One of the greats is gone

[gridlore]

Uzi Gal, the man who single handedly armed Israel, died yesterday at 79. The Uzi submachine gun is probably the second most recognized weapon in the world (behind the AK-47)

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[todkaninchen.livejournal.com]

Jeez!

One year they lost entire trains for weeks because of the Mississippi flooding!

I can't imagine the poor bastard...

I think, for us, all sensitive items were removed and shipped seperately in connexes.

Which meant only they (or was it they and the M1A1's?) had to be directly guarded.