Dear Spencer,
Like I said , you clearly have never used a “wondersight
“.
But, well like they say, ignorance is bliss.
Also, these so called “wondersights “
are in fact so wonderful
that many armies are using them by the tens of
thousands.
You obviously have not read my posts – please read first
before
commenting. These sights come in
several flavors. The low mag
ones 1 to 2.5X are excellent
for ranges from 0 up to 300 m.
Iron
sights are especially at a big disadvantage at short ranges up
to
50 m compared to these sights. Even 4X sights are used
effectively in urban combat – look at the BA example with
SUSAT
which is a 4X sight. It has been in use for more than 20
years,
notably is Belfast during the war with the IRA.
No point encountering a hostile at 100 m or at any range if
you
cannot engage him faster and more
accurately than he can.
Even
in the urban terrain, you clearly have opportunities to
engage targets out to 300 m or more.
Did I say peripheral ? You used this
word - I did not.
Clearly it is you who have never been on the business end of
a
laser. We are not talking “
peripheral “.
Does each SAF rifleman have a NVG ?
Aren’t we all for more training ? You
sound as if the normal
SAF rifleman does not receive sufficient hands on training on
his
weapon. If so , it is no wonder that you are all advocating
calling
on a Terrex, F16, GLMRS
……………..when only good well
aimed & effective small arms fire are all that is
required.
I am talking about you the rifleman being able to use his
rifle
more effectively given the current state of the
SAR21.
If
all rifleman think like you , then there is no need for
riflemen.
We just need to carry signal sets and
comms equipment to call
for arty, air strike , Terrex, Leo2 to
take out the enemy 100 m from
you.