Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4957813-20140510034158/@comment-24042984-20140611152842

Could you perhaps link these instances where the U.S. military has cut corners on something as big as magazine design? (I agree about "showy toys", but I can't say I've heard much about them cutting corners in anything other than retiree/veteran benefits...)

I was trying to avoid to use an alternative to that term since there's a lot of false information surrounding it. I also don't really think of it as a proper term.

You really can't use scope as a drawback, since it's a comparison of the weapons themselves, and optics are not a necessary component of them; they are add-ons. I personally don't think that the movement is "unnatural" or "awkward" at all, and I haven't really heard anyone who had a serious complaint with this other than those who are not familiar with the weapon. I don't see where you're coming in regards to "poor balance" on the Steyr AUG and the inability to shoot from both sides. I also addressed both of these aspects in my previous post and you haven't really brought up anything new or unrefuted. "Better use of training time" is an invalid point, since we're talking about rifles in the situation where they have been already adopted by a military force as the primary rifle, so there wouldn't be "more time on the range" since the standard rifle would be the Steyr AUG (in this case), not the M4/M16 platform.

I am confused as to what point you are trying to make in this statement about grunts, could you clarify?

Well Ruby actually has a magazine pouch that she pulls her seocnd magazine out of (shown in the Red trailer). But of course, A magazine of that size will definately be unable to hold that many rounds in reality. I agree that many of the rules that apply to real life certainly don't apply in anime, especially ammunition, but I always address these ideas from a practical, realistic standpoint, since there's no problem in having a weapon that is not only effective, but is usable/feasible in the real world. ;)