The whatifs and mighthavebeens of military weapons can sometimes be a real eye opener.
When the Bren was first introduced into the British Army, many thought that it was too heavy, had a poor rate of fire and an small ammo capacity...who know that it would turn into the weapon that it did?
The Boys antitank rifle is considered to be the best design of that breed, but its service life can be measured in a handful of months before it was overtaken by tank development.
Atomic Annie, Davy Crockett, the Northover Projector, endless scores of machine guns, the list is endless
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The reason that the American Army does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the American Army practices chaos on a daily basis.
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