best army

[VAE VICTUS]

ok who as of today has the best army?
u.s.
china
britain
etc.
who would win?

[GoreBag]

Probably KISS.

[AggonyDuck]

The question sadly has a rather obvious answer, but perhaps if you'd ask it in about 10-15 years and I think there might actually be more of possible answers.

[Ianofsmeg16]

Britain certainly has one of/if not the best trained armies in the world, what with the royal Marines and SAS squadrons supporting them, they are dammed near invincible in pitched battle. Unfortunatly we dont have the numbers that comapre to the US and china, (not that i'm saying that the us and chinese armies are untrained) therefore i have no idea who has the best army

[The_Doctor]

Bartix

[Sasaki Kojiro]

The salvation army.

[Reverend Joe]

The Hell's Angels used to have the most formidable army- but most of them are too old now.

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

Moved to the Backroom.

[Watchman]

Probably the only standing army in the world that the US perhaps couldn't win in a straight war even if it really tried to would be the Chinese one - on account of sheer size and resource base. There's no real way the Chinese could win, mind you, but they could grimly hang on until the US tires and sues for (nigh certainly advantageous) peace.

This is assuming a "no nukes" setting, though.

[Geoffrey S]

Holland? They'd polder the crap out of anyone.

[Reverend Joe]

Holland? They'd polder the crap out of anyone.

I think Belgium has something to say about that. But I'm not sure what.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Germany. I mean, presuming we cower, and don't launch any offensive operations. And no nukes.


Heck, forget it. We're not that great.


GO BARTIX!





Seriously though, Germany and Britain have the best training for their soldiers in the world.

[Kaiser of Arabia]

Hard. Very hard.

The quality of a soldier is hard to judge. If you're talking about the best of the best, the USMC can kill just about anyone alive today. However, if you're speaking of relative standing army, Germany and Austria give the US army a run for it's money. Their training is very good, mainly because they have so much time to train in. I can't really answer this question, though.

[solypsist]

NeonGod for teh win!

[Tribesman]

The Irish Army , it has never been defeated and really put on an impressive show in Saving Private Ryan and Braveheart .

[Redleg]

The Irish Army , it has never been defeated and really put on an impressive show in Saving Private Ryan and Braveheart .

Well your forgetting a couple Irish units

THe Irish Brigade that fought for the Mexican Army during the Mexican-American War during the 1800's. But don't forget they all deserted from the American Army.

Or how about the Irish Brigades that fought in the Civil War, probably the largest immigrant group that fought on the side of the Union. (But I can't remember for sure right now.)

[Marcellus]

When you say 'who has the best army', do you mean 'the most powerful army' (which would be America, no real debate there), or do you mean 'best army' in the sense of best trained and equipped, in which case we have a debate? Also, are we looking at regular armies only, more elite forces, or the army as a whole?

[Tribesman]

Well your forgetting a couple Irish units

Nope , the topic was todays army.
ok who as of today has the best army?

[Redleg]

Well your forgetting a couple Irish units

Nope , the topic was todays army.
ok who as of today has the best army?

Then the Irish don't qualify since the movies were made before yesterday.

[Redleg]

When you say 'who has the best army', do you mean 'the most powerful army' (which would be America, no real debate there), or do you mean 'best army' in the sense of best trained and equipped, in which case we have a debate? Also, are we looking at regular armies only, more elite forces, or the army as a whole?

You would have to go with the Army as a whole - just based upon the question asked.

ok who as of today has the best army?

Well my extremely baised vote is of course the United States Army.

But I also would be place China a close 2nd - for many of the reasons already mentioned. What they lack in equipment and training they more then make up in numbers.

[Tribesman]

Then the Irish don't qualify since the movies were made before yesterday
But the Army has improved since the films , the revenue it created has meant that they could finally buy a couple of APCs and put an engine in one of their old Scimitars . Now all they need is for the Navy to get a film role so they can finally buy that deck gun they couldn't afford , maybe the Aircorps needs some money as well as their old Fouga Magisters are grounded .
So everyone launch a campaign in Hollywood , more films for Ireland as the defense forces could really do with the money .

[DemonArchangel]

America: Got Ca$h?

China: It's not just their numbers, some of their weapons are truly nasty.

British: For sucking up to the Americans.

Israelis: For walking the fine line between madness and genius.

[Somebody Else]

The Swiss... that army knife will stop anyone!

Honestly though, the US clearly has superiority in terms of destructive capability. The PRC may have a lot of men, but these days - manpower isn't everything. (I realise I may be biased somewhat here - considering I plan to join etc.) I do think the UK still has the best trained army - partly due to the training, and partly due to being pretty much continually involved in some kind of military action or other for gods know how long.

[Kralizec]

I think the Israeli army, wich never has run short of real life experience. Very good equipment, and for a small country Israel has a large and capable reserve force.

[Incongruous]

Britain!
Stuff the yanks, they think they're tough pah! Haven't seen them conquer a quater of the known world, plus we have better sounding accent's and the calm and cool reserve of the British officer class!

[Strike For The South]

USA all the way NC baby We could destroy everyone espesically the marines. Other than the israelis are badass mothas

[LeftEyeNine]

I'll not disappoint any patriots here this time..

USA IS THE BEST USA IS VERY GOOD USA JUST MAKES UP MY DREAMS USA ALL THE WAY HEY HEY I SAVED THE WORLD TODAY !!

[Ice]

I'll not disappoint any patriots here this time..

USA IS THE BEST USA IS VERY GOOD USA JUST MAKES UP MY DREAMS USA ALL THE WAY HEY HEY I SAVED THE WORLD TODAY !!

I agree.

[Tachikaze]

The smallest army is the best army.

The winner is the one who spends the least on its military and more on its social health.

[Kanamori]

Until someone decides they hate the US for what it is culturally and blows our buildings up.