From an ex-tanker viewpoint, I always regarded a pistol as pretty useless in just about any combat situation. Still did my qualifications and I enjoy shooting a pistol, but when facing infantry, I much prefer a M-240G, a M-16A2, a M-4 carbine or even one of the PDWs that are now available. The only advantage that the old M-3 Grease Gun had was being able to dump (slowly!) 30 rounds of .45 in the general direction of the opfor....and while they were laughing themselves silly, I would have time to attack in a different direction!
Unless they are crawling up the front slope, then my fav would be a Remi 1100 loaded with buckshot.
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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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