There are certainly moments when supressive fire has it uses.
But to use it as a "standard tactic" is merely a waste of ammo.
I'll diplomatically not mention the number of times in joint Army-Marine operations the Army has shown up on our doorstep with a empty cup asking to borrow some bullets.
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Originally Posted by Skirmisher
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Originally Posted by Suhiir
Given the standard arabic "stick weapon over your head-spray 'n pray" infantry tactics
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Where did they get that idea? I see this all the time in Iraqi insurgent video's. |
Cultural thing.
At the risk of being sounding like a bigot...
In general arabs are based on a nomadic culture. Hit-n-run raids for loot rather then attack-n-capture the land were the norm for "warfare" for centuries. Similar to the native americans during the 1800's.
Also, in general, in low population nomadic type cultures killing lots of people isn't generally done during warfare. It's more a show of force then a kill em all thing...much like most inner city gang warfare.
As we all know in an ambush type enguagement lots of shooting, noise, confusion is the best way to overwhelm your opponent. Even if you don't kill them you scare them off. While they're running you can grab the sheep, camels, women and make good your escape.
Also note how often they fire weapons into the air during gatherings.
To them a "show of force" is warfare. So blazing away at nothing while not risking actually getting hurt by poking your head up is just a cultural thing.
Sure...if they get real military training they function just as well, or badly, as anyone else. But most of what you see in the news isn't real soldiers...just guys with guns.