[DundasBill]

Thanos Thanos:

The US under Ronald Reagan also did absolutely nothing to dissuade the Argies from attacking in 1982 so I doubt that this is strictly an "Obama thing". Any British troops and marines killed on the islands during the fighting were all shot by American-made bullets coming out of American-made M16's and M60's that were given to the Argentine junta by the United States over the preceding couple of decades or so.

Both sides in the Falklands War used Belgian FN FAL assault rifles. No one used M16s.

[BartSimpson]

EyeBrock EyeBrock:

Maybe the UK should stop giving cash to other countries, layabouts who clog up Council housing, utterly useless Islamic fundamentalist immigrants, and ensure it can defend itself. Just a thought.

[EyeBrock]

DundasBill DundasBill:

Thanos Thanos:

The US under Ronald Reagan also did absolutely nothing to dissuade the Argies from attacking in 1982 so I doubt that this is strictly an "Obama thing". Any British troops and marines killed on the islands during the fighting were all shot by American-made bullets coming out of American-made M16's and M60's that were given to the Argentine junta by the United States over the preceding couple of decades or so.

Both sides in the Falklands War used Belgian FN FAL assault rifles. No one used M16s.

Not quite true. Most of the UK SF guys used AR-15's or various versions of the M-16 family.

[DundasBill]

EyeBrock EyeBrock:

DundasBill DundasBill:

Thanos Thanos:

The US under Ronald Reagan also did absolutely nothing to dissuade the Argies from attacking in 1982 so I doubt that this is strictly an "Obama thing". Any British troops and marines killed on the islands during the fighting were all shot by American-made bullets coming out of American-made M16's and M60's that were given to the Argentine junta by the United States over the preceding couple of decades or so.

Both sides in the Falklands War used Belgian FN FAL assault rifles. No one used M16s.

Not quite true. Most of the UK SF guys used AR-15's or various versions of the M-16 family.

I could be mistaken but from everything I've read and seen (including news footage of British troops walking down a road in Stanley carrying FNs) the British troops used FNs modified to fire 3 shot bursts and the Argentines had full auto FNs. There were even instances of the Brits using captured Argentine rifles instead of their own because they were full auto. The Argentines definately did not use ARs. "The Argentine Armed Forces officially adopted the FN FAL in 1955, but the first FN made examples did not arrive in Argentina until the autumn of 1958. Subsequently, in 1960, licensed production of FALs began and continued until the mid to late 1990s, when production ceased."

[SprCForr]

The Mountain and Arctic Cadre of 3 Cdo Bde used M-16's. I have a couple pics of them somewhere in the house here.

[EyeBrock]

$1:

I could be mistaken but from everything I've read and seen (including news footage of British troops walking down a road in Stanley carrying FNs) the British troops used FNs modified to fire 3 shot bursts and the Argentines had full auto FNs. There were even instances of the Brits using captured Argentine rifles instead of their own because they were full auto. The Argentines definately did not use ARs. "The Argentine Armed Forces officially adopted the FN FAL in 1955, but the first FN made examples did not arrive in Argentina until the autumn of 1958. Subsequently, in 1960, licensed production of FALs began and continued until the mid to late 1990s, when production ceased."

You are mistaken. Regular UK infantry of the era carried the SLR, which is a modified version of the FN that was produced in the UK. It was and remains a single shot rifle. No auto setting at all.

The SAS and SBS to a man used M-16's (or variants thereof). I never saw a Hooligan or a SB or SF Booty with an SLR.

[EyeBrock]

SprCForr SprCForr:

The Mountain and Arctic Cadre of 3 Cdo Bde used M-16's. I have a couple pics of them somewhere in the house here.

Bang on Sapper.

[Canadian_Mind]

DundasBill DundasBill:

Thanos Thanos:

The US under Ronald Reagan also did absolutely nothing to dissuade the Argies from attacking in 1982 so I doubt that this is strictly an "Obama thing". Any British troops and marines killed on the islands during the fighting were all shot by American-made bullets coming out of American-made M16's and M60's that were given to the Argentine junta by the United States over the preceding couple of decades or so.

Both sides in the Falklands War used Belgian FN FAL assault rifles. No one used M16s.

Fucking solid weapon the FN was/is.

[Bruce_E_T]

For the record here is an article that puts the estimated reserves of oil at 60 Billion barrels. (first paragraph)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... onomy.html