>>14624806A fun little tidbit: several soldiers in the Rhodesian Bush War commented on the strange things they noticed when capturing weapons from fallen ZANLA combatants. Most notably, the iron sights were often cranked up to the maximum distance. The Rhodesian soldiers thought this was strange, as it would imply the guns were being fired at ranges over 1000 metres when most fighting they had experienced had occurred at barely a fraction of that. Word was passed around to find out if the ZANLA forces were being trained as long-range sharpshooters or using their rifles against aircraft.
An African local heard about the phenomenon and quickly cleared up the confusion. The retards on the other side thought that setting the sights up to the maximum range meant the guns would shoot farther and therefore harder. They weren't even using them to aim.
