Tuesday, August 27, 2024

A lower caliber Tom Clancy. Quick review of Tom Clancy Shadow State (A Jack Ryan Jr. novel) by M.P. Woodward

 While the book is entertaining overall, Navy veteran M.P.Woodward makes some distracting mistakes in reference to firearms, a key element in a military thriller. He references 7.62 ammunition used in an M4 which typically is chambered in 5.56.  The heroes later load up on 200 rounds of “five-six-two” for weapons that again use 5.56.  He references a “clip” for a Makarov pistol instead of a magazine.  These basic errors that could have been avoided by a few minutes on the internet leads me to believe that M.P. Woodward just doesn’t know jack.