You are perfectly right, they were designed for crowd control like that.Dragunai said:As a civvie from a heavily militarized family, I have to ask.
Wasn't the last example - the Terrs in the Civilian groups - the very reason Flashbangs and concussion grenades were invented?
Not having a go, literally just asking, was it the reason for them?
It wouldn't be wrong as such reaction would be human but no wars are ever fair neither do the players play fair so it would understandable for atrocities to occur.LordFisheh said:Would you mind burning to death alongside your loved ones, screaming all the way, while following that ideology? There are no civilians, after all, so it would be wrong for you to have any hard feelings over it.mad825 said:In a World War no-one is innocent, there are no civilians.
My attack would be based on what would do the most damage and what would have the most impact on their operations against my enemies, the so called "civilians" would be on my list.
Yes. Everyone can and should break the law if they believe it to be worthwhile, especially ones that govern the rules for killing others.LordFisheh said:By your logic, we should screw obeying the law. If you want something, steal it. After all, eeeeveryone else obeys the law.somonels said:Because, like, eeveryone fights wars "by the book."Oyster_Boy said:Isn't the deliberate killing of civilians a war crime anyway? And as such you wouldn't be ordered to bomb the town regardless?
I answered the question before the edit was made, bro...madwarper said:Read the OP. WW2 = Conscription. Not every soldier wanted to be part of the war.blaqknoise said:Soldiers asked to be part of the war, civilians did not.
During world war 2 many european towns where built as central transit hubs. 3-7 roads going in and out of the town. the terrain around the towns where usually low lands and/or flood plains. during rains often the only traversable terrain for heavy vehicals where the roads going into and out of the towns.SouthpawFencer said:I don't see how bombing a village would in any way create a remotely effective roadblock. It's difficult to answer these types of questions when the scenario is so implausible as to border on the ridiculous.
honestly, i would agree with you.Azaez said:I'm in the military, and to be honest i would rather the village, civilian deaths are part of war sadly, some die by accident, and others for strategic purposes such as this. If you were fighting and knew that this could save your life you would go for it, is it messed up? Yes very but it happens and can't be avoided.
Edit: And don't get all mad that this is my view claiming im some heartless ass.
My dad is a massive Chris Ryan and Andy McNabb fan so he is always reading books about the S.A.S and most of them are based in I.R.A era N. Ireland so I have been clued up a bit on it, not enough to hold a lengthy convo mind but I know what you're talking about.Rawne1980 said:You are perfectly right, they were designed for crowd control like that.Dragunai said:As a civvie from a heavily militarized family, I have to ask.
Wasn't the last example - the Terrs in the Civilian groups - the very reason Flashbangs and concussion grenades were invented?
Not having a go, literally just asking, was it the reason for them?
The only problem we had was it wasn't just a small concentrated area, we're talking town centres full of folk. We can't grenade the whole area.
I'm not saying we shot at everyone, most of the time the IRA were not looking to start a mass shootout in a civilian area they were looking for us to start it to drop more bad press on us.
The biggest problem we had in Ireland is we didn't have a clue who the fuck the enemy was. It wasn't as obvious as it is in movies. They were just normal folks who could be right infront of you and we wouldn't be none the wiser until we had a pistol in our face. They didn't walk around with "i'm in the IRA" t-shirts on.
The press was the IRA's biggest weapon. The more they landed us in the shit in the public eye the more backing they had to get us out of their country.
I don't know all the political reasons as to us being there in the first place but i'll say that the Irish are the toughest bastards i've ever been in a fight with. And by fuck do they fight dirty when they need to. All the respect in the world to the people who lived through it and the families of those that didn't on both sides.