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Literally anything coming to kill you from the air is going to be demoralizing. I respect the concept of "the bigger boom" (the concept being that the person wi
by BariumBlue 5y ago
Literally anything coming to kill you from the air is going to be demoralizing. I respect the concept of "the bigger boom" (the concept being that the person with the larger/scarier gun feels like they're winning, and the inverse that if the opponent has the larger/scarier gun you feel like you're losing), but I don't think we should rely on frightening the enemy into submission.
- spoonjim 5y agoAlso with the religiously motivated enemy, they’re not as afraid of death as a professional soldier.
- loonster 5y agoAmong many comabt infantry marines I knew, more were afraid of being a coward than dying. I would imagine it would be similar for soldiers.
- loonster 5y agoBullshit. Aircraft that can be seen are much scarier to the enemy. The enemy never came out to play when we had helicopters on station. Planes high in the sky didn't stop attacks until they dropped bombs. The same concept can be seen with infantry and crowd control. The best way to keep a crowd away is to fix bayonets.