Not what I said. But the rifle problem is significantly less critical than the boot problem. Which one is getting more attention on Weibo?
QBZ-191 service rifle family
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Not what I said. But the rifle problem is significantly less critical than the boot problem. Which one is getting more attention on Weibo?
by78
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During peacetime yes, which is the present.
During wartime too, a soldier spends 100x the time walking than he does shooting. Hell, even on a battlefield I would rather have boots than a rifle. Think of the difficulty to replace both. Everyone uses similar rifles, but not everyone wears the same size boots.
by78
General
A rifle that is defective by design is impossible/a lot harder to fix on the go than to getting a pair of sneakers to replace defective boots.
A rifle with a defective rail will still discharge, and >99.99% of small arms fire is suppressive in any case.
And without boots, there is no "go." You are effectively an immobile casualty, or will be as soon as you step on anything sharp (lots of those on the battlefield), and your squadmates either need to bring you correctly-sized boots or carry you out on a stretcher.
by78
General
So you're saying rifles are optional after all.
No, as I said before, the rifle problem is simply less important than the boot problem. In both peacetime and wartime.
A problem being less important does not mean it does not exist.
by78
General
You'd rather have boots than a rifle on a battlefield. So rifles are optional. Gotcha.
Yes.
No. This is a non sequitur and also a strawman. Simply because one value is lower than another value does not make it zero.