1942 Husky Rifle Blew up?

[Riflechair]

 

[jethunter]

I digress, but it ain't the weapons system that determines the deterent; it is the ability , and willingness, to deploy it fast and effectively. Also, the Swedes were busily selling to both sides throughout the European war. Ball bearings from Sweden wereused equally in Juno and Rols Royce engines! .

The Swedes and Swiss both played all sides of the game but that's how they survived. They are smallish countries with large-for-population, well-trained citizen armies. Russia or Germany most likely would have beat them in a full out confrontation but the cost would have been much greater than the gain.

Back to the issue of weapons vs human factors; I get a hoot out of the "sniper" rifles that are currently sellinglike hotcakes. A $5K rifle and scope will not make Bubba a sniper, but in the hands of a trained military sniper, anything that will do 2 MOA or better is a deadly accurate weapon.

x2 especially the "tactical" enthusiasts with full SWAT regalia and a $5000 0.2 MOA rifle that never leaves the cabinet... but what the heck, its a hobby and it doesn't have to make sense to the rest of us.