So, the other night I’m playing the new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 with my brother and one of his friends and I noted that people die a whole lot quicker than in the WWII version World At War. I mentioned this observation tonight with a buddy that just got done playing Modern Warfare 2 online and he said the same thing my brother’s friend said: “Well, weapons are more powerful now. Makes sense.”
Coming from the librarian I can understand that response. Not so much with the Marine, but whatever. Based on my small sample I’ve concluded that people think WWII weapons were less deadly than modern ones.
Which I’m pretty sure anybody reading this blog knows is complete bullshit. After WWII everybody set about their own projects to create less powerful ammunition and platforms to shoot them from. In the US we went from the 30-06 which is powerful enough to hunt anything in North America to the .223 which is just an amped up version of the .222 Remington; a varmint cartridge. Hell you can’t even hunt deer with the little thing in a number of states.
This misconception bothers me more than it should, but I’ve said my peace. Carry on.
Not to mention the fact that virtually no one wore body armor in WWII.