SAR America

joken · Feb 27, 2018

The March Rifleman has a full page ad for SAR USA. SAR9 pistol proven to be the best hand gun in the world by NATO's biggest army. The gun is made in Turkey and given todays politics, I wouldn't give Turkey the time of day. No idea who they are referring to as the biggest army.

Quartermaster · Feb 27, 2018

We're the biggest army in NATO, and our army sure didn't pick their gun, or give it high marks. That ad was garbage.

nehalemguy · Feb 27, 2018

Oregon Quartermaster said:
We're the biggest army in NATO.....

The total of all U.S. Army in 2017 is listed at 1,018,000 members. That number includes regular, guard, and reserve.

Turkish land forces number 875,000 but if you add in the Gendarmerie, which is a branch of the Turkish land forces, you can add on another 276,000 members for a total of 1,151,000.

So maybe they can make that claim? ???

Argonaut · Feb 27, 2018

It's an AD.........paid propaganda for and by the manufacturer of the gun. I take most of what I see or read in gun magazines with a large dose of skepticism......even if it as an actual article, the staff is influenced by ad buys. They do the same in one of My busisness, they write positive articles if I do a large ad buy.

Quartermaster · Feb 27, 2018

nehalemguy said:
The total of all U.S. Army in 2017 is listed at 1,018,000 members. That number includes regular, guard, and reserve.

Turkish land forces number 875,000 but if you add in the Gendarmerie, which is a branch of the Turkish land forces, you can add on another 276,000 members for a total of 1,151,000.

So maybe they can make that claim? ???

This paragraph on their wiki says otherwise, but who knows? Turkish Armed Forces - Wikipedia

nehalemguy · Feb 27, 2018

Oregon Quartermaster said:
This paragraph on their wiki says otherwise, but who knows? Turkish Armed Forces - Wikipedia

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Well, I guess it is advertising. Maybe the number was counted up by the same firm that counts mass shootings.

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Argonaut · Feb 27, 2018

nehalemguy said:
The total of all U.S. Army in 2017 is listed at 1,018,000 members. That number includes regular, guard, and reserve.

Turkish land forces number 875,000 but if you add in the Gendarmerie, which is a branch of the Turkish land forces, you can add on another 276,000 members for a total of 1,151,000.

So maybe they can make that claim? ???

It sounds like they are adding active duty and reserves on the (evil) Turkish side but not on the American side. Numbers are easy to manipulate. The first time I was shot at in anger was while overflying Turkey en route to the Middle East.......1979 as I remember......I was never comfortable in Turkey, seldom slept, was always on alert.......then I learned that Elinore of Aquitaine was one of my distant grandmothers, she financed the first crusade and Nights Templar, led the 2nd crusade and was the mother of Richard the lionhearted. I guess I come by it naturally.