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Old 02-28-2011, 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Yournamehere View Post
The next generation weapon systems would be worth looking at if they didn't cost so much per unit, that's the main problem. For civilians, it's nice to pay maybe an extra 500-1000 dollars to get every conveivable bell and whistle short of an "auto" setting on the selector switch, but the militaries of the world have weapons that work well enough at a certain price point, and if that can't be beat, chaning is just detrimental.
For example, the Argentine Navy adopted the M16 instead the FAMAS due to the price (300$ against +-1000$).
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