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This is, of course, one of those conversations that has really been beat to death, but recently I've been thinking why not just reissue some M16s? There's got to be a number of A4 flattops still out there, and they could certainly be easily made. Would a longer barrel not solve some or many of the issues with the M4 at longer ranges? Seems like a very simple fix. Even if it was rolled out on a limited basis in a manner similar to the SDM it would still provide units with some weapons that could reach farther out.
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For Americans war is almost all of the time a nuisance, and military skill is a luxury like Mah-Jongg. But when the issue is brought home to them, war becomes as important, for the necessary period, as business or sport. And it is hard to decide which is likely to be the more ominous for the [terrorists] -- an American decision that this is sport, or that it is business.
-D. W. Brogan, The American Character
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