Clint Eastwood As Dirty Harry In Sudden Impact
Army To Use 'Dirty Harry' Bullet -- The Daily Mail
British troops are to be issued with a new 'super-bullet' to fight the Taliban as their current ammunition does not have the punch to kill the enemy at long range.
The high-performance round will be fired from standard-issue SA80 assault rifles. Nicknamed the 'Dirty Harry round' after the powerful bullets used by Clint Eastwood in the 1971 movie, it is expected to be on the front line in Afghanistan by 2011.
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My Comment: I can see Clint Eastwood chuckling at the naming of this bullet .... who would have thought that such a character in a movie 40 years ago would catch on in the culture of the military today.
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