Admittedly there is a degree of Truth in Television, but reading gives the impression that Allied troops might as well have been piloting vehicles made from plywood and cobwebs.
If it's a work set in WW2, the Germans have better weapons, period.Adding insult to injury, the Viet Cong decapitated the dead and stuck the soldiers' heads on their own rifles, not looting a single one. During Vietnam, one thousand American troops are slaughtered at Ia Drang, unable to fight back because their rifles cannot fire a single bullet. The Boys has an exaggeration of the real-life M16's issues to point out the utter incompetence of Vought Corporation at just about anything they do.Something of a running theme with Garth Ennis' work:.
