Talk:M21 (rifle)
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Is the discussion on Blackhawk Down necessary? It's interesting but really has very little to do with the subject of the article. Perhaps it should be moved to the article on Blackhawk Down instead?
- I think the weapon's influence on popular culture is fair game. Twinxor 22:40, 14 May 2005 (UTC)
In the book Blackhawk Down, Randy Shughart was described as carrying an M14. There was a brief discussion of balistics as well. Anyhow, here's the author sort of confirming this, if you need confirmation: http://inquirer.philly.com/packages/somalia/ask/ask19.asp I've removed the reference, perhaps you should put it under the M14 entry. It feels very out of place in my opinion. You bounced from "weapon description" to "hollywood" to "dead guy", just like that.
[edit] M-25 / XM-25
About the M-25 variant, see www.snipercentral.com/m25.htm. The M-25 has a McMillan M1A stock (and not M2A as written in the page), and a BPT (Brookfield Precision Tool) Advanced Scope Mounting System ; scope used are Bausch & Lomb 62-1040 10x40 Tactical, or various Leupolds MK4 / VariX-III ; sometimes there is also OPS silencers.
This weapon was used in 1991 Gulf War by S.O.F. (and as a consequence I suppose that it was build before 1991, perhaps in the end of 1990). I read some suggests about the fact that the Randy Shugart's rifle could be a M-25 too (unconfirmed). Rob1bureau
[edit] XM21 / M21
The page precise 2 differents years when the designation XM21 became M21 : 1971 (in the text) and 1975 (below photo) ; what is true ? (1975 according globalsecurity.org) Rob1bureau 17:21, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Springfield M21 ?
Re: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Springfield M21;
Can anyone tell me how this gun relates to the Springfield M21? Is it the same gun, or only very similar? Is "Springfield M21" a common misnomer for this M21 or is it something distinct? - Keith D. Tyler ¶ (AMA) 18:23, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
- Springfield Inc. makes M21 and M25 rifles which are loosely based upon their military counterparts of the same designation. Much like the way that their name implies a relationship the former US military armory, the commercial firm Springfield Armory capitalizes on the implication that their products are the same as those used by the military. FWIW: The article should probably redirect here. --D.E. Watters 19:09, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
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- Thanks. That flies with me, it'll fly better with others if there is some way to mention this in this article. - Keith D. Tyler ¶ (AMA) 23:48, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
Should this article discuss the differences between the Springfield Armory/Rock Island M21 and the Springfield Inc. M21? Thatcher131 19:11, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
