Is it just me, or does this arms manufacturer have its priorities mixed up?
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Re: Traditional bullets 'a risk to people'
Is it just me, or does this arms manufacturer have its priorities mixed up?
Crazed Rabbit
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Re: Traditional bullets 'a risk to people'
Some things seem quite sensible, like quite bombs, the energy-saving measures, and the safer and more sustainable artillery amongst others.
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Re: Traditional bullets 'a risk to people'
The best has to be this though:
The initiative is being backed by the Ministry of Defence, which has proposed quieter warheads to reduce noise pollution and grenades that produce less smoke.
Of course, when one is intensive urban combat, one wouldn't want to disturb the neighbours from watching the news, would one?
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Re: Traditional bullets 'a risk to people'
Or you simply might not want your men to return home with impaired hearing and a very nasty coughing (or possibly to reduce friendly fire, but I'm not sure how much smoke a modern granade gives. A BIG issue with black powder atleast).Originally Posted by King Henry V
The best has to be this though:
The initiative is being backed by the Ministry of Defence, which has proposed quieter warheads to reduce noise pollution and grenades that produce less smoke.
Of course, when one is intensive urban combat, one wouldn't want to disturb the neighbours from watching the news, would one?
Quality weaponry kills the enemy, keeps your men unharmed/healthy and makes occupation benificial.
Need I mention that I don't like taking losses and rarely pillages in games? Pillaging "soon to be mine" infrastructure is usually ineffective
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Re: Traditional bullets 'a risk to people'
One of the points of the grenade is also to give cover, which will be removed if you have no smoke.
I don't think grenades are let off that often that it will give them "impaired hearing", certainly not 24/7.
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"Where men are forbidden to honour a king they honour millionaires, athletes, or film-stars instead: even famous prostitutes or gangsters. For spiritual nature, like bodily nature, will be served; deny it food and it will gobble poison." - C. S. Lewis
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Isn't that the smoke-granade type that's used for cover?
And I do know people that have been getting permanent hearing losses after a few month into thier conscription, without any special incidents of very high sounds too close to the ear.
It's a time were the losses are low so they actually got time to bother about this stuff.
We are all aware that the senses can be deceived, the eyes fooled. But how can we be sure our senses are not being deceived at any particular time, or even all the time? Might I just be a brain in a tank somewhere, tricked all my life into believing in the events of this world by some insane computer? And does my life gain or lose meaning based on my reaction to such solipsism?
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