wrote:


It sure shouldn't be that way, but it is. And I shudder to think what
one of these German/Swedish/Finnish wonderments will cost when they
break. Ouch!


It is the military performance model.

As close to !00% performance for a finite time, then drop dead and get a new
one.

Pretty decent method for the military when you figure the service life of
some military equipment is probably measured in minutes, not hours or even
days.

Lew