Chogy
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The USAF used to do a better job of arming aircrews than they do now. During the cold war, each seat kit (bailout kit) had a gun called the M-6. It was a crude sheet metal weapon, double-barreled over/under, with a .410 gauge shotgun under a .22 Hornet rifle. The .22 Hornet is somewhere between a .22 rimfire and a 5.56mm in power. The Hornet would kill a man or an animal up to deer size with ease, and the shotgun part was designed to kill birds and rabbits for food.
This disappeared in the 1960's. We petitioned to have an M-4 carbine in the seat kit, but they decided we'd carry the 9mm Beretta.
This disappeared in the 1960's. We petitioned to have an M-4 carbine in the seat kit, but they decided we'd carry the 9mm Beretta.