Originally Posted by
Pontius Navigator
Melchett, which returns to my question about ROE.
I wonder if there were many instances in WW 2, if aircrew were armed, or Vietnam, where aircrew used a pistol in E&E.
I imagine at night or in the jungle your chances would have been different whereas in open country shoot one and you have given your position away.
I knew a chap who served in Vietnam - he was a karate expert. He was downed and preferred his hands to his gun. I believe from others that he killed a couple of the opposition.
Wasn't the original scorpion developed for Warsaw pact pilots to carry?