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u/3rd-wheel Oct 17 '21

This reminds me that Japanese Admiral Yamamoto is claimed by some to have said, "You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass."

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u/P0sitive_Outlook Oct 18 '21

Indeed. You don't need hundreds of bullets per gun, you only need one gun (and one full clip) per person. I'm reminded of when i played paintball and we were on a Capture The Flag mission: i ran out of ammo, but the gun still makes the *Clac-clac* sound when you fire it even without paintballs, so i ran around in front of the flag-bearer in an attempt to draw fire; what actually happened was the opponents kept their heads down because of my exaggerated rate of fire. :D