full auto does work well on large vehicles that can carry thousands of
rounds, or 100's of thousands.  i forget where, but i saw a military guy
discussing full auto weapons and he was of the opinion that they were
mostly useful when one was ambushed, the side that can maintain the
highest firing rate often wins as shooting is usually somewhat random in
that case.  of course they are also used for suppression fire, i.e.
keeping the enemy from getting any closer or moving in general.  that's
one of the uses for full auto .50 caliber rifles as you can shoot miles
away if you aren't trying to be terribly accurate and can make a zone
that the enemy can't cross except in heavily armored vehicles.

Dave VanHorn wrote:
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> At 09:10 AM 9/13/2004, Jake Anderson wrote:
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> >thaught thats what "puff" and "the magic dragon" were about ;->
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> That was an impressive platform. Sort of the A-10 of it's day.
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--=20
Philip Stortz--"In Germany they came first for the Communists, and I
didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.=20
Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a
Jew.=20
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I
wasn't a trade unionist.=20
Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a
Protestant.=20
Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up."
-- Martin Niem=F6ller, 1892-1984 (German Lutheran Pastor), on the Nazi
Holocaust, Congressional Record 14th October 1968 p31636.

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