Sandbags and Sniper Brens: When Troops Act on Unfounded Belief
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Troops are usually not equipment experts or mechanical engineers. They will often act in what they perceive to be their best interests no matter what the reality says. Warfare is full of various myths, and the question of whether the sniper scene in "Siege of Jadotville" has any foundation is probably more difficult to answer than some may think. In addition, there is more at play than just the technical specs. Note update at the very end on the behind-the-scenes of the movie. Prompted by videos such as https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i75o0F6PY9k and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS4C9NMV0cE Financial donations: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/The_Chieftain Direct Paypal: https://paypal.me/thechieftainshat Utreon: https://utreon.com/c/thechieftain Merchandise https://the-chieftains-retail-hatch.creator-spring.com/ Public facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheChieftainArmor Twitter: https://twitter.com/Chieftain_armor
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