The Falklands

[Alex]

Just reading they underestimated the oil deposits around the Falklands, it's thought to be £74 billion !
double the output of the north sea.

[JBR]

Just reading they underestimated the oil deposits around the Falklands, it's thought to be £74 billion !
double the output of the north sea.

I'm sure we can all imagine what Argentina is thinking!
I wonder whether we'll be seeing a second Falklands war.
I also wonder whether we still have the resources to defend them.  😮

[Alex]

This photo gives me a lump in my throat.

[klondike]

We couldn't do it now.

[Alex]

True 

[Michael Rolls]

disgracefully so

[muddy]

We should make friends with Argentina it is the country of the future .

[klondike]

Yep. They will be super oil and gas rich as they don't have tossers in charge. I do wish we could give them Milibabd and Starmer instead though.

[JBR]

Just reading they underestimated the oil deposits around the Falklands, it's thought to be £74 billion !
double the output of the north sea.

Ah, the old SLRs.
Since I left, they have replaced them with a shorter-barrelled rifle.  I assume less encumbering, but perhaps less accurate?

[klondike]

The snipers get different kit. Those are mostly just used to make the other lot get their heads down. I doubt many get hit with any infantry rifle at much range and at short range a shorter weapon is better. I don't know if the British army uses them but some Yank infantry uses shotguns.

[Alex]

I was living in Germany when the Falklands war was on, my next door neighbours had visitors staying with them - from Argentina  !! It was a bit strained at times.. This was when all the soldiers drove round in BFG cars, and the number plates singled them out as British soldiers. I think they adhered to this daft system until a soldier was shot by the IRA while waiting at traffic lights, his was the only car in line with BFG plates.

I had German plates so didn't have any problems back then.  Sorry for the ramble.........memories !

 

[Michael Rolls]

I thought that the Geneva Convention banned shotguns in combat, along ith dum-dum ammo, etc

[klondike]

They forgot to tell that to the Marines 

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=us+army+shotgun&hl=en

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The US Army uses a variety of shotguns, including:
M26 Modular Accessory Shotgun System (MASS)
This add-on can be mounted under an M4 or M16 assault rifle, or used as a stand-alone weapon. It fires 12/70 shells and has a 19-cm barrel.

Mossberg 590
A pump-action 12-gauge shotgun that was designed specifically for military use. The M590M variant has a detachable box magazine that can hold 5, 10, 15, or 20 rounds.

Remington Model 870
A pump-action shotgun that is used by the military, law enforcement, and for hunting and self-defense.

Benelli M4 Super 90
Selected as the winning shotgun in a 1998 competition and type classified as the M1014 for the US military.
Other shotguns used by the US military include the M500 and the Saiga-12.

Shotguns have been used by the US military in a variety of conflicts, including the Vietnam War, the Somalian conflict, and Operation Enduring Freedom.

List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces - Wikipedia
Shotguns * M500 (pump-action 12 Gauge) * M590 (pump-action 12 Gauge) * M590A1 (pump-action 12 Gauge) * Saiga-12 (USCG, various U.

Wikipedia
Combat Shotguns for Military and Police Applications
14 Mar 2023 — New Configurations and New Missions. In 2012, following years of operational testing in Iraq and Afghanistan, the US Ar...

European Security & Defence
Mossberg 500 - Wikipedia
To maintain its low cost, Mossberg continued to produce the M500 for civilian and police markets, and in 1987, designed the M590 s...

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[JBR]

They forgot to tell that to the Marines 

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=us+army+shotgun&hl=en

AI Overview
Learn more
The US Army uses a variety of shotguns, including:
M26 Modular Accessory Shotgun System (MASS)
This add-on can be mounted under an M4 or M16 assault rifle, or used as a stand-alone weapon. It fires 12/70 shells and has a 19-cm barrel.

Mossberg 590
A pump-action 12-gauge shotgun that was designed specifically for military use. The M590M variant has a detachable box magazine that can hold 5, 10, 15, or 20 rounds.

Remington Model 870
A pump-action shotgun that is used by the military, law enforcement, and for hunting and self-defense.

Benelli M4 Super 90
Selected as the winning shotgun in a 1998 competition and type classified as the M1014 for the US military.
Other shotguns used by the US military include the M500 and the Saiga-12.

Shotguns have been used by the US military in a variety of conflicts, including the Vietnam War, the Somalian conflict, and Operation Enduring Freedom.

List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces - Wikipedia
Shotguns * M500 (pump-action 12 Gauge) * M590 (pump-action 12 Gauge) * M590A1 (pump-action 12 Gauge) * Saiga-12 (USCG, various U.

Wikipedia
Combat Shotguns for Military and Police Applications
14 Mar 2023 — New Configurations and New Missions. In 2012, following years of operational testing in Iraq and Afghanistan, the US Ar...

European Security & Defence
Mossberg 500 - Wikipedia
To maintain its low cost, Mossberg continued to produce the M500 for civilian and police markets, and in 1987, designed the M590 s...

Wikipedia
Show all

I bet they're not the only ones.

[Diasi]

We should make friends with Argentina it is the country of the future .

Well feel free to go & live there.