to sweeten their terms of

> surrender to the other side.

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> From:folk devil <folk.devil at hotmail.com>

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> I was thinking the same. Wasn't it something like 1 Pakistani 'Policeman'

> to 2 Taliban?.

> I think I'd swap sides pretty quick in those circumstances! :/

> But yes, good 'excuse'.

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> From: bq at soundgardener.co.nz

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> Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:47:08 +1000

> Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Pakistan

> Eight platoons. A platoon being approx 40 blokes. Is it just me, or does

> 300 odd blokes (odd mainly cos of the turbans) sound a bit thin?

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> It all seems suspiciously convenient in terms of opening the door for the

> US to get into Pakistan . Perhaps I’m an irredeemable cynic. Oh and I

> think I just made up a word.

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> Something is very wrong if the Pkst.gov't. is deploying

> paramilitary troops to fight

> the Taliban. If the U.S. in all its postRumsfeldian glory can't stop the

> Tlbn., how do

> paramilitary troops stand any chance of it?  I guess winning is..

> optional?

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