cleardiddion
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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/21/world/africa/21rebels.html?_r=3&pagewanted=1
So, CJ Chivers is one of the few people that I've kept up with any sort of frequency over in the NY Times because he covers well, things that actually interest me.
He covers in this article the nonstandard arms of the opposition fighters and I thought it was an interesting insight into something that's being debated but not really known by a lot of people.
As a teaser:
So, CJ Chivers is one of the few people that I've kept up with any sort of frequency over in the NY Times because he covers well, things that actually interest me.
He covers in this article the nonstandard arms of the opposition fighters and I thought it was an interesting insight into something that's being debated but not really known by a lot of people.
As a teaser:
A PKT machine gun, a weapon designed to be mounted on a Soviet tank and fired electronically by a crew member inside, has no manual trigger, no sights and no shoulder stock. That does not prevent many Libyan rebels from carrying it as if it were an infantryman’s gun.