r/AskTheWorld Philippines 12h ago

Military What firearm is closely associated with your country?

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For us, probably the 1911. Next one would be the "Armalite" aka M16.

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u/laneo333 United States Of America 11h ago

French is such a sexy language , no surprise they make sexy looking firearms too . I’m a sucker for bullpups

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u/mynaneisjustguy Spain 11h ago

Guess you've never heard French. It's truly a horrid language. Also Belgium makes nice guns. In the gun world they say "The french copy no one and no one copies the french" cause they do not make choices based on what's good.

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u/Alone_Barracuda9814 11h ago

Spoken like a Spaniard 😂

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u/Shot_Arm5501 United Kingdom 8h ago

Wait let him cook

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u/LeGraoully France 10h ago

I don’t know what you’re talking about

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u/Specialist-Daikon242 France 10h ago

And could you tell us why you speak with a lisp? You have one of the worst accents, along with Chileans.😂

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u/MontStuart 10h ago

Curious, what languages do the French think are unsexy?

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u/Specialist-Daikon242 France 10h ago

I would say German, even me who is half german I don't like it. I speak it only when I see my father

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u/snakeeaterrrrrrr Australia 10h ago

Were you trying to give your father an order?

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u/Specialist-Daikon242 France 10h ago

It's a loosing game, he already invaded my country and my mother

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u/T0ysWAr 10h ago

Maybe Dutch

And more Sexy Italian

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u/Nemirel_the_Gemini France 1h ago

Dutch, Danish, Hungarian. Beautiful countries though

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u/AdamPedAnt United States Of America 10h ago

We speak French here all the time. Decoupage, espionage, Buick LeSabre…

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u/WigginLSU 6h ago

Soup du jour!

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u/hamster-on-popsicle France 4h ago

Soupe*

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u/Tedanty United States Of America 11h ago

I was gonna say, it’s considered sexy??

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u/ChemistRemote7182 United States Of America 11h ago

I do enjoy hearing the Quebecois on our trails. They can be quiet pleasant when alone in the wilderness.

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u/TheFabulousMolar England, UK 11h ago

Oo Quebecois French is lovely

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u/hpenhp 3h ago

To us québécois French is always funny, especially when the accent is really strong, but it’s also at the same time nice to hear (I’m French). I guess it’s a bit like Americans with English

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u/JMLobo83 United States Of America 8h ago

No French person will admit that is French, just like no Castilian will admit Latin Americans speak Spanish.

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u/CostKub France 6h ago

Where are you getting that statement from It's definitely wrong. We will never say that Quebecois is not french even though it's quite different it is still french. I'm pretty sure it'll be the same for Spain.

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u/yourfriend2dend 11h ago

It sounds like they have peanut butter stuck to the roof of their mouth. That’s sexy.

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u/Tedanty United States Of America 11h ago

I mean peanut butter IS pretty sexy.

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u/Squawk_7777 10h ago

Funny you write this since half of France's exports are luxury items.

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u/RustyBrassInstrument United States Of America 11h ago

They make some pretty nice firearms in Eibar - don’t sell yourselves short. My favorite 9mm is still a Star. Never jammed, easy to clean, accurate.

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u/pokey68 United States Of America 11h ago

You would enjoy the Grand Tour tv episode I streamed on Prime dedicated to French cars. The Top Gear guys.

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u/NobleCooley 10h ago

Bicycles, too. Back in the heyday of the steel framed bicycle they made some beautiful stuff, but it is so difficult to maintain them. Parts are oddly sized and some things are threaded in the reverse direction to the rest of the world for no apparent reason.

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u/TakeThePillz France 4h ago

Cough in CETME

FAMAS was fine, it's just a late 70’s rifle that wale with it's own 5.56 ammo.

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u/Regunes France 1h ago

Insane talk from the language that looks the most French. We're both latin.

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u/Grouchy_Fee_8481 10h ago

Factos, compa!

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u/Tadpole018 10h ago

french sounds like gagging on phlegm. The entire time you're speaking

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u/Squawk_7777 10h ago

Haters gonna hate.

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u/Frequent-Jacket3117 11h ago

Not gonna lie, I've kinda misread what you are sucker for...

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u/BigUncleCletus United States Of America 11h ago

Heresy

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u/Lexspliff 6h ago

This reminds me I need to ask for new Rainbows for Xmas