gladiatt -> RE: Small Arms of WWII: What Were the Best? (8/14/2008 7:12:24 AM)
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ORIGINAL: mikemike Seriously, if you have on one side Captain America, armed with a Smith&Wesson .38 Special and on the other side a cowardly, puny Arab with an AK-47, who would you bet on? There's this old saying that "quantity has a quality of its own". Well, just reverse the position: if a guy from a high-tech army, with a high-tech rifle, is just hiding behind a wall, waiting for renforts (air support, artillery, tank, whatever could "help" him), because he is afraid, would he take the best on that partisan (call him "Mujahidin" or "yougoslave resistant" during wwII, or tchadian, or else...) aiming at him with an old rifle, few ammo round, no logistical supply chain behind him, but the willing of defending it's country, familly, or faith ? Of course, two guys from opposite armies, with high-tech weapons, aqually trained and determined could fight, and the one with the most powerful/long range/reliable rifle wild take the best. But how often does it happen ?
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