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Interesting story. One thing I've always wondered about these war games (I realize it's somewhat tangential to the actual point of the story, but...) -- how do
by hughprime 17y ago
Interesting story.
One thing I've always wondered about these war games (I realize it's somewhat tangential to the actual point of the story, but...) -- how do you know when you're "dead"? Some guy plays dead, then leaps up with a machine gun and starts firing -- what exactly was he firing? And isn't "playing dead" an especially unfair tactic when the "actual dead" are also playing dead?
- DanielBMarkham 17y agoAs I remember, it was an infrared system very similar to today's laser tag (combat troops of the 80s, please weigh in). I think it was called MILES. You wore this thing around your head and on your body for a target? The main thing I remember was loading blanks into magazines and putting this weird cap on the end of the rifles. As the weapons were fired (which sounded just like live fire to me) the laser was activated. There was some kind of coded thing going on as well. So you could fire anything that could take a blank. The flash-bangs, of course, were real. As were the concussion grenades and tear gas (if it was used). I didn't see what happened to my sergeant, so I can't say how he faked it. I know it pissed off a lot of guys from Charlie company, though.
- run4yourlives 17y agoAs he says below, MILES gear with a blank firing adapter. Basically laser tag 2.0. Neat trick with MILES gear: If you run out of ammo you can slap the butt of your rifle against something and still "shoot" people...the mid 90's version at least worked on the recoil of the weapon.