Where Would We Be Without Gunpowder

[Horst Nordfink]

Arrogance?

[Warmaster Horus]

Otherwise, how could the US loose the Vietnam and Iraq wars???

Vietnam because of terrain difficulties. The Vietcong was used to the forests, while the US wasn't. Also, fighting against Guerilla tactics is pretty difficult.

Iraq's something different. The word "Bush" comes to mind...

But I do not wish to turn this thread into a political one, so that'll be that.

[Rodion Romanovich]

Vietnam because of terrain difficulties. The Vietcong was used to the forests, while the US wasn't. Also, fighting against Guerilla tactics is pretty difficult.

Not to mention the lack of discipline and decent leadership, and the overestimation of chopper insertions/extractions for missions. Choppers land in the open, giving the troops little cover at the beginning of a battle, and the troops also lacked proper artillery and other heavy support... To solve this problem, deforestation chemicals such as Agent Orange was used, killing and poisoning millions of civilians, still without cutting casualties much because of the difficulties of properly giving close, accurate support to the ground troops from choppers and planes... Besides there was always the possibility for the guerilla to avoid the already deforested areas, and next time strike where there were still trees.

Iraq's something different. The word "Bush" comes to mind...

But I do not wish to turn this thread into a political one, so that'll be that.

Same for me