Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/15

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Subject: RE: Re:[Leica] Film & Airport Security X-Ray Machines & Munich
From: Jeremy Kime <jeremy.kime@bbc.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 14:28:15 -0000

What really annoys me is that the military get these advance prototypes so
much earlier than the general public.
Pakistan military get M16s and we have to make do with the M6 0.85 TTL Mk2
(whatever), roll on the M7-15, never mind the 16...
Do they have ex-army sell off sales there? :-)
Jem

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Anders Nygren [SMTP:anygren@attglobal.net]
> 
> In 1990 I went on a climbing expedition to Pakistan. One in our party took
> a picture of the rest of us
> next to the plane. It took only 30 seconds before a jeep came screeching
> to a
> halt next to us with 5 military police with M16īs. 
> 
> /Anders Nygren
>