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Dutch airline stewardess with an AR-10 for defense against polar bears in case of an arctic crash, 1958 (lemmy.world)
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[-] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 34 points 9 months ago

If I recall correctly, those are a quite rare AR-10 variant with single digit amounts still surviving. The featureless muzzle in this picture always catches my eye.

[-] HKPiax@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

What makes this variant so rare?

[-] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 29 points 9 months ago

The others were eaten by polar bears

[-] Gork@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago

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