HueyJ

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Oops, that wasn't intended as a rant at you Lance Jackass, although it probably looks that way. I feel quite strongly about the issue of the right equipment for the job, and the fact that often it is made all to easy for innovative and practical concepts to be smothered at birth by bureaucrats with little understanding and even less interest is fraustrating to say the least. So apologies for any offence I may have caused, and I will allow this thread to return to it's original course.

Command and control in a fibua/obua environment is hard enough without the added complication of ear defenders, especially since every unit and sub unit has as least one meathead who's in a world of his own even without the isolation brought about by ear defenders. It's all to easy for sections to become virtually 'fire and forget' when assaulting, which is fine when operating with an attritionist doctrine that places emphasis on large numbers of organic assets and allows commanders a certain slack in maintaining control, but the manouverist doctrine adopted by UK forces demands commanders

If your spacing is any good that shouldn't be quite such an issue.

Actually 5.56mm is at the lower end of the calibre spectrum for BR, they go all the way upto .50 BMG stopping at most major calibres on the way, and fitting a range of military hardware including MG34 and Maxim MGs. It's dangerous enough having people shooting at you, you might as well protect your hearing if you can!

Blade Runner, great to see the Airfix SLR, I had one for Christmas '79. I can safely say I have never recieved a Christmas present I enjoyed as much as that one, sadly it would seem that my parents threw it away at some point. I also owned the cap firing MAC 10 that you posted, in fact I suspect that it lurks somewhere in my parents loft. Nice to take a little trip down memory lane.

The lower pic in FL_Racer's post shows an A2 to which someone has thoughtfully attached a Finnish made BR Reflex suppressor. Given that it's an A2 it's not one of the very few privately owned L85s out there so it rather has the look of an overly keen member of HM Forces who has taken the purchasing of his own kit a stage further than the usual fancy boots and Buffalo shirt that most indulge in. The fact that BR manufacture their suppressors to fit a wide range of military weapons as a straight swap for the flash hider means that it could all be done without having to trouble the REME arm