"Close, engage, and destroy" is eternal.

farmplinker2 said:

"Close, engage, and destroy" is eternal.

You make the same mistake Ecclesiastes did.  Just because up until the present infantry have had to "close, engage, and destroy" has been true, does not mean it always will be.

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Millennia from now, when humanity is a bunch of computer programs created from scanned human brains, General zepxxxr:V65.03 will be telling its subordinates, "You can't snipe at them, get to knife fighting range"! 

And his troops will wonder why their combat techniques are being compared to a wetland dwelling bird, and why you would use an eating utensil as anything other than a desperation weapon.:)

We'll be using M2s in the Alpha Centari conflict.

Isn't the modification that does not -repeat not- require headspace adjustment at each and every barrel change something materially better than Browning's original design? 

Sorry for raining on your and others parade, but I do not really find statements amusing that ignore important facts.  

The most important fact is that it is still the same basic design.  An enhancement does not change that fact.

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I would note that since the type of war souvenirs one can bring home as been restricted, America has had less success in winning conflicts.

farmplinker2 said:

I would note that since the type of war souvenirs one can bring home as been restricted, America has had less success in winning conflicts.

One French individual already bought a "deactivated" T-55, and now is in the process of buying a "deactivated" Caesar 155 mm...