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I think it means that first impressions for troops is key to a good reputation.
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Oh, I recognize that (I know that the nickname “Mattel toy rifle” originated during, not after, the war), but it often seems as though the negative post-war reputation for those early M16s was disproportionate relative to the scope of the problems and the length of time it took to resolve them. Even amongst people who never served in Vietnam.
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I think that's how all guns get their reputation from 3rd hand accounts that becomes legend.
How revolvers, despite their obvious downsides, are heralded as unjammable people stoppers. Or how AKs are the most reliable rifles in the world, etc We got 1911s vs everything, and it goes on
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Mind you, apparently the North Vietnamese thought the AK was a piece of junk and wished they could get those high-tech Yankee rifles instead. |
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