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| "The deals you miss don’t hurt you”-B.D. Raney Sr. |
I haven’t seen mention of this anywhere else on the board; https://www.lee.senate.gov/202...c0-aa8a-4b64ece3d16d I seriously doubt it gets any traction, but it would be interesting. A whole new use for the Cajun Navy. | ||
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Seeker of Clarity |
I like the idea until they get captured and used as leverage against the U.S. Then a better equipped force like the Coast Guard / Navy will have made more sense. | |||
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| "The deals you miss don’t hurt you”-B.D. Raney Sr. |
I mainly see it as another opportunity for a Blackwater type organization. | |||
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Optimistic Cynic |
Not to mention that much of why privateering pays is that the private navy gets to keep the assets they seize. Who are they going to sell tons of illegal drugs to? and, I doubt an effective naval force would find much value in the ships that that are used by these drug runners. But, it would make for a good u-tube video, so somebody is bound to do it even if we don't do a SF group buy. And, what about the guns? Surely the current Congress is not going to exempt these privateers from possessing chain guns, missiles and other military arms. | |||
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Step by step walk the thousand mile road |
We need our professional mariner members to opine. The problem is firepower at sea is unlike firepower on land. An M101 WWII vintage 105mm howitzer is about 6 feet tall. A 5"/38 dual mount from WWII was three stories tall. My point is you'll need a fair-sized vessel to serve for assaults, plus other vessels and aircraft/drones to provide gunfire, intelligence, and logistics support. We did see something similar in how various PMCs provided security to ships transiting the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea. Nice is overrated "It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018 | |||
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Mistake Not... |
Pffft. Just need a 42 pound carronade to do the deed. ___________________________________________ Life Member NRA & Washington Arms Collectors Mistake not my current state of joshing gentle peevishness for the awesome and terrible majesty of the towering seas of ire that are themselves the milquetoast shallows fringing my vast oceans of wrath. Velocitas Incursio Vis - Gandhi The good thing is that if Plan A fails, there are 25 other letters in the alphabet. | |||
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| Step by step walk the thousand mile road |
A 68 lb carronade is reported to have had a maximum range of 1,280 yards. That's rifle range. In contrast, a 5"/38 maximum horizontal range with a 55-pound (25 kg) projectile is 18,000 yards. Nice is overrated "It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018 | |||
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| Ermagherd, 10 Mirrimerter!  |
I know a guy at SAAB, the Bofors 40mm is good out to 7000m, just sayin...... Not sure if we could swing the 57mm, 17000m range though. Might need DaveTruong & 12131 involved to pull that off  I quit school in elementary because of recess.......too many games --Riff Raff-- | |||
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| SIGforum's Indian Off the Reservation  |
I wonder what the cost of a used USCG cutter is? Imagine the tourism opportunities!  Mike You can run, but you cannot hide. If you won't stand behind our troops, feel free to stand in front of them. | |||
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Semi-pro here, I got a 21ft Ranger Pontoon that the 105mm (with a little modification) will fit on! I got a buddy who has a Bass Boat, he’s in! Who’s with me? ______________________________________________________________________ "When its time to shoot, shoot. Dont talk!" “What the government is good at is collecting taxes, taking away your freedoms and killing people. It’s not good at much else.” —Author Tom Clancy | |||
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| "The deals you miss don’t hurt you”-B.D. Raney Sr. |
So there are some more details available on the bill now. It states sea AND land. So I’m thinking Jeeps and Toyotas with Ma Deuces. It’ll be just like the show “Rat Patrol” when I was a kid. | |||
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אַרְיֵה |
The bird I worked on. If we could get our hands on one ...  הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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His Royal Hiney |
Yeah, this would be like one of those job postings where you know the company already has the person and they're just going through the motions. Or like some tax breaks that apply only to a single beneficiary written into law without simply saying "Panera Bread" gets this tax break. "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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Sounds like an idea for a reality TV show that might actually be interesting. | |||
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| His diet consists of black coffee, and sarcasm.  |
I always thought Osama Bin Laden could have been found a lot faster if these had been issued to some "good ol' boys" with their coonhounds. "The Almighty, He put some livin' things on this earth so a man can eat." - Festus Haggen, Gunsmoke | |||
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| I'd rather have luck than skill any day  |
One well used one for as little as $90k. former USCG Cutter Morris | |||
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| SIGforum's Indian Off the Reservation |
^^^ Well used is right, nearly 100 years old! Looks like some recent work done though, might be a good deal. Hmmmm.... Mike You can run, but you cannot hide. If you won't stand behind our troops, feel free to stand in front of them. | |||
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| Staring back from the abyss  |
I think something like this would end up getting a bunch of good ol’ boys killed. Bubba wouldn’t stand a chance. I saw an interview with a former Delta guy awhile back. He explained that while Delta would love to go take care of business, these guys are nothing to spit at. They are well trained and very well armed. It wouldn’t be a cake walk even for Delta. Drone the piss out of them and then go in and mop up would be my plan. ________________________________________________________ It is long past time for a Convention of States. The Founding Fathers gave us this tool to fix an out of control government and we need to use it. | |||
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