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Post by OziRiS on Aug 15, 2013 20:24:24 GMT
In terms of small arms a mercenary who is hired by the Government would probably have access to any weapon they wanted and which was commercially available. If he was trying to covertly infiltrate a militia there's a good chance he'd use whatever weapons they were using. Showing up with a tricked out M4 to a party where there are mostly AK 47s, FN FALs and H&K G3s might seem a little suspicious. If he stuck to the same types of guns the militia were likely to use then we're back at the 7.62mm round mentioned in the beginning of the thread, instead of the 5.56mm for the Colt/Armalite family (M16/M4 as mentioned earlier). |
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Post by ironhold on Aug 15, 2013 20:34:03 GMT
It's canon that Duke Togo prefers M-16s and variations thereof.
They're cheap, they're relatively common, and they have enough range & accuracy to where he can use them as a sharpshooter weapon in addition to using them as an assault rifle.
In that sense, the militia likely didn't bat an eyelash when he showed up with one; it's possible that there might have been a few M-16s in addition to whatever else they had.
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Post by oscardeuce on Aug 16, 2013 22:55:01 GMT
"Cheap " M-16s? The current panic has lead to prices in the $25,000-30,000+ range for legal transferable guns. Colts are bringing in the higher prices. Have not followed the fast and furious prices  |
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Post by ironhold on Aug 17, 2013 21:12:14 GMT
The series was written during the 1980s / 1990s, when the global firearms market was probably awash in surplus M-16s after Vietnam.
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Post by Cybermortis on Aug 18, 2013 10:45:59 GMT
There are also M-16 copies in production in various parts of the world. Including the Norinco CQ rifle which has been produced in China since the early 1980's as an export weapon for the civilian market; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norinco_CQ |
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Post by oscardeuce on Aug 19, 2013 0:26:45 GMT
There are also M-16 copies in production in various parts of the world. Including the Norinco CQ rifle which has been produced in China since the early 1980's as an export weapon for the civilian market; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norinco_CQAs semi auto. Full auto importation or manufacture has been banned in the us since 1986 for civilians. Since the. The supply of full auto legal transferable firearms has only been decreasing. |
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Post by Cybermortis on Aug 19, 2013 11:44:03 GMT
The story was set in South Africa, not the USA.
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