The first four letters of many phonetic alphabets are “alpha beta charlie delta”. In many phonetic alphabets, “mike” is the phonetic name for the letter “M” (case-insensitive). See https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSpelling_alphabet&data=04%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7C4293084f7bb34f24ca3c08d930be85f0%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637594417105089091%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=zGeB0gfxXom8Px2EmAzlJWBWQxcCUUQRT13Zmes7oGw%3D&reserved=0 for more information.
From: USMA <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Michael Payne Sent: 16 June 2021 12:49 To: USMA List Server <[email protected]> Subject: [USMA 1728] Metric munitions I read the following article which by soldiers is called a 40 mike mike. Hmm. Wondered if this was millimetres and sure enough further down it was a 40 mm grenade. I’ve never head of anyone calling this dimension mike mike before. https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapnews.com%2Farticle%2Fgovernment-and-politics-pa-state-wire-ga-state-wire-fl-state-wire-c1ce597ffce30b16f3b17e60dfd9161e&data=04%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7C4293084f7bb34f24ca3c08d930be85f0%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637594417105089091%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=cQYkSgoriR9NuSFDN50jVIrIY7vZCZJU9fdH1WkA2dc%3D&reserved=0 <https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapnews.com%2Farticle%2Fgovernment-and-politics-pa-state-wire-ga-state-wire-fl-state-wire-c1ce597ffce30b16f3b17e60dfd9161e&data=04%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7C4293084f7bb34f24ca3c08d930be85f0%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637594417105089091%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=cQYkSgoriR9NuSFDN50jVIrIY7vZCZJU9fdH1WkA2dc%3D&reserved=0> Mike Payne
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