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Originally posted by okamitengu
reply to post by masonicon
standard military tactics still cant cope with guerilla warfare.
all the smart weapons in the world cant shoot a man they cant see, or identify.
Originally posted by hillbilly4rent
Im purdy sure the Germans thought the same when they entered Stalingrad "unstoppable"
Powerful weapons yes but unstoppable no. Each one has its down side, the Javelin exposes to much of the operators body stand out like a sore thumb ring a bell. The XM-25 is just the same as a shouldered rifle if your shooting down range and a combatant pops at your 7 you will have to adjust fire taking time to acquire the new target and pausing your rate of fire which can give a combatant an opportunity to get a good shot in.
Barret m107 is a powerful weapon but if a combatant sniper has already acquired high ground he can render a sniper team combat ineffective.
Originally posted by hillbilly4rent
Originally posted by masonicon
Why?
Why what?
Originally posted by masonicon
Originally posted by hillbilly4rent
Originally posted by masonicon
Why?
Why what?
I think Barret M107 .50cal Sniper Rifles, FGM-148 Javelin, and XM-25 Smart Grenade Launchers are the most overhyped infantry weapons of USA?
Originally posted by masonicon
I think Barret M107 .50cal Sniper Rifles, FGM-148 Javelin, and XM-25 Smart Grenade Launchers are the most overhyped infantry weapons of USA?
Originally posted by Rob1971
reply to post by masonicon
They may be state of the art in tech, and may very well be neaxt to "unstoppable", that is until they need to reload. Technological advances can and always will be countered by the "uneducated" and most tech-challenged individuals. This has been proven since the dawn of time, again and again. A determined "foe" will nearly always prevail. That's kinda why Afganistan is known as the "graveyard of empires".
Originally posted by RSF77
You say that about everything that is American, despite not knowing anything about these technologies. The very internet you use to make these comments was conceived by the same people who make this stuff.
The XM-25 wasn't designed as a primary weapon.edit on 24-1-2011 by RSF77 because: (no reason given)