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tactics wise, could a so-equipped Steyr be used like the GPMG? it might be down on range, calibre, etc. but it still looks easier to lug around than the big'un.
*looks around at deafening silence*
I'll get me coat
If you have to do it, you always have to do it right. Either it makes a difference, or it’s good practice so that when it does make a difference, it gets done right.
Just looking at it, it would be a nightmare on the steyr. There is no way you could fire it from the shoulder with it on. Good idea but dosen't work for bullpups. Now if you had one spiral only.....
Originally posted by strummer Does anyone remember the "Hollywood Bank Shootout" a few years ago in Los Angeles. Remember the hold up gone wrong, where the two stick up men were wearing full body armor and were packing some serious fire power!!!!! They held the LAPD back for over half an hour.
I think these guys had something similar to these C-mags on an AK-47.
Can anyone confirm that?
I remember hearing a lecture on this event in Templemore(I think there is a tvm about it too) but they used Ruger Mini 14s which were no match for the police shotguns and 38s. What the LAPD learnt that day apparently is "you can never have too much ammo".
In the end the raiders were taken down with Assault rifles bought in a nearby gunshop. God Bless the NRA.
Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.
Goldie, I think you could be mixing up the Miami Shootout with the Hollywood bank Robbery.
The Miami gig involved the FBI with pistols and shotguns facing up to bank robbers with Mini 14's , revolvers and shotguns, with the FBI losing 2 killed and 5 injured to 2 suspects killed. This event showed the tactical superiority of the 223 rifle to the FBI weapons. http://www.firearmstactical.com/briefs7.htm
The Hollywood event involved 2 criminals with a G3, 3 AKs and an AR15, facing police with pistols and shotguns (until heavier firepower was obtained). 11 officers were injured, the two robbers died (one at his own hand) http://www.student.oulu.fi/~hmikkola/shootout.html
Yeah..it would have been the Miami shootout,as i was almost retired at the time of the Hollywood one. Hollywood shows up on worlds scariest police videos regularly.
Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.
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