nonniey Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 Interesting experiment- "The U.S. Marine Corps is attempting a unique experiment that pairs the deadly — but typically loud — fire power of an infantry battalion with silence. Maj. Gen. John Love of 2nd Marine Division out of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, is gathering data on the way suppressors improve battlefield communication and efficiency. Early testing at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms indicates that suppressing everything from M4 rifles to .50 caliber machine guns can dramatically assist U.S. warfighters. “What we’ve found so far is it revolutionizes the way we fight,” Gen. Love recently said at the Marine Corps Association Ground Dinner, Military.com reported Tuesday. “It used to be a squad would be dispersed out over maybe 100 yards, so the squad leader couldn’t really communicate with the members at the far end because of all the noise of the weapons. Now they can actually just communicate, and be able to command and control and effectively direct those fires..........” http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/nov/23/marine-corps-experiment-silences-entire-infantry-b/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BornaSkinsFan83 Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 Was just playing a video game where guns were made inoperable by a new technology and they had to go back to swords and the like. Reading the thread title that's what I thought this was going to be. Definitely disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 They discovered that being able to hear each other improves communication and that terribly loud noises make it harder to focus. The world may never be the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 I guess they'll need to call a timeout before battle and make sure the enemy has silencers too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrFan Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 Bow and arrows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 12th Commandment Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 Someone turned down the volume playing Battlefield 1 and had an epiphany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonniey Posted November 24, 2016 Author Share Posted November 24, 2016 3 hours ago, BornaSkinsFan83 said: Was just playing a video game where guns were made inoperable by a new technology and they had to go back to swords and the like. Reading the thread title that's what I thought this was going to be. Definitely disappointed. Any tech that takes away our firepower would be bad for us and good for the bad guys. Don't be disappointed over that not being the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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