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| Dreams_Of_Cheese:
--- Quote from: Rally on May 20, 2017, 01:24:44 PM ---A lazy google search tells me that a modern marine carries 210 rounds of ammunition, meaning in order to kill 60,000 people charging at them, they'd have to shoot each roman exactly once, lethally, with an accuracy of ~95%. So I guess that means it's theoretically possible, but not very realistic --- End quote --- thats assuming that the romans wouldn't run away in the face of a machine gun. it'd depend on the situation, of course, but i'd think that in most situations the marines would have good odds. |
| Shift Kitty:
The flaws in this video particularly are hilarious. The romans have superior numbers and formation. They have shields which should at least stop or slow down a couple of rounds, depending on the ammunition used. But for whatever reason: -the shields do nothing. -the romans only send a few men at a time. -the marines do not have to reload. -the marines do not run out of ammo. |
| King Tøny:
--- Quote from: Shift Kitty on May 20, 2017, 01:33:14 PM ----the shields do nothing. --- End quote --- There is a reason shields and plate armor were no longer useful because of flintlock and blunderbuss. Pretty sure they can't stop modern day bullets. |
| Rotondo:
--- Quote from: Shift Kitty on May 20, 2017, 01:33:14 PM ---The flaws in this video particularly are hilarious. The romans have superior numbers and formation. They have shields which should at least stop or slow down a couple of rounds, depending on the ammunition used. But for whatever reason: -the shields do nothing. -the romans only send a few men at a time. -the marines do not have to reload. -the marines do not run out of ammo. --- End quote --- Just adding reloads with a little timing randomization would make this much more interesting. Shields should at least slow down the bullets, it seems like they almost pierce right through multiple people easily. Plus dead Romans should be able to absorb some bullets. It's really a shame, with a little more depth and randomization this would be much more fun to watch. |
| sir dooble:
--- Quote from: Shift Kitty on May 20, 2017, 01:33:14 PM ---The flaws in this video particularly are hilarious. The romans have superior numbers and formation. They have shields which should at least stop or slow down a couple of rounds, depending on the ammunition used. But for whatever reason: -the shields do nothing. -the romans only send a few men at a time. -the marines do not have to reload. -the marines do not run out of ammo. --- End quote --- The shields would be reasonably ineffective. A typical oblong Scutum shield is made from sheets of wood covered in leather with thin straps of metal. It's roughly 5-6mm deep. It would have relatively little stopping power against a modern bullet. The Romans would almost certainly win in a fight though, on account of sheer numbers, but also their own ranged capabilities. Roman soldiers had bows and spears and could take out marines from some distance. There would be significant Roman losses but the Marines would be destroyed. |
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