the greatest armies in the world

[fistfullofsteel]

Fucking Rambo, One Man Army! I would say some shit with Alexander the Great and maybe Bonaparte too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Austerlitz


And all of Ganghis Khan's crew were bad ass. He conquered more territory than anybody else. Even put a beating on the Russians and that's tough. Fucking Russian are tough to beat.

 

[nimbus]

the ants of the amazon =P

also alexander the great's army pretty much conquered everything they knew about. and he captured the island of tyre by building a freaking causeway so he could storm across and completely dominate.

 

[redguru]

The Roman Legions, conquered the entire West for centuries, nothing today compares.

 

[jh1]

The Roman Legions, conquered the entire West for centuries, nothing today compares.

Our Armed Forces would stomp their ass.


United States, Modern Day.

 

[jh1]

It's hard to imagine any great military threat against us, but history shows... it will happen eventually.

Scary to think we will become an underdog. Being on top makes you hated and you become a target. So when it does happen, there is a fall from grace.

 

[redguru]

Our Armed Forces would stomp their ass.


United States, Modern Day.

Same equipment and tactical knowledge?

 

[jh1]

Same equipment and tactical knowledge?

No... everything we got vs. everything they got.

That's the way wars are fought, no body pulls punches or level sets in real war.

 

[redguru]

No... everything we got vs. everything they got.

That's the way wars are fought, no body pulls punches or level sets in real war.

LOL at comparing a 2000 yr old scutum and gladius to today's body armor and a rifle.

 

[jh1]

LOL at comparing a 2000 yr old scutum and gladius to today's body armor and a rifle.

Well it is an impossible comparision I know. No matter how great our army is, they could never beat them at their own game and vice versa.

Our armies weren't trained to fight that way and they certainly weren't trained to fight the way we do.

But our way of fighting is better.

 

[Megalomaniac]

Same equipment and tactical knowledge?

If that was the case then our military would be completely different. Instead of recruiting computer geeks and supply chick the army/marines would be all over EF recruiting the biggest and baddest guys. Then at that point the military of today would dominate any military of the past.

As for military during it's time I would go with Khan.