Yesterday, we reported the Army’s field tests of new equipment sourced from the private sector. Today, we catch wind of an Army jounro junket to the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland to show-off their new and improved weapons systems. Thanks to TTAG contributor and ex-Army man Martin Albright’s comments on the previous post, and the evidence presented in Wired’s Danger Room, I’m beginning to come ’round (so to speak) to the idea that the U.S. may still be slow when it comes to weapons procurement, but they ain’t stupid. Or apathetic. The bad boy above, for example, is your basic artillery piece with big ass green laser.
Question of the Day: Browning M2 “Ma Deuce” – Greatest Machine Gun Ever Made?
In the video below, members of the U.S. Military fire the M2 Browning .50 caliber machine gun in various training exercises. The caption informs us, correctly, that the our boys in uniform have used the “Ma Deuce” in every war or conflict from WWII to the present day. TTAG’s resident war hero Jon Wayne Taylor … Read more