"Probably because the life expectancy was higher. Did ya know that first European to fire a cannon in combat was also among the first Europeans to die because of cannon fire? specifically, because the cannon blew up." I didnt, still in terms of becoming more deadly (sad purpose by the way) in the battlefield...........the cannon came to stay. I am not saying there wont be problems but technology is here to stay......in warfare to.
I sure think some people (like you) said "Ill stick with my sword" When the idea of acctually fire at someone with a rifle surfaced. I know that in certain situations a solider (more kinds than grunts I might add) should go with his rifle instead of downloading stuff on his PDA or whatever, but saying soliders shouldnt have more gadgets than rifles are just plain stupied. Assuming they wont have any use of such gadgets are also just narrowminded. I am not a grunt maybe thats why I realize this. There are other ways to fight a war than by telling grunts to kill.......my guess would be that the most feared enemies in the future are those who never pick up a gun!
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"Probably because the life expectancy was higher. Did ya know that first European to fire a cannon in combat was also among the first Europeans to die because of cannon fire? specifically, because the cannon blew up." I didnt, still in terms of becoming more deadly (sad purpose by the way) in the battlefield...........the cannon came to stay. I am not saying there wont be problems but technology is here to stay......in warfare to.
I sure think some people (like you) said "Ill stick with my sword" When the idea of acctually fire at someone with a rifle surfaced. I know that in certain situations a solider (more kinds than grunts I might add) should go with his rifle instead of downloading stuff on his PDA or whatever, but saying soliders shouldnt have more gadgets than rifles are just plain stupied. Assuming they wont have any use of such gadgets are also just narrowminded. I am not a grunt maybe thats why I realize this. There are other ways to fight a war than by telling grunts to kill.......my guess would be that the most feared enemies in the future are those who never pick up a gun!