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ballardw · February 17, 2014, 02:11 AM

I remember a discussion on the .50 supposedly only to be used in an anti-material role shortly while in a class related to the laws of land warfare while I was in the army. The sergeant teaching class made a comment about "shirt buttons are material, uniforms are material, anything a soldier carries is material".

Not sure how that would go over today but that was 1974 and the Southeast Asian war games were still ongoing.

February 17, 2014, 02:11 AM	#20
ballardw Senior Member Join Date: September 19, 2008 Posts: 1,411	I remember a discussion on the .50 supposedly only to be used in an anti-material role shortly while in a class related to the laws of land warfare while I was in the army. The sergeant teaching class made a comment about "shirt buttons are material, uniforms are material, anything a soldier carries is material". Not sure how that would go over today but that was 1974 and the Southeast Asian war games were still ongoing. __________________ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ All data is flawed, some just less so.