Why did the US military continue to use outdated weapons

Nigga we still had Greasers in the 90's.

>>32274833
Just because something's old doesn't mean it isn't good enough to get the job done. In fact, some older weapons beat the piss out of their newer counterparts.

>>32274833
If it aint broke dont fix it

>>32274833
gun don't age that fast

7.62x54R and Mosin is a fine example

we will see them in space conflict soon

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>>32274833
Massive, insane, humongous surplus from ww2. Convoy ships were given away for free, truckloads of typewriters were dumped into the ocean, and M4s were sunk/stacked on beaches like rocks to form makeshift docks. Surplus ships were used as target practice for nukes as well.

>>32274833
"Current Year" is not a reason to replace something

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WW2-era weapons were still widely used by just about every military during the sixties, USA was hardly the exception.

>>32274833
Or what? Go from Enfields to fucking L85s and fuck everything up?

>>32275025
>what is the SLR

It was only 20 years later. The weapons were hardly outdated.

>>32274833
"outdated"

>fuckin new guy here

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Also, US supplied a lot of weapons to its allies. Makes sense in special forces to use the same weapons when the ratio is 3 whitey to 10 gooks.

>>32274960
>tfw ywn unload onna gooks with a Chicago Typewriter while listening to I Ain't No Senator's Son

Why even fucking live

>>32274833
We had some gronk-modified M14's that dated back to the Vietnam war we 'borrowed' from the Americans from around the Vietnam era when we first went into Afghanistan.

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>>32274833
> 1960
> Grease Gun is outdated
name ONE SMG that was as cheap as the M3A1 back then
UZI doesn't count

>>32275645
forgot to mention: it has to be an allied one

>>32275645
>>32275651
>name ONE SMG that was as cheap as the M3A1 back then
>forgot to mention: it has to be an allied one
This looks like a job forrrrr... The STEN! Orrr the OWEN!

>>32275694
>STEN
You would literally be better off with a Hi-point.
>Owen
I'll give you that, Owens are the cat's pajamas.

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>>32275694
Owen gun and the Sten made appearances in Vietnam

>>32275707
>STEN
>You would literally be better off with a Hi-point.
Ah, but 'good' wasn't one of the criteria :^)

>>32275707
>I believe literally everything forgotten weapons tells me

>>32274833
because they worked you fucking retard

>hurr it don't look new it outdated
fuck off

>>32274833
>9mm smg
>outdated

It wasn't outdated until the AKM and then M16 came into use.

There's quite a number of WW2 era weapons that would be preferable to an M14 in Vietnam. The M2 carbine springs to mind.

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>>32275694
> Sten
great gun, but I wouldn't arm any army with one

> Owen
> 45k produced during WW2

>>32275728
> Ah, but 'good' wasn't one of the criteria :^)
> arming your army with shitty guns
you do not want to end like North Korea, don't you?

>>32275808
> Grease Gun
> 9mm

the 9mm conversions were sexy AF
but only dropped over europe during WW2