I was under the assumption that they were about 1/4 the worlds population.
Last time I checked they were 10%, honestly I doubt 25% of people are lefties.
I was under the assumption that they were about 1/4 the worlds population.
Well then I have no Idea how someone came up with that number, or why they insisted on using it. However for an armed Service having 10% of your troops as unable to operate the Standard Rifle without wearing Face protection is rather stupid, and it's even more so with 25%.Last time I checked they were 10%, honestly I doubt 25% of people are lefties.
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Which is significant for lefties, who are about a quarter of all forces. So the weapons have to be designed for Lefties and Righties. Unless you go with a Forward Eject sytem, and I've only hear of one really working once, and even then the system doesn't seem like it'd work if the gun's at a positive elevation.
Don't NECRO.The M-1 was first going to be a semi-auto with a 20 round detachable box magazine.
It was chambered in a .276 Pedersen [7mm X 51mm] round
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.276_Pedersen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1_Garand_rifle
Don't NECRO.
Nevertheless, dont necro please.Just a new member who wanted to share. Don't kill the enthusiasm of new members.
One thing I was thinking was the development of the assault rifle would be for the Marine Corp in the interwar years to look at it for their rifle squads. Like they had a BAR per squad they might look at having two or more armed with them depending on what they were tasked with. If they were in some place like Haiti or Nicaragua in the 20's and 30's they might use them because they found them useful in the jungle and guerrilla warfare they encountered. Like some units want to have a shotgun or two in urban enviroments. Remember the USMC were funded thru the Navy department and not the War department, and interservice rivalry being what it is, the Navy decides we don't want what the army has and a congress critter or two who has a piece of the armaments pie sees and oppurtunity. Look at how the Navy's torpedo factory in Newport RI was run before WWII.
Don't NECRO.
It's apparently considered improper etiquette on the board, unless of course you give a decent reason/excuse. Also, it could be because spammers use that tactic as well.Some people scream when their is a previouse thread on a topic others about Necroing, so I wonder what sometone is suposed to do when they think they have a thought to add to a subject. Either way I dont see why some people get so tetchy about it.![]()
Don't NECRO.
Just a new member who wanted to share. Don't kill the enthusiasm of new members.
Nevertheless, dont necro please.