Type 69 Rocket Launcher?

funkychinaman · #1 04-15-2011, 08:22 PM

I have no dog in this fight, but looking at the volumes each of you have written here and on the discussion pages, I have to say, the passion is quite admirable.

BurtReynoldsMoustache · #2 04-16-2011, 01:20 PM

I looked this up at the top English language source for information on the Chinese military, http://www.sinodefence.com/ . They don't have any information about small arms anymore for some reason so I used the wayback machine at http://www.archive.org/web/web.php to view their archives. The Type 69 page refers to it as "Type 69 rocket launcher". The phrase "rocket propelled grenade" is used to describe the ammunition, though they are not type classified as such, instead using names like "Type 69 HEAT", "Type 69-1 HEAT", etc. Additionally, the photographs of the ammunition have labels describing them as "rocket shells". These labels are part of the photographs and are not text captions, indicating that where ever they originated from used that phrase to describe them.

Gunmaster45 · #3 04-17-2011, 06:06 AM

Since I doubt such a minor text change will be taken to the supreme court anytime soon, nor deserves such extreme effort to argue over, I found this fitting:

MT2008 · #4 04-18-2011, 02:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Gunmaster45

Since I doubt such a minor text change will be taken to the supreme court anytime soon, nor deserves such extreme effort to argue over, I found this fitting:

I admit that debating (as opposed to arguing) can be fun. But yes, it's becoming pretty obvious to me that Burt invests a little too much of his self-esteem into these sorts of exchanges.

Anyway, I was away a lot this weekend, but here's my take: I think both Burt and Tim need to shut up, and we, the mods and admins, should decide. They've been had more than enough time to make their case, and ultimately, it comes down to what we think. In situations like this, what else can we do?

All in favor of Burt's position, vote yeah. Opposed, nay. I vote nay.