Re: Rail guns (was: US SOCOM desires...)

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In a message dated 28/01/02 23:00:52 GMT Standard Time, garethlivergood@gmx.co.uk writes:


> Three round burst:
> *This is not nessesarily a "good" thing. It was used to prevent soldiers
> from wasting ammo.  With proper training and discipline, a rifleman can get
> 2 or 3 round bursts consistently with almost any full auto rifle or machine
> gun.  What the burst limiting does is limit the riflemans options in combat.


One of the stories told about SOE/OSS training in WWII was that anyone who lacked the control to fire single rounds from a full auto weapon under pressure was off the programme.

Charles

 
Once is chance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.