How come Officers use Pistol in war?

• lwflee

  7 Feb 06, 03:33

  I actually think it is due largely to tradition. I do not buy the shooting deserters argument. If i were to have to shoot a deserter, I would take an assault rifle thank you very much. After all, you are trying to engage a highly trained and well armed soldier.
  
  
  
  Another theory could be that in addition to tradition, they are issued with pistols because the army recognises that officers usually stay behind in HQ to do their planning. It would be an embuggerance if they had to lug their rifles around when giving powerpoint presentations.
• Icemoon

  7 Feb 06, 03:41

  Actually why need to desert if you only need attn c to declare yourself out of action?
  
  also no one in the right mind will desert during fire movement. and the pc can't be shooting those who refuse to do leap and bound right?
• tvdog

  7 Feb 06, 14:46

  Originally posted by Icemoon:

  well .. we are not the Russian army.

  That's quite a lame thing to say.
• tvdog

  7 Feb 06, 14:47

  Originally posted by Icemoon:

  Actually why need to desert if you only need attn c to declare yourself out of action?
  
  also no one in the right mind will desert during fire movement. and the pc can't be shooting those who refuse to do leap and bound right?

  
• Icemoon

  7 Feb 06, 16:32

  Originally posted by tvdog:

  That's quite a lame thing to say.

  but it is a fact isn't it?
  
  yes or no?