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    Chieftain of the Pudding Race Member Evil_Maniac From Mars's Avatar
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    Germany. I mean, presuming we cower, and don't launch any offensive operations. And no nukes.


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


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

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    NeonGod for teh win!

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

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tribesman
    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.)
    O well, seems like 'some' people decide to ruin a perfectly valid threat. Nice going guys... doc bean

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    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?
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    Quote Originally Posted by 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?
    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.
    O well, seems like 'some' people decide to ruin a perfectly valid threat. Nice going guys... doc bean

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    Well your forgetting a couple Irish units

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

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tribesman
    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.
    O well, seems like 'some' people decide to ruin a perfectly valid threat. Nice going guys... doc bean

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