Migrant Maggots riot in Calais …

 

1. Hmm, what a nice empty Comment area. Looks as good as any place for this bit of history,Courtesy of bearing arms.com;
   

   After 94 years of continuous service, the oldest-serving known veteran in the U.S. military is stepping away from the front lines.

   Browning M2 machine gun #324 is finally retiring:

   Roughly 94 years after the first production run of M2 machine guns came off the assembly line, the 324th weapon produced made it to Anniston Army Depot for overhaul and upgrade.

   In more than 90 years of existence, the receiver with serial number 324 has never been overhauled.

   “Looking at the receiver, for its age, it looks good as new and it gauges better than most of the other weapons,” said John Clark, a small arms repair leader.

   Despite the fact that the weapon still meets most specifications, it may be destined for the scrap yard.

   Modifications made to the weapon in the field mean part of the receiver would have to be removed through welding and replaced with new metal, a process which usually means the receiver is scrap.

   “I’d rather put this one on display than send it to the scrap yard,” said Clark, adding the weapon’s age makes it appealing as a historical artifact.

   It’s stunning to think that #324 has been serving for that long, and is still in fighting condition, and is only being retired because someone made a field modification to the receiver.

   John Moses Browning was a brilliant inventor, a fact proven every day as various Browning designs and variants still dominate the small arms market today.

   Let’s hope they give you the retirement you deserve, #324, and thank you for your service.

        

   Posted by Rich K       11/11/2015  at  11:40 PM  



2. Wow ...  That is beautiful Rich. And much thanks for the commentary.
   Yeah .. be a damn shame to end up as scrap. Don’t even wanna think about that.
   Hey ... the Calais Kops could use a few and wipe out the damn stain over there before it all comes over here.

   Posted by peiper       11/12/2015  at  10:14 AM  



3. The French police have a strange (to my mind anyway) setup. There are the PAF (Police Aux Frontiers) effectively border police. Then there are the CRS riot police with their “Thunderbirds are go” uniforms and finally there is the Gendarmerie. They have had a number of CRS at Coquelles to deal with the gimmegrants, but surprisingly they were not that effective. However since they brought in the Gendarmes it has been a different matter. They are not averse to roughing the gimmgrants up and some of them have had a real shitcart for their troubles. Consequently the tunnel has been running quite smoothly since they got involved.

   Posted by LyndonB       11/13/2015  at  01:06 PM  

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