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Hard Ball, It doesn't surprise me that the CG let the Marines develop the gun, and then they come along and say "We think that would be good for... Can we have the design?" They've been doing it for years. They don't have much money for R&D, and what little they do have normaly goes into stuff that only they do. The 47' Motor Surf Boat comes to mind. They developed that, but their main land based helo, the Jayhawk is an adapted Blackhawk. The 110' Patrol Boat was lifted from the Brits. A lot of the smaller Aids TO Navigation (ATON) boats are converted fishing boats. The USCG is the most frugal of the services, and they can get away with it, because who's going to say "no" to the people who may be pulling you out of the drink?
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Formerly Puddle Pirate.
Teach a kid to shoot.
It annoys the antis.
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