Thanks for the rant, SSC. I thought (as stated) that the writer seemed to be overstating the case for runaways. Much of my reading has been WW2, and I certainly do not remember a lot of tales of runaway guns. Barrel changes and water-cooled guns boiling off their water, yes.
Re: concealment vs. cover: It shouldn't count as concealment if the enemy saw you duck behind it? I was just watching a cop show this morning-- the bad guy was letting rip with an Ingram while the hero and his wife ducked behind couches. The hero then popped up and shot a couple times, rolled over one chair to hide behind another couch, then finished off the bad guys with his third pop-up. The hero only reloaded once he was running out of the house to start banging away at the bosses escaping in the limo.
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