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What modern support would it have taken for Pickett to break through at Gettysburg?

Posted on 6/29/26 at 6:59 pm
Posted by antibarner
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Posted on 6/29/26 at 6:59 pm
Continuing on the modern soldiers at The Alamo theme, some 12000 plus soldiers marched into Hell during Pickett's ill fated Charge, and we all know what happened. They never really stood a chance moving across a mile in tightly packed formations, their own artillery not having been effective in clearing out the Union guns on the ridges ahead.

You can call in anything you need to clear the way,Within reason, no A10 strikes. What would you do?
This post was edited on 6/29/26 at 7:01 pm
Posted by LSUBoo
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Posted on 6/29/26 at 7:01 pm to
A napalm strike might have been enough.
Posted by antibarner
Member since Oct 2009
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Posted on 6/29/26 at 7:01 pm to
I said no air strikes.
Posted by Obtuse1
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Posted on 6/29/26 at 7:05 pm to
Just a good assortment of M224A1, M252A1, and M120A1 mortars would have done the trick. Fire from the woodlines, move the North of the ridgeline, and destroy their artillery. This would give the infantry cover for the charge.
Posted by jeffsdad
Member since Mar 2007
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Posted on 6/29/26 at 7:05 pm to
15-20 riders with ARs and body armor would do the trick. But, I would attack at night with night vision and use foot soldiers.
Posted by soccerfüt
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Posted on 6/29/26 at 7:06 pm to
Latoya the Destroya taking the Union forces to

Posted by Shaun176
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 6/29/26 at 7:12 pm to
3 M777.
Posted by LSUBoo
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Posted on 6/29/26 at 7:17 pm to
Oh, oops.
Posted by OWLFAN86
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Posted on 6/29/26 at 7:18 pm to
Satellites
Posted by Cosmo
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Posted on 6/29/26 at 7:20 pm to
A single Sherman tank
Posted by theGarnetWay
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Posted on 6/29/26 at 7:26 pm to
quote:


You can call in anything you need to clear the way,Within reason, no A10 strikes. What would you do?


I mean, what the hell would Civil War era weaponry do against like a dozen Abrams?
Posted by tigerfoot
Alexandria
Member since Sep 2006
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Posted on 6/29/26 at 7:33 pm to
Modern support? Any mode of motorized transport to move troops would probably be enough.

Hell at wars close the Gatling gun was avail. A few of those could’ve turned the tide quickly.
Posted by mauser
Orange Beach
Member since Nov 2008
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Posted on 6/29/26 at 7:33 pm to
One tank at night shooting a flame thrower through the barrel with big speakers playing Inagaddadavida loud as shite

And the machine guns loaded with double the traders
This post was edited on 6/29/26 at 7:35 pm
Posted by Missouri Waltz
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Posted on 6/29/26 at 7:40 pm to
Competent Confederate artillery would have helped.

After the initial rounds neither side could see that other due to all the smoke from the cannons. The Confederates were firing over the Union infantry lines and did not know it. The Union stopped firing back to cool their cannon barrels before the inevitable infantry charge. When they did Col. Edward Porter Alexander who commanded the Confederate artillery thought the Union artillery had been taken out. That and the fact that he was running out of ammunition caused him to tell Longstreet to charge at once or he could not provide artillery support.

Alexander's mother was a Hillhouse as was my grandmother. He and my great great grandfather were cousins.
Posted by Darth_Vader
A galaxy far, far away
Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 6/29/26 at 7:44 pm to
A platoon of these….



Firing these…



As they advance up the hill. Have the TC rocking his Ma Duce as they go.

Pickett and his men could rest in the shade and meander up to the top at their leisure whenever they like because there would not be a single yankee within 20 miles of Gettysburg.
Posted by CoachChappy
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Posted on 6/29/26 at 7:51 pm to
Greek fire
Posted by antibarner
Member since Oct 2009
26850 posts
Posted on 6/29/26 at 7:57 pm to
I wonder if they needed truly modern equipment at all. Or, maybe something as simple as spotters with radios.,

Alexander could not really see if his artillery was having an effect with all the smoke. Spotters with a good view and a way to quickly communicate might have made a lot of difference .Maybe something as simple as a balloon and a way to signal..
This post was edited on 6/29/26 at 8:00 pm
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
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Posted on 6/29/26 at 7:58 pm to
Just modern automatic weapons would have been enough

Add in a few RPGs and it’s game over
Posted by CR4090
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Posted on 6/29/26 at 8:03 pm to
Posted by tigeraddict
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Posted on 6/29/26 at 9:03 pm to
You don’t need to go from 1860s to present. Hitting fast forward a little over 50 years give you WWI tech. A couple of “land ships” would have broken through the lines.

But even less than that. Gatling guns were civil war tech. Patent in 1862
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