Vickers water cooled machineguns are still used for battlefield simulation exercises at Canaungra in Australia. Back when I did that range, they had the things set on tripods on a hill behind us and firing live rounds about 30 feet over our heads as we put in an assault. "Added realism" came in the form of the grass fire that had swept through about half an hour before - nothing like the feel of still smoldering grass stubble stabbing into your flesh at every bound. Even nearly 20 years later I'm still picking bits of charred grass out of my forearms as they come up to the surface.
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If it moves, shoot it, if not push it, if it still doesn't move, use explosives.
Nothing happens in isolation - it's called "the butterfly effect"
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Last edited by Legbreaker; 11-03-2011 at 05:03 PM.
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