@lastswordfighter They needed modified bullets because of the cordolane signal, which excites the copper atoms on the surface of their normal bullets and causes them to expand in the barrel of the gun, thus rendering them unusable.
Does anyone know why the Sontaran at 0:59 has a much darker chest than the others? Is it meant to be some kind of squadron leader/commander, or extra armour? Also, I guess the reason why Earth bullets can affect them is that their armour is designed for space weapons like lasers (Time lord stasers had no effect on them in the Invasion of Time, and I don't think the Rutans use bullets against them). Plus, UNIT at this stage has powerful weapons for against Aliens, the bullets might be advanced.
because they were outnumbered and their war with their enemy was going badly, they couldn't afford open war with the Earth. That why they wanted the earth for a new cloning planet.
@DarkTerrorX Imfdb is having the same problem you guys arre with identifying the rifles that are used. Juding from still pictures it is clear that they aren't M4 Carbines that much is certain. It definitely some AR15 or M16 carbine variation. With the US Army alone there were about eight different M16 Carbine variations in service before standarization of the M4 Carbine.
don't get me wrong, i really liked thid ep, but the sontarans new look is kind of stupid, it looks kinda like they were taken from the sarah jane adventures, strange thing is that they're gonna be in it
Um got to ask if UNIT needed to modified steel bullets because of the of the Sontarn gas and the Valiant blew away the gas than couldn't they just use regular bullets? The gas prevented copper jacketed rounds from firing because they needed oxygen in order to ignite the gun powder. The Valiant blew the gas away around warehouse's area creating a dome of air. That means there's just regular oxygen in that area. Wouldn't that allow them to just use their plain old bullets?
@ZKoftherebellion 1: It wasn't a civil war. Keep your combat jargon straight, please. 2: The reason the Colonists won against the British Empire during the American Revolution was two-fold. The resourcefulness of the Colonial soldiers was a large factor, but the overconfidence on the part of the British Army, a trained fighting force that was fighting lightly-armed and poorly-supplied civilians, very likely cost them the war. 3: I assume you were being sarcastic when you posed that question.
I would agree with your reasons but I would add that also fighting the French, Dutch and Spanish and their respective empires, and all this after already being weaker after the 7 years war and several previous conflicts, including but not limited to: the war of Austrian succession, the war of Spanish succession, the third Anglo-Dutch war and the war of Jenkins, immediately prior to the American war of independence.
