Look at a map of Korea, Seoul is quite near to the NK border. Definitely within range of missile artillery, especially if Kaesong is turned into a military camp like NK threaten. SK should invest in Iron Dome type defence and C-RAM IMHO.

Stripper clips allow soldiers to carry more ready ammunition (not loose ammunition) without carrying too many extra magazines. As the clips are smaller and lighter than a magazine, more ammo can be carried alongside those already loaded into magazines.

Also detachable magazines themselves are heavy, bulky and can be surprisingly prone to damage (any sort of dent on the magazine can misalign and jam the ammunition inside). While magazine loading is the no 1 choice nowadays, I find the capability of a magazine rifle to be directly loaded by stripper clips are a great option to have.

Many magazine rifles made in the era can also be loaded this way.

Haha this ridiculous thing again....

At least don't call it a tank boat .A tank has very thick armor (that I am sure this boat does not have) to battle enemy tanks. This X-18 is basically a military bimaran boat with a heavy gun for (ship-to-shore?) fire support.

Can be eliminated by good loading procedure. The infamous 'M1 thumb' usually happens only with an unloaded Garand (the Garand's en-bloc clip itself will cover your thumb in case the bolt decides to snap). Use the thumb to push the rounds while using the other fingers of the loading hand to hold back the bolt just in case and you'd be fine.

It hurts but it's highly unlikely you'll lose your thumb.

Eitherway, I just bought 2 Kar98k rifles in perfect matching condition, one every comes with the original serial matched bayonet. They're awesomely fun to stripper clip load.

Now just wondering if I should buy the Sako M10 or the Accuracy International AXMC.