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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hobgoblin" data-source="post: 2748274" data-attributes="member: 24923">hmm, i came to think of a recent discovery channel program about changes in soldier training between ww1 (or there about) and today.i think there where studys done showing that soldiers first fired a warning shot above the enemys head before trying to take aim at the soldier directly. this was in one on one, like say guard duty or similar. dont know about spray and pray type enviroments. basicy the soldier would do so automaticaly without thinking about it or rembering doing so...they even told about finding 1 or more muskets after the american civil war that had 6-7 rounds loaded into it. basicly the soldier had done the full loading drill but had not fired. this is iirc tho...this is why they changed to using images and human shaped targets rather then round bullseyes. this to get people to develop conditioned responses: see human shape, shoot at human shape.i have had some friends saying that they disbelive this, and that they would shoot to kill if they where threatend. but i find it unlikely as the scare tactic is something we find i all animals. like say the classical story about facing down a charging gorilla. do so and the gorilla will stop right in front of you and look realy confused. basicly it expects you to run, and as you dont do so its not sure what to do...</blockquote>