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I was talking to someone about his time in the Singapore Air Force, and when he mentioned that although the army has new rifles, the air force (or his unit at least) uses old M16s. I was like, "Oh wow, which ones? A4s? Or probably A2s, right?"
"The ones with the triangular grips."
My god.
Version 1.0, correct?