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Originally Posted by Legbreaker
Over in this part of the world, it's the machinegun and artillery that's used for supressing and the riflemen who close with the enemy and kill them in any way possible.
We have a saying here: "One round, one kill".
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Well that's what I was taught when I did the infantry course, that the job of the Australian infantryman is to locate, engage and destroy the enemy. The instructors would also talk about how armoured vehicles can kill the enemy and take ground but it takes infantry to hold that ground.
I guess it also has to do with the Australian military having to do more with less. Australian infantrymen often don't have the luxury of being able to call for artillery or air support. Hell, in Afghanistan Australian forces can't even call in their own helicopters for insertion, extraction or medivac - we have to rely on our allies for that.