Your favourite war.
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Eh, WW2 is boring because it's really generic... WWI was just... Random. Vietnam was a little too guerilla for it to be intresting for me.Bobbovski said:
The American Civil War.
Mostly because of the insane tactic(s) and one shoot rifles.
Oh goody.
Older strifes without guns were more interesting, though.
The Trojan war would be my favorite, if it wasn't just a myth.
Mostly because of the insane tactic(s) and one shoot rifles.
Oh goody.
Older strifes without guns were more interesting, though.
The Trojan war would be my favorite, if it wasn't just a myth.
Mmm, never said you couldn't use fake wars. ^_^ Funny you should say that, rifles with more than 1 shot per reload actually ended that war (I believe they could shoot 7 before reloading... not sure), the confederacy surrendered when it was invented because it would have been a massacre. Technology strikes again.Supraliminal said:
The Spanish Civil War.
Because anarchist militias are awesome and so is this song:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWXYsi3zoCQ
Because anarchist militias are awesome and so is this song:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWXYsi3zoCQ
Yes there is, but in real life it's not quite the same.Ben7 said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_War
The stories involved make it so great.
Picasso?ReincarnatedFTP said:
this thread is uniquely something that can be said from the types of people who have never been to war and Americans (Which I am both ^_^) so I would say Vietnam probably because it was freaky, had great music, and is the perfect thing for a movie (see Full metal Jacket and Platoon...NOW!)
Oh I just like them combined to the Stand-in-two-lines-shoot-each-other-until-another-side-goes-down-tactics. There is something intriguing in that madness.MaskedMori said:
If they had used the same tactic with better armament, sure it would have been a bloody mess.
But maybe they would have started to use cover more eficiently and smaller group formations, after a while.
Though, that would have changed the following wars somewhat.
Ahh, the sweet smell of speculation.
World War 1, 1914 - 1918.
This is one of the most interesting periods of human history. The aftermath of the Industrial Revolution had already been allowing constant development of better steel and more advanced machinery for about a century, but things REALLY got moving as most of Europe suddenly went nuts and every military power involved raced to come up with new, modern ways to destroy each other.
This is most notable in the development of the aeroplane. At the start of the war, flying machines were little more than cheap, experimental novelties that, with luck, could fly maybe half a mile. However, the potential advantages of aerial warfare soon captivated the creative minds of war entrepreneurs, and with the eagerness of military science, airplanes were soon becoming more practical and reliable.
In 1919, pilots John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown made the first successful flight across the Atlantic in a bomber plane left over from the war, paving the way for regular passenger services.
(Click the link for a picture of the type of plane they used
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Vickers_Vimy.jpg
What really facsinates me, though, is the way new weapons and gadgets would often have to be put into production as quickly as possible, before the enemy could come up with something similar. This often meant that new inventions would be put to use on the battlefield long before anyone gave a thought as to how well they would actually work.
For example, the Germans came up with a new type of tank (the ONLY German WW1 tank that made it into production!) that got stuck in almost any kind of terrain and usually ended up lagging behind the infantry troops it was meant to assist.
Looked awesome, though. Click the link for a picture of a replica:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A7v-wotan-diorama.jpg
I should also note that the famous Stahlhelm (Steel Helmet), later known worldwide as the Nazi helmet, was first introduced in 1916 as the result of a similarily hurried design process. (The type of helmet they had been using up to this point, had been designed some time before the introduction of weaponry that could reliably penetrate hardened leather!)
But my favorite WW1 weapon (at least that I know about so far), has to be the 1916 Lebel bayonet. By order of the French government, the Remington company fired up their state-of-the-art machinery, employing their premium quality materials and top-notch craftsmanship skills...
...to produce 200 000 SPIKES for use by the French army! (Click link for picture.)
http://www.quanonline.com/military/military_reference/misc/photos/lebel_bayonet.JPG
This is one of the most interesting periods of human history. The aftermath of the Industrial Revolution had already been allowing constant development of better steel and more advanced machinery for about a century, but things REALLY got moving as most of Europe suddenly went nuts and every military power involved raced to come up with new, modern ways to destroy each other.
This is most notable in the development of the aeroplane. At the start of the war, flying machines were little more than cheap, experimental novelties that, with luck, could fly maybe half a mile. However, the potential advantages of aerial warfare soon captivated the creative minds of war entrepreneurs, and with the eagerness of military science, airplanes were soon becoming more practical and reliable.
In 1919, pilots John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown made the first successful flight across the Atlantic in a bomber plane left over from the war, paving the way for regular passenger services.
(Click the link for a picture of the type of plane they used
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Vickers_Vimy.jpg
What really facsinates me, though, is the way new weapons and gadgets would often have to be put into production as quickly as possible, before the enemy could come up with something similar. This often meant that new inventions would be put to use on the battlefield long before anyone gave a thought as to how well they would actually work.
For example, the Germans came up with a new type of tank (the ONLY German WW1 tank that made it into production!) that got stuck in almost any kind of terrain and usually ended up lagging behind the infantry troops it was meant to assist.
Looked awesome, though. Click the link for a picture of a replica:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A7v-wotan-diorama.jpg
I should also note that the famous Stahlhelm (Steel Helmet), later known worldwide as the Nazi helmet, was first introduced in 1916 as the result of a similarily hurried design process. (The type of helmet they had been using up to this point, had been designed some time before the introduction of weaponry that could reliably penetrate hardened leather!)
But my favorite WW1 weapon (at least that I know about so far), has to be the 1916 Lebel bayonet. By order of the French government, the Remington company fired up their state-of-the-art machinery, employing their premium quality materials and top-notch craftsmanship skills...
...to produce 200 000 SPIKES for use by the French army! (Click link for picture.)
http://www.quanonline.com/military/military_reference/misc/photos/lebel_bayonet.JPG
I remember that war! That was crazy stuff with the guns and the people who died =Dansem1532 said:
I heard that there were even some people.... who didn't die!. I think they were called civilians =o