On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:01:40 -0500 Chris Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > too advanced given the MS designs of the era (but who knows, the > Germans had jets for years before they made it to the West, and only > failed to capitalize on them because he was an idiot. Same thing > might have been going on with the tech that gave rise to the > Kaempfer).
Exactly, look at the German assault rifle, (sp)Sturm Guevere. First designed and built in the early 40's, but because Hitler didn't like it, it was stuck on the back burners for two years. So while many Russian soldiers were fielding semi-auto rifles and submachine guns, the German soldiers were still fielding bolt action rifles when they had a perfectly working assault rifle sitting on someone's desk. Now the question is, could it have turned the tide of the war. No, it couldn't. But it would have made things more competetive. Kind of like how the Japanese army was fielding a rifle design that was almost 40 years old when even the Germans had the good sense to update theirs to one that was only 10 years old(?) or so. -- Linwood Foster, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Moderator 3 of 6, Rec.Games.Mecha Moderation Team 10th Lyran Guards, The Revenants. http://www.geocities.com/the_devillin -------------------------------------------------- The Gundam Mailing List MK-II [email protected] Archives: http://www.gundam.com/gml Help: Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this in the BODY: help list
