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Overmatch: On Bullets, Bombers, and Taking the Right Path (Brief Thoughts 004)

Posted November 25, 2017 in Guns & Gear, Other Gear & Gadgets, Rifles by Nathaniel F with 631 Comments

A warning against romanticism in military planning. In the early 1940s, the US Army Air Corps (USAAC) made a fateful decision that would affect the lives of tens of thousands of men over the next decade. Two years prior, the Army had just begun testing her newest [Read More…]

What Would a Long Range Sharpshooter Infantry Paradigm Look Like? Part 1: The Weapons

Posted November 26, 2016 in Ammunition, AR-15, Guns & Gear, Other Gear & Gadgets, Rifles by Nathaniel F with 206 Comments

More and more, it seems like we are on the cusp of a break in the small arms “plateau”, and that major changes may be coming both in the technology and use of infantry small arms and ammunition. The biggest harbinger of this coming paradigm shift has been [Read More…]