Maybe they should go back to the SLR? Grumpy
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2 Pounder anti-tank gun
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A. Be on a boat in the middle of a large river in Burma during WWII.
B. Go up against Bill Slim’s 14th British Army who REALLY hates you for some reason. Like you not taking any prisoners & making them live in that Hell Hole that is Burma in the 1940’s.
C. Not having control of either river bank. Always a BAD thing
D. Having NO air support around
E. Having some really good small arms & mortars coming to bear on you (Steel on Target) AND having the RAF Ground Support on call.
F. I am sure that the Forward Observer is also calling in Arty on you too. (British Artillery has always had a pretty good reputation BTW)
All of which is going to add up to one really bad day for the members of Imperial Japanese Military on those boats. As their wounded usually wound up suffering a really horrible death. What with no medics or drugs nor any kind of medical support available. So usually your officers would eventually kill you iffen you didn’t die quick enough.
Plus there were cases of Cannibalism too. Since there were no supply lines for your army back then. Nice huh?
So for all those who might wind up one day in command. Try to remember the 6 Pees, Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance! That & I hope that you have better luck than those Bastards! Grumpy
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‘THE FIRST STING’
The U.S. built Stinger ground-to-air anti-aircraft missile, supplied to the Afghan Mujahedeen in very large numbers, struck a decisive blow to the Soviet war effort as it allowed the lightly-armed Afghans to effectively defend against Soviet helicopter attacks. This effort to support the Afghan Mujahedeen in resisting Soviet oppression led successfully to the first major military defeat of the Soviets. The forced retreat of the Red Army in Afghanistan proved an important contributing factor in the eventual collapse of the Soviet Empire.
