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Originally Posted by Jack Moroney
As long as I can remember, which is longer than some, we have been looking for a better weapon, good boots, and a whole lot of light weight gear. You can argue calibers, magazine content, weight, ballistics, and everything else ad nauseum but a rock from a sling placed above your snot locker and between your eyes will kill you seriously dead just as quick as the latest and greatest ballistic miracle round on the market. So will some stupid requirement issued by a moron. I guess my point is this, you are going to have to use to the best of your ability and operate within the constraints of what you can get your hands on and it matters not whether is was made by the krauts or the martians, it will always be about shot placement. Some folks will always have something better, bigger, newer, sexier but the finest tool in the hands of the untrained is just additional weight. I will now withdraw under my poncho liner, sleep, and remenisce about the days of the M-1, the bayonet, and a simple lensatic compass. Wake me when this has been resolved.  |
What, no wooden handled entrenching tool, with the folding pick? What about the mess kit and steel canteen? And a P-38?
I am surprised that you took the woobie over the wool blanket.
TR
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De Oppresso Liber 01/20/2025
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