From: [Johann Opitz] at [smtp.esl.com] (Big O)
Newsgroups: talk.politics.guns
Subject: Re: BATF looking for "tactical carbines"
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 1994 13:11:50 -0800

In article <[C t pD 41 1 s 5] at [zeno.fit.edu]>, [e--l--s] at [zach.fit.edu] (John Ellis
(Computer Science)) wrote:

> From the 28 July 1994 Commerce Business Daily:
> 
> From: BATF
> 
> Desires to procure up to 800 tactical carbines over the next 4
> years. "The firearm, hereinafter referred to as a 'tactical
> carbine', is to be a shoulder-mounted, magazine-fed, short-
> barreled weapon and chambered to fire the 9mm parabellum
> cartridge (9 x 19mm). The tactical carbine shall be available
> in semi-automatic and select fire modes. The Bureau should have
> the option of selecting either the two-round burst or fully-
> automatic select fire models. The tactical carbine selected as
> a result of this competition will become the standard issue for
> the Bureau."

The criminals' weapon of choice???

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