From:	Gurth gurth@******.nl
Subject:	Desert Wars
Date:	Wed, 25 Oct 2000 12:09:01 +0200

According to .stefan, on Wed, 25 Oct 2000 the word on the street was...

> Don't think that is mentioned anywhere but since most vets (when they are
> mentioned) I assume they use live rounds since they are so grizzled and
> battle hardend. There is no substitute for real combat experience since you
> know that you won't die even if you get shot. But then I guess that could
> be fixed in SR by VR.
>
> So my vote is for live rounds and people getting killed. It's probably like
> a normal wargame but you acctually kill each other. Urban brawl on steroids.

I can't remember where I read this, but I believe it's a mixture of
different types, ranging from using blanks and laser fire simulators to
live-fire exercises with two sides (that is, shooting at each other with
real bullets) and anything in-between.

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