[geeks] CCW for Ohio!

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

Sat, 13 Dec 2003 @ 00:06 -0800, Francisco Javier Mesa-Martinez said:

> I.e. an American soldier or marine, is made quicker and in larger
> quantities.

US Marines focus on marksmanship quite a bit.

The US military has changed a lot since Vietnam, where firepower was the
rule of the day.

> We used the term "spray paint" :), sometimes you do not know where exactly
> the bad dude(s) are, but you sort of know the general area. When the shit
> hits the fan sometimes you have to play with probabilities :). This is of
> course not the "official" issue training, as you should always be able to
> identify the threat, but...

Most rounds fired by *all* armies are mainly to keep the other guy's
head down.

This is especially true in major theater wars.

Smaller actions are more "personal".

> Well, you are correct... but as perception is a big part of things. For
> whatever reason the M-16 and our issue field rifle, felt more like... well
> a rifle. Probably because of the training, The AK for whatever reason felt
> different, and I am bad at describing it. It is like a sports car, two
> different makes have the same goal, drive fast, but each make feels
> different in its own sort of way.

It is worth noting that what people call an AK varies a great deal.

Some are absolute crap, maybe most of them, even though they tend to
work in bad conditions, but some are actually not bad at all.

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