From: Robert Benschop (rbenschop_at_euronet.nl)
Date: Sat Apr 26 2003 - 01:57:43 PDT
On zaterdag, apr 26, 2003, at 03:47 Europe/Amsterdam, Danny J Goff
wrote:
> The Newtons (130's or 2000's I think) worked well but were somewhat
> delicate for normal field use (dusty/muddy/hot/cold/being dropped or
> fallen on etc). While the newton was not retained for use the concept
> was adequately proven."
I suppose the military never heard of Tarpon (can be seen on
http://www.msu.edu/~luckie/tarpon.html) since they were waterproof (so
you can rinse the crud off) it would seem that it would have taken care
of all of their needs.
Robert Benschop
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