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Grand Prize Winner posted:Hey guys, quoting this from several months ago. It deserves to be seen again and I'm seeing a lot of nicks here I don't remember. Plus a shitload more good stuff. e: actually on double check some are gone. still a good collection though Graviton v2 fucked around with this message at 19:39 on Oct 4, 2010 |
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lilljonas posted:If you have ever crawled in mud with an automatic rifle, you know how easily it jams. Vietnam had lots of mud. I can completely understand why some troops would discard a famously jammy rifle for a rifle that has a reputation for being the most reliable automatic rifle ever.
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If you are in the UK chaps (or some have cunning way to overcome the nationality check) do check out this documentry currently being broadcast. This weeks one was Rome. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00wnmb1/Ancient_Worlds_The_Republic_of_Virtue/ quote:How did an insignificant cluster of Latin hill villages on the edge of the civilised world become the greatest empire the world has known? In the fifth programme of the series, archaeologist and historian Richard Miles examines the phenomenon of the Roman Republic, from its fratricidal mythical beginnings, with the legend of Romulus and Remus, to the all too real violence of its end, dragged to destruction by war lords like Pompey the Great and Julius Caesar.
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Volmarias posted:I just finished reading all of this thread.
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Mr. Sunshine posted:Dude, Third Reich. Holy German-Roman Empire, Imperial Germany, Nazi Germany.  )Learn something new every day, thanks!
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Nenonen posted:The battle for Berlin. Had the SS not betrayed Hitler, the whole outcome of the war would have been reversed!
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Aug 15, 2011 18:15
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Nenonen posted:Basically this. Turn closed captions on.
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Admiral Snackbar posted:Even then, the Soviet vehicles were designed to operate on a nuked battlefield whereas their NATO counterparts were not. While the possible effectiveness of such operations is obviously open to a lot of question, they at least planned for them...
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Ensign Expendable posted:Like I said, every tank and APC after the T-72 had this capability. I don't know if all the units were fitted with this sort of thing, but it was available. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-72#Nuclear.2C_biological.2C_and_chemical_protection
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mllaneza posted:SBS doesn't have PMs, so... hey buddy, these are awesome, but how about one big archive of all of them ? Now that you're done and all...
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Sep 14, 2011 10:47
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Throatwarbler posted:I think all this hand wringing over Vietnam is exaggerating a little to the other end of the spectrum. The US *did* win in Vietnam in conventional engagements,and most of their engagements were conventional engagements against a conventional enemy. The North Vietnamese and Giap were probably much more capable than the Americans expected, but the Americans were still the side with the B52s and the NVA may as well have been the best conventional army in SE Asia in the same way the Iraqis were the best conventional army in the Arab world.
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AbdominalSnowman posted:(i.e. for some reason most Brits just love saying that everyone but the SAS sucks rear end, and the Spetsnaz have so much ridiculous mythology surrounding them that it is impossible to determine what is reality) Ex USA governor and wrestler Jesse 'The Body' Ventura (guy with the minigun in Predator) was a US navy SEAL and the fucker still wont shut up about it. Graviton v2 fucked around with this message at 21:40 on Nov 26, 2011 |
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Nov 26, 2011 21:38
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Grand Prize Winner posted:The idea of conscription being a tool for social justice never occurred to this American. Over here our left wing is deeply and almost universally opposed to anything resembling conscription (the draft, as we call it in the states). That would be cool with me, thats national service.
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Mr. Sunshine posted:We spent a week patrolling evacuated areas (to protect against looters), going out in boats to check that the dams around electrical stations held, controlling traffic and so on. I'm assuming you are finished you're service now but; in retrospect do you think it did you wrong or right? Do you think it made you a better person? Are you proud of the poo poo you did? Did you get experience helpful for job apps? If the answer to all those is no then I withdraw any arg on the subject. Personally as I stand now id vote it in straight away in my country (UK), not for war but for public service.
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