There's a bit more to it than the money spent up front, at least there should be. It appears the Army is learning that the hard way now.
Sure, there should be. And there probably is. But if I'm sitting in that meeting, it's hard not to say "Yeah, but $100M? Do you want to be the one explaining this in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee?" I mean, there's a lot of fixing that can be done with that kind of wiggle room.
No explanation necessary when the low bidder doesn’t meet the spec, which these pistols obviously aren’t doing. This whole thing reeks of collusion, do you think the Russians did it? In all seriousness, PEO Soldier, and all the program managers and Army staff officers need to be investigated as does Sig.Sure, there should be. And there probably is. But if I'm sitting in that meeting, it's hard not to say "Yeah, but $100M? Do you want to be the one explaining this in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee?" I mean, there's a lot of fixing that can be done with that kind of wiggle room.
Slides too. There was plenty of double dealing in the M9trials as well, aircraft sales to Italy, Aviano airbase...There is a lot of handwringing, but I'll be interested to see what the fix is. We went through several stages of product improvements with the M16, and today it is everyone's favorite platform.
Besides, it's not like they're dealing with a bunch of cracked frames....
No explanation necessary when the low bidder doesn’t meet the spec, which these pistols obviously aren’t doing. This whole thing reeks of collusion, do you think the Russians did it? In all seriousness, PEO Soldier, and all the program managers and Army staff officers need to be investigated as does Sig.
Hmmm an AR BBQ Gun, wonder how many parts I have in the armory?The Army wound up with M16's because an Air Force general liked the way it blew up watermelons at a BBQ. Defense procurement is ugly business.
Slides too.
They really didn’t decide against Glock, Sig was the winner because Big Army wanted Sig. there are already thousands of Glocks in Army Arms rooms, as well now, Navy, and Marine Corp stores, and I’m sure some made their way to the Zoomies as well. Not hearing about ANY problems there?Forgot about that.
Makes you wonder if the Army was taking that into consideration when they decided against Glock. Nah, I'm sure it was just a bunch of corruption. Nobody at HQDA was worried about a pistol falling apart in the hands of a soldier.
You meant Glock frames cracking? I was talking about M9’s cracked frames and the slides cracking and separating from the pistol, injuring soldiers?Forgot about that.
Makes you wonder if the Army was taking that into consideration when they decided against Glock. Nah, I'm sure it was just a bunch of corruption. Nobody at HQDA was worried about a pistol falling apart in the hands of a soldier.
They really didn’t decide against Glock, Sig was the winner because Big Army wanted Sig. there are already thousands of Glocks in Army Arms rooms, as well now, Navy, and Marine Corp stores, and I’m sure some made their way to the Zoomies as well. Not hearing about ANY problems there?
You meant Glock frames cracking? I was talking about M9’s cracked frames and the slides cracking and separating from the pistol, injuring soldiers?
Sorry, not cracking. Flying off the frame, lulz.
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You're right. Just guns that discharge when dropped, puke live ammo while being fired and can't cycle with ball ammunition. Clearly good decisions were made for all the right reasons.