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re: If a Roman Legion had 10,000 men......
Posted on 9/5/14 at 9:43 am to BottomlandBrew
Posted on 9/5/14 at 9:43 am to BottomlandBrew
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Romans would destroy the Seals. Wouldn't be close.
If you assume the Romans are completely fearless and willing to take 50% casualties without flinching, sure they could win. But I don't think you're giving enough credit to exactly how freaked out the Romans would be by shite like automatic weapons and grenades. They would literally think it was fricking Jupiter and Ares come down from Olympus to smite them.
And if the modern guys have night vision equipment, forget it. Romans are doomed.
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Posted on 9/5/14 at 9:49 am to Cold Cous Cous
If the Romans have Maximus to lead them, you are fricked.
Posted on 9/5/14 at 9:49 am to Ace Midnight
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During Vietnam this is exactly what happen. The Chinese sent so many troops south that they over ran the Americans and took back control of Saigon.
Ace, we all know that'd be Korea. Give the dude a break
Posted on 9/5/14 at 10:05 am to Count Chocula
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Ace, we all know that'd be Korea. Give the dude a break
He's also implying that a "human wave" technique was employed by the NVA and VC (it wasn't) or that the North took Saigon from us (they didn't).
But other than that - nothing in his post about Vietnam was accurate....
Posted on 9/5/14 at 10:09 am to Ace Midnight
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Ace Midnight
Dien Bien Phu does come to mind.
Posted on 9/5/14 at 10:17 am to forksup
quote:dude tanks can cruise at 45 mph.... no way a catapult or a battering ram would touch it.
Actually now that I think about it, their catapults, battering rams, flaming arrows, and dead bodies could probably disable a tank.
Posted on 9/5/14 at 10:17 am to Sid in Lakeshore
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Dien Bien Phu does come to mind.
Comes to mind for what? Are you implying that the Viet Minh used a "human wave" technique against the French at Dien Bien Phu?
Because that's not what happened. The French chose to defend a valley, not the high ground around it. The VM moved (at great effort) artillery up into the mountains and reduced the garrison by traditional, tried and true siege techniques.
Now, the Minh launched the occasional large infantry assault ("Beatrice" comes to mind) - but their massive losses were as much a result of French airpower and artillery superiority as they were direct infantry assault.
Nothing like what the Chinese did in Korea - sending thousands of men with hundreds of rifles into an assault...
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