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Old 03-07-2018, 02:40 PM   #47
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Originally Posted by JimTullis View Post
Internet Movie Firearms Database thinks he was meant to say 30 caliber. (Could be a metric vs imperial issue. European actors probably say millimeter more often.)
Maybe -- the weapons are clearly 7.62mm diameters. Still, the fact this made it into the cinema release is gag-inducing.

(The reference to "0.50-calibre shells", oddly, actually refers to something which existed -- in the '50s, the USAF experimented with explosive-tipped 0.50-cal. rounds for its fighters; the experiment failed miserably, as the rounds had a high failure rate, and said failure usually resulted in a blown-out gun. One might assume seventy years on the problems have been rectified. :) )
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