Re: [Epic] Unified Theory of GW

From: David Lado <lado_at_...>
Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 08:52:54 -0400 (EDT)

>> There's a bit more difference in tech levels, too. The Afgahnies (sp?) did
>> actually have weaponry as advanced as the USSR, albeit not in nearly as
>> great a quantity.
>>
>You have to remember that the Afghanis embarrassed one of the greatest
>powers of the nineteenth century (British Empire) too.
>
>I don't think the plains Indians who fought Custer were that primitive at
>all. I remember reading somewhere that the Indians had large amounts of
>rifles, and in some cases, superior weapons that they robbed from white
>settlers.

Actually, now that you mention it, the plains indians (the Sioux, I think)
were armed with a significant number of winchester-type repeating rifles
while Custers cavalry were still armed with civil-war era muzzle-loaders.

David
Received on Mon May 12 1997 - 12:52:54 UTC