• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    This period of peace in Western Europe

    France: “We haven’t gone to war with Germany in decades!”

    Me: “What about Libya?”

    France: …

    Me: “Algeria? Argentina? Rwanda? The Ivory Coast? Somalia? Chad? Basque Country? Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia?”

    France: sound of FAMAS F1 cocking

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      3 months ago

      Achtually the french army doesn’t use FAMAS anymore and they replaced them with german made HK416.

      Not gonna argue about the rest though

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        3 months ago

        First Elsass-Lothringen, now Heckler & Koch… when are they going to stop taking our stuff?

        (Yes, I know the actual history is more complex. I’m just memeing.)