Why were rifle mounted lights only made standard issue starting in GWOT?

Why were rifle mounted lights only made standard issue starting in GWOT?

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Maybe because flashlights also pose as a big fucking cross hair in comfortably litte distance to your body center.
Might aswell yell "i'm here, now shoot me".

It`s only a guess though.

Are you actually retarded?

My mommy tells me i'm a very special young man.

Why? Tracers point both ways. Lights and lasers are the same.

Weapon lights and lasers only became popular in the late 80s and early 90s mainly cause of improvements in small and lightweight batteries. They weren't popular earlier due to the weight and poor power sources.

Not for POGs, only high speed low drag operators
so obviously not you

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This. Look at old weapon lights and you'll see why nobody used them

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No, some lasers require you to wear a special pair of glasses to see the dot

it does appear to be retarded, yes

They were used extensively in house clearing operations and were a necessity

>he's never capped motherfuckers in the dark of night with nvg's, IR lasers, and suppressed m4's

>Capped motherfuckers
I'm sure you did Green Bean Hero

You're not using your light properly then

some of us actually did shit instead of larping about it day and night in shtf threads on this turd infested board

Do you have any idea how common has-serveds are after a decade plus of GWOT, and how many are into guns?

Might as well just tape a fucking maglite to it

t. Fobbits

>lol fobbits
guess how i know you're a non-combat three ribbon bitch

t. PX Cowboy

Li-ion batteries werent that great until the mid to late 90s, so before then, weapon lights were basically maglights.

Also, bulbs were shit until the invention of the white LED.

i've heard better shit talking from admin clerks
step it up, boot

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t. Crayon Eater who did a 9 month easy peazy tour and is somehow still Motto
>Was probably a POG
>Every Muhhhhreen is rifle Simpler Fidddd

i went private back when it was still cool to kill people
and as far as anybody who did shit is concerned, you're a faggot civilian

>Went private
So you didn't actually do anything then? No wonder your you're overcompensating so much, your Ego is tiny because you didn't serve on the ground as a grunt. Humble yourself a bit user, you sound like a giant arsehole, I was only poking fun a bit. I was 11b btw

>didn't actually do anything then
user was implying he did cool guy shit before going private for blackwater you fucking dipshit