one thing I think people dont consider enough when looking at eg the ability of the Taliban to resist US force, or the Viet Cong, or whatever, in the context of the value of small arms is that the US did not adopt the tactic of "kill everyone until the fighting stops"
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Consider that Vietnam is very small compared to Europe. Also units were awarded things such as rest and relaxation time based on their kill count. They were encouraged to call in artillery and air support on the faintest hint of enemy presencepic.twitter.com/9ho8av1aaQ
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This still falls far short of a kill everyone strategy. Re size: Vietnam is more populous that Germany:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population …
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can't ruin the fertile soil
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fr tho probably afraid of reciprocal nukes in other proxies
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