There were rumors in the late 1960s that the real M-16 rifles (which had recently been adopted for standard issue by the US military) were made by the Mattel toy company.
I had a machine gun when I was a kid. I had $5.00, which was a massive amount of money in those days, and got a Marx (I think) machine gun with a tripod. It took D cell batteries and when you pressed the trigger it made a great m.g. sound and the red tip of the barrel pumped in and out. I was a miniature version of the M-2 .50 caliber.
Is it too late to order the Big Dick?
ReplyDeleteThere were rumors in the late 1960s that the real M-16 rifles (which had recently been adopted for standard issue by the US military) were made by the Mattel toy company.
ReplyDeleteMattel making guns for the Army sounds like anti-war propaganda, but if true, they would have been swell.
ReplyDeleteI can't think of a G-rated response to the Cap'n's comment.
I had a machine gun when I was a kid. I had $5.00, which was a massive amount of money in those days, and got a Marx (I think) machine gun with a tripod. It took D cell batteries and when you pressed the trigger it made a great m.g. sound and the red tip of the barrel pumped in and out. I was a miniature version of the M-2 .50 caliber.
ReplyDeleteA Vietnam vet told me many GIs called the M-16 a Mattel-16 because of its resemblance to a toy.
ReplyDeleteThink of how many kids these days could get killed for playing with these in public.
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