It was worse than that. By the time they realized they had a real fight on their hands they were down low in a dry river bed and the patriots were up on a bridge above them behind concrete. There was only maybe 20 people with guns up top but they had tons of hard cover to fire from. If they had turned into a shootout the feds were toast. All they had for cover were vehicles, SUVs mostly. No armor or bearcats etc. Cars are actually shitty cover.
It was worse than that. By the time they realized they had a real fight on their hands they were down low in a dry river bed and the patriots were up on a bridge above them behind concrete. There was only maybe 20 people with guns up top but they had tons of hard cover to fire from. If they had turned into a shootout the feds were toast. All they had for cover were vehicles, SUVs mostly. No armor or bearcats etc. Cars are actually shitty cover.