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Get Light To Fight Or Die
SYSOP
12/6/2012 5:44:03 AM
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TonoFonseca
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12/6/2012 1:05:07 PM
Do notice that regardless of what equipment they're using, the U.S. hasn't won a war since the Second World War, and not counting the invasion of Grenada.
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LB
12/6/2012 4:32:38 PM
I believe Saddam Hussein, Manuel Noriega, the Taliban, and others would disagree with you. The US also won it's most important post WWII conflict- just ask the USSR how the Cold War turned out.
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WarNerd
12/6/2012 7:06:38 PM
How about we require the command staff where a ‘fighting load’ at all times while on duty? Might give them some incentives.
For officers testifying before Congress there should be a version with a quick release, just in case some congressman or staffer needs to try it on for a couple of quick laps around the Hill.
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captcouv
12/11/2012 11:34:45 PM
Duh....
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1646798.The_Soldier_s_Load_and_the_Mobility_of_a_Nation ;
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captcouv
12/11/2012 11:35:25 PM
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Reactive
12/12/2012 8:50:28 AM
So what's your suggestion?
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45-Shooter
12/30/2012 2:45:44 PM
So what's your suggestion?
1. Carry a smaller caliber-less effective, but more efficient weapon and less of the smaller caliber ammo!
Once the range & perforation power requirement is reduced to something realistic, you quickly find out that the weight of the weapon and it's ammo can be reduced drastically!
1A
. Up load the range requirement to a higher command in the form of
Satcom
& Brilliant, not just smart weapons.
Fire on my section from beyond my so called "effective" range, and I'll Nuc your hill top or buildings with
FAEs
and Individually targeted smart munitions with 100% Lethality and redundancy to guarantee a 100% fatality rate of the bad guys.
2. Reduce the protection of the Body Armor System to something that works 80% of the time at 300 meters range for ALL field missions and save the even heavier up-armored stuff for urban and close quarters battle.
Our armor could be 100% effective at stopping rifle caliber Hard Core AP projectiles for less than 2/
3rds
of it's present Mass, IF that projectile had already traveled 400 meters and loss some of it's power.
To prevent our enemies from doing the same to us, we can either buy more expensive ammo to defeat well healed National antagonists, or use soft point bullets
vs
the IFT-Jihadist element!
The second group is not accorded coverage and the protections of ANY of the many international conventions governing the Law of Land Warfare and if it is acceptable to shoot our own citizens with such projectiles, why not Godless savages who murder women and children to maximize their news coverage?
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