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| Inv3rted:
--- Quote from: Ronin on November 14, 2009, 06:01:48 AM ---A larger force isn't a guarantee for a successful defense or offense, Egypt grossly outnumbered Israel in the 1967 Arab Israeli war. Egypt was soundly defeated, along with Syria (both had outnumbered the Israelis). This was a combination of using tactics to a commander's advantage. More recently the Iraqi Republican Guard and Fedayeen outnumbered the American divisions, and were dealt with in a smart tactical manner (flanking and moving towards targets closer to Baghdad which hadn't prepared it's defenses fully) --- End quote --- There's that, and the fact that their aging Soviet tanks were no match for the heavily armored and speedy M1 Abrams. The main reason why these blitzkrieg imitations work is because they are only being used on countries that have obsolete technology. German panzers were superior to most tanks they encountered, so they could easily penetrate defenses. |
| Ronin:
--- Quote from: Inv3rted on November 14, 2009, 04:50:14 PM ---There's that, and the fact that their aging Soviet tanks were no match for the heavily armored and speedy M1 Abrams. The main reason why these blitzkrieg imitations work is because they are only being used on countries that have obsolete technology. German panzers were superior to most tanks they encountered, so they could easily penetrate defenses. --- End quote --- Soviet tanks no longer can counter with speed, US equipment and munitions now have an incredibly larger range. As for the Blitz in 1940, the German Army was using light fast moving tanks, nothing extremely powerful. It was this armored push that created the problem of resupplying the men and machines, the bulk of the German logistics were horse powered wagon trains. |
| Inv3rted:
--- Quote from: Ronin on November 14, 2009, 04:54:47 PM ---Soviet tanks no longer can counter with speed, US equipment and munitions now have an incredibly larger range. --- End quote --- That's what I just said.. |
| Ronin:
--- Quote from: Inv3rted on November 14, 2009, 06:29:41 PM ---That's what I just said.. --- End quote --- You talked about US tanks' speed and armor, I mentioned range at which the tank's munitions can destroy a target. Furthermore I just don't give a damn. |
| Tom:
China wanting to collect our debt if really a bad reason for war. It would be like destroying gold. But Russia seems to be on our bad side, they say that they are willing to launch nukes. |
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