Re: Some Mosin Nagant Humor
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: pepperbelly</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Hbus1300</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I like the bit about the sights going out to 12 miles. I know its a joke, but some of the military iron sights were wishful thinking. </div></div>
Those sights were not meant for accurate, aimed fire out to 2000 yards. Those sights were for volley fire. Those rifles were used before full auto weapons were invented.
Jim </div></div>
At the squad level, there is no fighting past 200 yards.
Groups of soldiers on their bellies don't shoot other soldiers on their bellies past 200 yards.
That took 100 years to figure out.
Generals also wanted artillery to fire in concert form central command. My father got a number of patents in response to the original M55 RFQ. He then as a result got the contract for M110 and later M107 designs single source bid.
It took less than 50 years to figure out that was all silly.
Meanwhile revolutionary good ideas fell on deaf ears at Rock Island Arsenal, as they were someone else's idea.
It took ~10 years for the military to look at the Barrett 82, that was designed for consumers.
I have spent much of my life designing equipment for the military, and the big break came in between 1995 and 2000 when it was realized that electronics would be obsolete by the time they were developed if straight jacket military specifications were observed.