There was some sketchy experimentation like this by a grad student during the early days of nuclear development before tightening of safety measures. He used screw drivers to hold the pieces of radioactive material apart…
Reactive armour needs to be attached to thick armour. If it’s attached to non-armoured things, it will do just as much damage to what it’s attached to as what it reacted to.
Any civilian truck covered with reactive armour is a death trap, and any soldier who knows anything about reactive armour will target these vehicles with the cheapest weapons that will trigger the armour. This is an example of the enemy going out of their way to get killed.
This was shortly followed by the French overthrowing the old, corrupt regime in favour of a radical, egalitarian government, before descending into violent internal conflict.
The Kalashnikov was really good and has totally proven itself as the people’s battle weapon.
The story of the rise of the Armalite as a reponse is a weird story, but as I’ve researched it (opinions often differ) it wasn’t the AK that killed the M14, but the notion of squeezing three fire teams for M2 machine gun emplacements into a squad, rather than one.
The M14s were lost to M16s as their weight got displaced, but according to the Marines I talked to, they favored the M14 over the M16, and liked the hole they could punch through the enemy (and anything behind them for miles).
That said, later iterations of the Armalite got better.
It really did not help that the original M16s were terrible, plus cleaning kits were sparcely handed out with the myth that the rifle was self cleaning, AND they changed the ammo the gun was originally tested on to a cartridge that had worse performance.
Should Jackie even be considered for this award? When was the last time she juggled? Her life at this point is probably all power lunches and conference calls. Once you go high enough you stop being a real clown and become a politician.
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