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eridani

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10. The Swiss army comes fairly close to the founders' intent

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Reply #9)

Sat Jul 21, 2012, 04:36 AM

Jul 2012

--for a modern army. They have a professional corps to manage the volunteers, but I have no idea of the ratios involved. Citizen soldiers keep some pretty high-powered weapons at home, but ammo is very stricttly regulated.

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