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Ordnance-Corner For UFies by DesertRat662007-07-27 10:45:40
  Why the gun is civilization by DesertRat662007-07-27 10:50:37
    There is one caveat to that by subbywan2007-07-27 10:55:39
      All things being equal you'd be right by DesertRat662007-07-27 11:03:17
        And the likelihood of that happening by MatthewDBA2007-07-27 11:07:49
          Numbers don't always mean all that much by DesertRat662007-07-27 12:12:15
            That's possible by MatthewDBA2007-07-27 12:20:14
              Depends on how you define marksman by DesertRat662007-07-27 12:28:02
                In terms of positioning and supplies by MatthewDBA2007-07-27 12:39:23
                  Not sure exactly what you mean by DesertRat66 2007-07-27 12:55:48
Maybe we should start with me giving you the details of the incident I'm referring to. (I had one detail wrong):
...The destruction of an entire NVA company over the span of 5 days. [Carlos] Hathcock and corporal John Burke pinned down a fresh company of NVA regulars in what was known as the Elephant valley. Craftily facing amazing but unskilled odds, the two snipers forced the company to sit in place while they slowly decimated the enemy, one by one. Interestingly, few if any of these kills are counted in either snipers' tally. At the end of the fifth day Hathcock and Burke called down artillery fire which in effect took every man left alive.
While no civilian is likely to encounter an assailant in the jungle, this incident shows that with superior marksmanship, tactics, and determination one can overcome a far numerically superior force. I don't have the exact numbers on hand but Hathcock and Burke were on a Long Range Patrol. Which means they had limited ammunition, food (if any) and water. Very similar to what someone on the street would face. Though their confrontation would be over in seconds, not days.
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                    Bear in mind too, by subbywan2007-07-27 12:58:50
                      I don't view him as an exception by DesertRat662007-07-27 13:04:05
                        Doesn't matter. by subbywan2007-07-27 13:06:48
                        A guy I sometimes work with was career Marine. by RetiQlum22007-07-27 13:27:33
                          That is 'Nam, that is war by veran2007-07-27 13:39:23
                            Armed encounters of any type by DesertRat662007-07-27 15:57:28
                              But when being held up at kwikimart, by veran2007-07-27 16:07:17

 

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