re: #335 Mattand

Just what TX needs: more guns.

In the hands of the Highway Patrol. Gunboats can be very useful in securing rivers and lakes against a hostile organization. We can see examples of this having happened in China (to tie in our earlier discussion), where both the RN and USN used river gunboats to suppress factions hostile to their nations’ interests.

Need more proof that gunboats can produce good results? Ask Sen John Kerry, a man who commanded one such river gunboat in Vietnam.