[moose1am]

OK I just saw on future weapons a story about a new US gun that will be put into operation. Some of these are being used in Iraq today. The bad thing about these new guns is that they get jammed when exposed to sand and dirt. Now the Army is ordering another 100,000 of these new weapons before they even get the ones in operation fixed.

This reminds me of the Mark ?? torpedoes that were used by the USA during the first few years of WWII. By now everyone knows that story. If not do a Google search on defective WWII torpedoes.

And everyone should know about the first M16's that were used in Nam. They too jammed easily when they got dirty. These rifles had to be modified to free jammed cartridges.

No one wants to get in a firefight and have their weapon jam.

It's bad enough that our guys are being sent to police Iraq while there is a civil war going on. But to send them into battle again with defective weapons is CRIMINAL.

I am going to call my senator and congressman and demand that they look into these new guns and get them fixed before the Army orders another 100,000 of these defective guns.

These guns work great when they are clean but in the middle east where they are needed it's impossible to keep them clean with all the blowing sand and fine grit.

I did see a gun being use on the Future Weapons show where they laid the gun down in sand and then picked it up and used it and it worked. But when our soldiers start complaining about their guns jamming while in a firefight that's the last straw.

We need to give our guys the best weapons possible if we are going to send them into harms way. They should not have to die needlessly.