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March 9th, 2004
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| Optio | Post; Greatest War InventionAnything from black powder to nukes! Post yours.
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March 9th, 2004
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| Tribuni Angusticlavii | That depends how you define great. Great as in powerful and almighty, you can't really argue with the tank when you got bad boys like the Arbrams  . But then again I guess the greatest weapon of all would be the nuclear bomb, giving man the capacity to end the world as we know it within hours. If you mean great as in serving a moral and virtuous purpose, the helicopter for quick extractions of the wounded within the golden hour takes the cake. If you mean great as in all totally sick and cool, this ones really up in the air. So many things, I can't choose one. Flamethrower, .50 cal, fighter jet, aircraft carrier, nuclear submarine, I could go on forever.  |
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March 9th, 2004
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| Immunes | the All-Volunteer Army, hands down. When you have an army of soldiers that WANT to be there, you have a more professional army that takes (IMHO) more pride in what they do and how they serve. All the Nuclear submarines and fighter jets and tanks would be inconsequetial without highly motivated, well trained and fully capable crews manning them. Just my two cents.
__________________ \"Each man will charge forward to the very end, irrespective of the cost in casualties. There will be no halt and no retreat. There will only be the assault and the advance. - Gen Israel Tal Israel,1967\" |
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March 9th, 2004
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| Buttercup  | Actually, I think it may even go beyond that, to the concept of "dulce et decorum est pro patria mori." ("it is a sweet and honorable thing to die for your country") Getting naturally selfish humans to give their lives for the good of their country rather than their own gain/personal defense is quite a concept if you think about it. Not of course that I believe that any death is "dulce," death and sweetness kind of cancel each other out in my book.
__________________ No boom, no boom, no boom, Amen. |
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March 9th, 2004
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| Tribuni Angusticlavii | Gun Powder. Being able to hit your enemy when he cant hit you is the escense of modern war Keep in mind where not talking conceptual ideas like leadership and will, this is straight fighting material.
__________________ No Voice |
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March 9th, 2004
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| Centurion | the tank, big bertha, dirty bombes, etc.
__________________ If world war 3 is fought with nuclear weapons, then world war 4 will be fought with sticks and stones. --Albert Einstein I.Y.A.A.Y.A.S IF YOU AINT AMMO YOU AINT **** |
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March 9th, 2004
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| Buttercup | Quote:
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March 9th, 2004
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March 9th, 2004
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| Buttercup | Guess I'll have to figure out what "steight" fighting material is then.... |
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March 9th, 2004
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| Optio | Camouflage
__________________ \"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy course; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.\" - TR |
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