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    Default What if Rome had Panzer tanks?

    I'll give you all 24 hours; if nobody comes up with the answer by then, I'll give it to you.
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    Default Re: What if Rome had Panzer tanks?

    Umm....I can't really picture the Roman Empire in a modern time frame.

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    Default Re: What if Rome had Panzer tanks?

    Quote Originally Posted by Reverend Joe View Post
    I'll give you all 24 hours; if nobody comes up with the answer by then, I'll give it to you.
    There would be Panzers instead of Statues, because Panzers won't work without oil, you know.




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    Default Re: What if Rome had Panzer tanks?

    Quote Originally Posted by Caius View Post
    There would be Panzers instead of Statues, because Panzers won't work without oil, you know.
    Dude, DAMNIT! That's the answer!

    Less than 1 hour and someone gets it!
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    Default Re: What if Rome had Panzer tanks?

    Now for a better question - what if Rome had oil wells, oil refineries and the logistics to transport this oil where needed, as well as Panzer tanks?
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    Default Re: What if Rome had Panzer tanks?

    Dude, it was a riddle. Don't think about it too much.

    Edit: and the answer is, they would still have no ammunition.
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    Default Re: What if Rome had Panzer tanks?

    Less than 1 hour and someone gets it!
    Infact, 22 minutes




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    Default Re: What if Rome had Panzer tanks?

    Quote Originally Posted by Mikeus Caesar View Post
    Now for a better question - what if Rome had oil wells, oil refineries and the logistics to transport this oil where needed, as well as Panzer tanks?
    They become very heavy taxis. Why? No ammunition.

    EDIT: OR gladiatorial combat.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Evil_Maniac From Mars View Post
    They become very heavy taxis. Why? No ammunition.

    EDIT: OR gladiatorial combat.
    Now that would be fun...

    Drag races at the Circuis Maximus!

    Okay, anyhow, topic's over. I was really hoping to give it time to develop, but dumb luck killed this goose before it could fly.

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    If future(past?) Italian mechanized efforts are to be our guide, I'd say they would have been poorly built and engineered boxes o' death.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PanzerJaeger View Post
    If future(past?) Italian mechanized efforts are to be our guide, I'd say they would have been poorly built and engineered boxes o' death.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Reverend Joe View Post
    Edit: and the answer is, they would still have no ammunition.
    They could've had a ballista in the turret.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Viking View Post
    They could've had a ballista in the turret.
    And we would be using Balistae Tankae in RTW and EB.




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    Quote Originally Posted by Evil_Maniac From Mars View Post
    They become very heavy taxis. Why? No ammunition.

    EDIT: OR gladiatorial combat.
    I'm pretty certain that the traffic accidents caused by these oversized taxis would be pretty bad when facing opposing armies.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ironside View Post
    I'm pretty certain that the traffic accidents caused by these oversized taxis would be pretty bad when facing opposing armies.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Caius View Post
    And we would be using Balistae Tankae in RTW and EB.
    ...and someone would be complaining that their stats in vanilla were too unrealistic.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Reverend Joe View Post
    Dude, it was a riddle. Don't think about it too much.

    Edit: and the answer is, they would still have no ammunition.
    They could still run over people, I guess they could be like elephants that don't get scared. Also, you might be able to mount a ballista.

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    Default Re: What if Rome had Panzer tanks?

    Quote Originally Posted by Noncommunist View Post
    They could still run over people, I guess they could be like elephants that don't get scared. Also, you might be able to mount a ballista.
    What of the fuel?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Motep View Post
    What of the fuel?
    I was thinking of the previous post where the Romans have lots of fuel.

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    Default Re: What if Rome had Panzer tanks?

    Quote Originally Posted by Noncommunist View Post
    I was thinking of the previous post where the Romans have lots of fuel.

    Oh. Well, in that case, run folks over to your hearts content!
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