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<blockquote data-quote="mukawami" data-source="post: 1838567" data-attributes="member: 10546">Sigo con el asunto de los calibres empleados:An early portent of what lay ahead emerged from an action in the Malvinas campaign. On 31 May 1982 a small detachment of the Royal Marines Mountain and Arctic Warfare cadre – acting as a brigade reconnaissance force – identified Argentine forces at a key location. Top Malo House lay in the line of advance of 3 Commando Brigade. This objective had to be secured in short order. During the successful raid to seize this feature, a British NCO and an Argentine from 602 Commando Company exchanged gunfire at close quarters. The British commando was armed with a 5.56mm weapon, his adversary with a 7.62mm one. Both were wounded, but the recollection of the Royal Marine NCO as he was struck by the more powerful 7.62mm bullets was along the lines of “I’m coming second in this gunfight!”Basicamente habla de la desesperación de los comandos ingleses al recibir los impactos de los FAL argentinos. La frase que emplea el autor para reflejar la sensación del ingles es: &quot;Estoy saliendo segundo en esta balacera!&quot; Es decir, &quot;estoy perdiendo&quot;.Fuente: <a href="https://www.rusi.org/downloads/assets/RDS_201206_Watts.pdf">https://www.rusi.org/downloads/assets/RDS_201206_Watts.pdf</a> pag. 11p.s. llegue a los 601 mensajes!! que coincidencia mas &quot;comandera&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mukawami, post: 1838567, member: 10546"] Sigo con el asunto de los calibres empleados: [I]An early portent of what lay ahead emerged from an action in the Malvinas campaign. On 31 May 1982 a small detachment of the Royal Marines Mountain and Arctic Warfare cadre – acting as a brigade reconnaissance force – identified Argentine forces at a key location. Top Malo House lay in the line of advance of 3 Commando Brigade. This objective had to be secured in short order. During the successful raid to seize this feature, a British NCO and an Argentine from 602 Commando Company exchanged gunfire at close quarters. The British commando was armed with a 5.56mm weapon, his adversary with a 7.62mm one. Both were wounded, but the recollection of the Royal Marine NCO as he was struck by the more powerful 7.62mm bullets was along the lines of “I’m coming second in this gunfight!”[/I] Basicamente habla de la desesperación de los comandos ingleses al recibir los impactos de los FAL argentinos. La frase que emplea el autor para reflejar la sensación del ingles es: "Estoy saliendo segundo en esta balacera!" Es decir, "estoy perdiendo". Fuente: [URL]https://www.rusi.org/downloads/assets/RDS_201206_Watts.pdf[/URL] pag. 11 p.s. llegue a los 601 mensajes!! que coincidencia mas "comandera" [/QUOTE]

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Guerra desarrollada entre Argentina y el Reino Unido en 1982