tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695220743646709756.post215712087111941990..comments2023-11-02T09:02:46.580-04:00Comments on City Upon The Hill: New Idea for a Running TopicCity Upon The Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03605440199128496001noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695220743646709756.post-49699102811679836962008-05-07T17:05:00.000-04:002008-05-07T17:05:00.000-04:00Yes and No. Basically, the value of these guns to...Yes and No. <BR/><BR/>Basically, the value of these guns to Pakistan is determined totally by the probability of war with India. <BR/><BR/>The Pakistani Ordinance Factory (National Arms Supplier for Pakistan) has been making better guns for a while now, front line Pakistani units are all equipped with better weapons (namely, Pakistani copies of the German G-3 and imported AKs). They keep these old British guns around just in case or give them militias. If the decision to replace these weapons with something better had been taken the .303s would have been phased out at the rate the could have been replaced. Instead they were just dumped at the same time. <BR/><BR/>The cost of keeping these weapons around would have been very very little and they're not making much money off selling them - there is little economic incentive to get rid of them, certainly, no more economic incentive than there was 5 years ago. What has changed is that the value of having these guns around (the chances of an all0out conventional war with India) has decreased to the point where the tiny amount of money gained/saved by getting rid of them now outweighs their benefit because was is so unlikely.<BR/><BR/>Its possible that they picked up an ass-load of new weapons but the timing (why didn't they do that 15 years ago? they had the money then) and the manner (a sudden, total transition) make it unlikely.City Upon The Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03605440199128496001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695220743646709756.post-75209794230346044832008-05-04T16:37:00.000-04:002008-05-04T16:37:00.000-04:00Is there any way they could have just picked up be...Is there any way they could have just picked up better weapons, perhaps offset by the profits from selling the expensive .303 cartridges?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06622603609776849905noreply@blogger.com