What if Rome had Panzer tanks?

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Reverend Joe 01:01 04/08/08

I'll give you all 24 hours; if nobody comes up with the answer by then, I'll give it to you.

Mailman653 01:17 04/08/08

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

Caius 01:23 04/08/08

Originally Posted by Reverend Joe:
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.

Reverend Joe 01:40 04/08/08

Originally Posted by Caius:
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!

Mikeus Caesar 02:05 04/08/08

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?

Reverend Joe 02:07 04/08/08

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

Edit: and the answer is, they would still have no ammunition.

Caius 04:10 04/08/08

Originally Posted by :
Less than 1 hour and someone gets it!

Infact, 22 minutes

Evil_Maniac From Mars 04:37 04/08/08

Originally Posted by Mikeus Caesar:
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.

Reverend Joe 17:33 04/08/08

Originally Posted by Evil_Maniac From Mars:
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.

PanzerJaeger 21:27 04/08/08

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.

CountArach 07:44 05/08/08

Originally Posted by PanzerJaeger:
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.

Motep 00:11 07/08/08

Originally Posted by CountArach:

I share your sentiment

Viking 16:55 09/08/08

Originally Posted by Reverend Joe:
Edit: and the answer is, they would still have no ammunition.

They could've had a ballista in the turret.

Caius 16:36 10/08/08

Originally Posted by Viking:
They could've had a ballista in the turret.

And we would be using Balistae Tankae in RTW and EB.

Ironside 18:11 10/08/08

Originally Posted by Evil_Maniac From Mars:
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.

Motep 02:50 13/08/08

Originally Posted by Ironside:
I'm pretty certain that the traffic accidents caused by these oversized taxis would be pretty bad when facing opposing armies.

Right. One hell of a sight see though, huh?

Seamus Fermanagh 12:59 20/08/08

Originally Posted by Caius:
And we would be using Balistae Tankae in RTW and EB.

...and someone would be complaining that their stats in vanilla were too unrealistic.

Noncommunist 22:24 20/08/08

Originally Posted by Reverend Joe:
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.

Motep 04:22 22/08/08

Originally Posted by Noncommunist:
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?

Noncommunist 20:51 24/08/08

Originally Posted by Motep:
What of the fuel?

I was thinking of the previous post where the Romans have lots of fuel.

Motep 03:59 29/08/08

Originally Posted by Noncommunist:
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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