I think the idea of a million tiny robots is laughable. What is the object? To achieve something meaningful, you have to either take the ground you want to have or, as Mao believed, destroy the enemy army. Neither is easy, of course. In neither case can you just sit in a hole and snipe at the enemy.
But speaking of weapons, I recall seeing trap-door Springfields in movies, although they were carbines. When did you ever see infantry in a Western movie? You only saw cavalry and they had carbines, of course.
Typically one notices weapons used in movies that are historically incorrect, with weapons not yet in service being used. But sometimes it's the other way around. I've seen films with trap-door Springfields used in movies set in the 1930s. I suspect they were still being used by the National Guard after 1900 but probably not that late. Yet M1 rifles and BARs were still being used by the Guard in the 1970s. We sometimes have the mistaken idea that once something new is adopted (always against objections), then everybody has one two weeks later. For instance, as long as we're talking about historical weapons, the 1903 bolt-action was still being manufactured during WWII as late as 1943 or maybe later, while the M1 was adopted in 1936. Even with all the rifles produced in WWII, the M1 was still being manufactured in 1959. Even the No. 4 Lee-Enfield was still being manufactured as late as 1957. I even had one.
But speaking of weapons, I recall seeing trap-door Springfields in movies, although they were carbines. When did you ever see infantry in a Western movie? You only saw cavalry and they had carbines, of course.
Typically one notices weapons used in movies that are historically incorrect, with weapons not yet in service being used. But sometimes it's the other way around. I've seen films with trap-door Springfields used in movies set in the 1930s. I suspect they were still being used by the National Guard after 1900 but probably not that late. Yet M1 rifles and BARs were still being used by the Guard in the 1970s. We sometimes have the mistaken idea that once something new is adopted (always against objections), then everybody has one two weeks later. For instance, as long as we're talking about historical weapons, the 1903 bolt-action was still being manufactured during WWII as late as 1943 or maybe later, while the M1 was adopted in 1936. Even with all the rifles produced in WWII, the M1 was still being manufactured in 1959. Even the No. 4 Lee-Enfield was still being manufactured as late as 1957. I even had one.