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Originally posted by john:
i wonder if upon closer inspection you might find a stamp on the side saying "made in the u.s.a."?
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Let me try this in civilian laymen terms.
US artillery is a different caliber than the former USSR artillery. So, even though this nerve agent shell is older, has some of it's markings removed etc.. it's a different caliber. Could the US have made it? It's possible, however, very unlikely. It would take a facility to produce it, as it's a different caliber. Then it would have to be filled with 'sarin' agent, Oh, I forgot to mention, the US does not use 'sarin' agent. Then would have to be 'time' aged, then transplanted in the AO. All in all costing a huge amount of money, just to show 1 shell, very unlikely.
Artillery round manufacture is very much like production. Would it not take an enormous amount of time, energy, and money to fit a Geo Metro onto a Ford Excursion suspension?