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sinner -> (8/4/2001 1:52:00 AM)
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I disagree.
Let's see the easiest to operate weapons in the battlefield: a personal weapon.
Think about this: You are an infantry guy. You find an enemy MG. Maybe you can use this MG that has a few rounds still atached to it. But, after that, you must get more rounds. You cannot get more supplies easily. They gun is different of what you know how to use (sights? safety locks? fire select triggers?). And you already have a gun that you have been trained into. And it works.
Take this: You are a pro on your weapon. You know it from the inside to the outside. But then you have the opportunity to use a weapon that you do not know, that can hide a bobby trap (a hand-grenade), and that it is difficult toget ammo for. My choice is clear: I stick with my weapon. Maybe after the battle I will pick it up as a souvenir, but... not while somebody wants to kill me!
Then, for other weapons (AT guns, mortars, ...) they are more difficult to use. They need training to be used effectively. And you are an infantryman, not an AT crew member. And, who knows if there's a hand-grenade with no safety pin in the ammo box.
And, if a friendly airplane sees an enemy gun, he is going to bomb it!
Thinks about a friendly armoured vehicle. They see an AT gun, enemy type. First thing to do: shower it with MG fire, some HE rounds and get the hell out of there! And, maybe, call for some mortar fire to that position.
War is not Rambo against everyone, picking up guns left by dead enemy bad-guys. It is about profesionals looking to follow orders, capture/defend the objectives and survive the battle.
Of course this is how I view it.
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