On 29 Apr 2004 19:31:38 -0700, (robert arndt) wrote:

"Kevin Brooks" wrote in message ...
"robert arndt" wrote in message
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(Denyav) wrote in message
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You are growing increasingly paranoid, Arndt. Let's see-- the Baretta M9,
the M249 SAW, the H&K Special Opns pistol...yep, it appears the US is quite
willing to buy foreign weapons when they are the best of the bunch offered
for a requirement.

Gee, that's 3 weapons out of HOW many offered? And don't use HK as an
example as they are primarily for SFs.

OK, a few more...

81mm Mortar (British)
105mm gun (British)
M777 155 mm gun (British)
Fox NBC vehicle (German)
C-23 Shorts Sherpa (British)
C-295 has just been selected by USCG (Spanish?) who also use the
french Dauphin helicopter
M240 Machine gun (Belgian)
US101 Helicopter (British/Italian)....ok maybe jumping the gun on this
one :-)
AGM-142 (Israeli)
120mm Tank Gun (German)
XM-8 Carbine - developed form the G-36 (German)

Still think the US only buy US weapons?

The 1979 M-1 took until 1991 to go into combat and we lost 18 of them
then- mines, fire (flame), friendly fire. In Gulf War II we lost more-
this time to ATGWs.

No M1 kills in OIF were lost to ATGW, despite early press reports
about Kornet E missiles leaking in from Syria. There's an unclassified
report on M1 performnce in OIF somewhere on the web - look it up.

Peter Kemp