I don’t know when Aimpoints, or their equivalents were issued commonly, say around 1990. Maybe some knows. Anyhow, that simple, cheap, factor increasing technology took the Army 20 years. Pathetic.
By the way, the Son Tay raid failed because the planning was too long and the raiders showed up too late. Slowness again was the motto.
You mean every commander is not Stonewall jackson? ;-)