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@amyhuk The deterrence was that NATO threaten to use battlefield nukes in case of near overrun.

Soviet answer was if NATO force use nukes on Soviet army, Soviet would use nukes on Europe cities.

NATO answer was to have US nuke Soviet cities.

In the end, the Cold War was balanced by a weak c...

@MsGundamace Lawrence of Arabia succinctly capture how it's like

"Making war upon a rebellion is like eating soup with a knife. It's slow and messy".

Lawrence was a British. Brits while may not be very good at fighting conventional war, the kind against Nazi Germany, but counter-insurgency was ...

@eliasnavytanga everything degrades; so is military hardware.

For the javelin, a number of things might have broken: the rocket fuel, the motor, the sensors, the warhead, etc ...

Most forces have planes to maintain and keep the weapons functioning. But things will break down. And the scariest ...

That guy with a polo shirt and baseball cap looked like he was playing airsoft then caught up in a war.

But you know he's probably the toughest of the bunch. Seriously, among a bunch of dudes wearing ballistic vests and helmets he dressed for sport.

@sandenus Soldiers don't fight for mom, apple pie, flag or all that nationalistic bullshit. In COMBAT, they fight for each other; which is why a cohesive unit is always better than a non-cohesive one.

Those things you talk about: politics and nationalism have a place to urge men to join and enl...

"Oh shit, where's the corpsman?"

"He IS the corpsman".

That sucks.

@CorporalNomad Yes, in the view point of a German veteran, Eastern Front means Eastern Europe.

@pedrovcf In the book, the actual threat these guy poses were because they were spotters for mortars. Mortars need spotters for correction of shots. Take out the spotter and the mortars are blind.

So yes, the spotter was a threat; but not because he spot for the RPG (900 yards is too far for an...

@cuzgandalfgothigh99 War by developed nations is really really boring. Most of the time, you sit around doing nothing or get cramped in vehicles. Books, magazine, radio, PSP are not allowed (or impractical). Combat starts suddenly with impact of munition by invisible enemies.

So yeah, I would ex...

@Savci008 with the appropriate choke, you can limit the pellet spread. You can also use a slug.

But in any events, the expanding gas that the suppressor is slowing down also degrade the suppressor. I believe the life of a suppressor is a few hundreds rounds; shorter with rapid and automatic fire.

@Anders2185 Somewhere off Singapore's coast.

Also, Britain still followed Mahan's old school of big ships and big guns. Which was proven to be useless first by Japanese strike on British fleet then US fleet at Pearl Habour. The US Navy the confirmed it by having more aircraft carriers than any o...

@MrRIPino As for the response: running away is one. But typically, US troops will find cover, identify the position and call in fire support: mortar (if available at hand), artillery or air.

That's also why most snipers in respectable armies know to hide very well: get spotted and the ground wil...

@WhiteandNerdy44 in one of the better analysis about the Great Patriotic War I read (written by an American officer), the US supplied weapons, ammunition, food, trucks (arguably trucks were among the MOST important thing), tanks, uniforms (including boots), medicine. Probably everything you need ...

@TheCollinLEfty if you read the book, Evan commented that these insurgents actually try to hide behind a bunch of eucalyptus trees, which the Marines had no problem shooting. They tried to use darkness but underestimated the Marine NODs.

In short, Evan commented that these insurgents got their g...

Plane: "Screw you guys I'm outta here!"

@kaykayputu reality is this: in Iraq and Afghanistan, any vehicle comes within 50-100 meters of US troops receive a burst of warning shots overhead. If it keep coming, another warning around the vehicle (zipper they call it). Still don't stop or move away? A burst into the engine. Still going? Sh...

@Tyco200 It's not impossible to win. Just that most democracies don't know how to win.

One country did win an insurgency. And win in the fullest meaning of the word. The Malayan emergency. British empire did won and ended to Communist insurgents. They eventually hand Malaysia over to the local g...

Here's a lesson: everything can be distorted. So if you're being recorded, taped or whatever, don't flip out.