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I woke up about an hour ago because I had to vomit, seeing as I'm sick, and while cleaning up the mess the idea came to me.

I have been reading up on the performance of American forces during WWI, I have to say the indivdual American Marine, and Solider performed well and recived much praise of from friend and foe alike but as a whole they were more like a mob of men with guns careening across the French country side looking for souvenirs and after some tough initial lessons early on the American soliders and officers actually started to come together as a cohesive and capable fighting force but it happened that they got their act together too late and the war was over.

Now here is what I ask, lets say the war last well into 1920. What are effects the protracted war have on American forces post war and post war American doctrine? Becuase the US was starting to field M1918 BAR in conjuction with the Pedersen device for use during the 1919 offensive, how would these weapons fair and could we see an earlier push by the US for an effective SLR?

So opinions on the short and long term effects of a longer war on the American military technology and doctrine?

I'm tired and I don't feel good so I'm sorry if it makes no sense.:(
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