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Authored by: myNym on Thursday, December 27 2012 @ 11:30 PM EST |
That's the reason the Germans gave. The article I read said
it had been considered. I could try to dig up the actual
reference for you if you want.
But that's just one of many examples.
For actually-occuring examples, and not hypothetical "that's
what they said" cases, here is a small list of situations
where a militarily superior force struggled against
guerrillas with smaller arms:
The Russians in Finland.
The Russians in Afghanistan.
The US in Vietnam.
The Kurds against a number of governments.
The US in Afghanistan now.
What it comes down to is that the long range of the rifle is
very hard to easily counter, when those rifles are spread
out over an entire civilian population. Well, unless you
are willing to stoop all the way to genocide. But even that
is easier if you disarm them first.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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