[Legbreaker]

@Web
Whoa! Calm down there, please. There's no attacking going on here. My statement about the M16 is not intended to insult anyone, it's a simple observation that every M16 I've had in hand has been crap. This may just be due to age and wear and tear in which case perhaps I've got some insight on what T2K soldiers may be dealing with? Or it may be personal bias against a weapon that had sights and barrels bent out of alignment, loose furniture that would rattle with each shot further throwing off the aim, magazines which would fail on a regular basis, and were generally just rubbish and probably should have seen the inside of a furnace a decade before. Take your pick...

And as for "letting" others post, I thought this was an open forum where we are supposed to encourage participation? I certainly don't agree with many things that are said, but I'm not about to stop anyone saying it. Who knows, with a decent, open and honest discussion, opinions and positions may be changed...on both sides.

Now, getting back to the topic of the thread, those M16s I mentioned are, at least in my opinion, what is the result of hard wear and tear (about 20 years worth IRL). They weren't all that accurate and they had their problems, but they could still kill almost as effectively as a rifle still hot from the factory. With a decent gunsmith, a tool box, and a supply of basic parts, they could have been refurbished at a fraction of the cost and difficulty an organisation in T2K would face in constructing a whole new weapon.

Now assuming those rifles are an example of T2K weaponry, and remembering that the vast bulk of weapons in T2K aren't anywhere near as old, can't we agree refurbishment should be the preferred T2K option over designing a new weapon, constructing the factory, sourcing and gathering the materials, supplying the energy requirements, feeding the workforce, etc, etc, etc? Leave producing a new rifle until the country can afford it, financially, industrially, and agriculturally. To do otherwise dooms the recovery from nuclear war and it's aftermath to a very bad end.