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Re: Low-Tech Forces in DSII

From: scipio@i...
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 17:34:29 -0500
Subject: Re: Low-Tech Forces in DSII

>True. But, from a guerilla tactics POV, modern weapons with rifled 
>barrels can't arch (indirect fire) too easily, and they are noisy. 
>The bow would offer some advantages. Why can I see some SF unit 
>operating in perhaps a combustible atmosphere using a non-sparking 
>polymer bow with a polymer-elastomer bowstring that fires a 
>monofilament edged arrow.... just for the silent sentry kill.....
> 
>
During WWII I think british SF had a few guys who could and did use
them. I
know of one at least for sure, he also died earning the VC.

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