Re: Speaking of. . .

Roger Books wrote in reply to John Atkinson:

> >Besides, Romans have really good equipment, but not
> >much of it.	That's the entire motif of the force.
> >You probably also think it's unfair that every one of
> >my vehicles has superior fire control.  :)
>
>Not unfair, just a static view of the world.  If all your
>vehicles have superior fire control that means you are
>bleeding edge and some should have better than superior.
>When the new thing comes along nobody can afford to scrap
>all the old and instantly replace the new.  If all the
>force is Superior then it has been out for a considerable time
>and you should be starting on ultra-mines-better-than-
>yours.

And to give one of those historical examples of which John is so fond
;-), 
this is exactly what happened to Italy in the 1930s and 40s. Mussolini 
wanted a modern airforce, so he built one - in the early 1930s. In 1933
the 
Italian airforce was among the best in the world, if not *the* best. 
Unfortunately the technical development was so rapid that it was
severely 
outdated when the war came, a mere six years later...

...so, John - exactly which year is the entire NRE ground force armed
with 
these superior rifles? ;-)

Later,

Oerjan
oerjan.ohlson@telia.com

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