I saw this picture on http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_earthquake_tsunami_glance, and there was no caption (pic 33 of 44 on the 'photos' section), but it appeared to be Japanese law enforcement or military patrolling in the aftermath of the earthquake.
Are these U.S. M-16 type guns?
OT - what are these ?Japanese? police carrying...?
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OT - what are these ?Japanese? police carrying...?
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Re: OT - what are these ?Japanese? police carrying...?
The one on the left looks like an HK G36 (or variant) and the one on the right is an M4 variant of some sort.
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Re: OT - what are these ?Japanese? police carrying...?
Can't see the buttstock, but the one in the front looks like a shorty M-16ish type weapon, but the one being carried by the guy farther back has me perplexed. It has no butt stock for the spring, even a collapsible one, so that one must be something different. Barrel doesn't look right on the rear one either for an M-16. I lost interest in most black guns in the 90's and just like cars I have not kept up with the latest trends.
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Re: OT - what are these ?Japanese? police carrying...?
G36:
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I think you nailed it awp101.
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Re: OT - what are these ?Japanese? police carrying...?
Interesting. I thought they didn't need guns in Japan...
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Re: OT - what are these ?Japanese? police carrying...?
Do you feel like fending off Godzilla with a wakizashi?Ysabel Kid wrote:Interesting. I thought they didn't need guns in Japan...
True, there's not a whole lot of gun violence in Japan AFAIK but they do have the Yakuza and possibly the Triads to deal with. The almost total inability to buy firearms over there (even for the elite I believe) led to the hyper-realistic Airsoft replicas.
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Re: OT - what are these ?Japanese? police carrying...?
Chalk it up to the fruits of a mis-spent youth. Most kids could quote sports stats, I knew weapons and history. I'm actually into sports now but not much else has changed...C. Cash wrote:I think you nailed it awp101.
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Re: OT - what are these ?Japanese? police carrying...?
Great call.awp101 wrote:The one on the left looks like an HK G36 (or variant) and the one on the right is an M4 variant of some sort.
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Re: OT - what are these ?Japanese? police carrying...?
"The almost total inability to buy firearms over there (even for the elite I believe) . . . ."
Just like Mexico :>)
Just like Mexico :>)
Re: OT - what are these ?Japanese? police carrying...?
Yep, I know that of which you speak. More modern guns seemed to lose their "soul" for me about 1996, and I've gone totally backwards toward my first loves: flintlocks, levers, SA's, Doubles. Still pretty much stuck in the past.awp101 wrote:Chalk it up to the fruits of a mis-spent youth. Most kids could quote sports stats, I knew weapons and history. I'm actually into sports now but not much else has changed...C. Cash wrote:I think you nailed it awp101.
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Re: OT - what are these ?Japanese? police carrying...?
While I doubt that's what's in play here, just FYI there are some AR-15 variants these days that do away with the buffer/spring combo. For example:C. Cash wrote:Can't see the buttstock, but the one in the front looks like a shorty M-16ish type weapon, but the one being carried by the guy farther back has me perplexed. It has no butt stock for the spring, even a collapsible one, so that one must be something different. Barrel doesn't look right on the rear one either for an M-16. I lost interest in most black guns in the 90's and just like cars I have not kept up with the latest trends.
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