the greatest armies in the world

[bluepeter]

Mongols, hands down.

 

[javaguru]

The first large scale airborne operations....gotta have love for some fellow dopes on a rope....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hURjXxbyQ9k

I shiver when I watch that video...you're not supposed to jump like that..lol. These were the pioneers, learning as they were doing....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psKY68Sj0k8

 

[javaguru]

Gotta love propaganda films...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZkBEazqDqA

 

[javaguru]

Bump for dopes on a rope.....

 

[domoljub]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attila_the_Hun

 

[javaguru]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attila_the_Hun

Apples and oranges....Germany has had the greatest impact on modern military operations post Napoleon...I'll stand by that statement. Ghengis and Attila had their time but Germany made their mark and I don't see it changing in the forseeable future. When it comes to lasting changes we Germans are under represented. All modern military tactics are based on the Wehrmacht model. This isn't a cut on you....

 

[Spartacus]

All modern infantry tactics are derivative of the WWII Wehrmacht model. They pioneered combined arms maneuver warfare during WWI with their Sturmtruppen. The technology just hadn't caught up to the theory.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd_Wt4N1Sss

they also based their squad tactics around the squad machine gun
basically everyone in the squad kept the MG supplied and protected
we didn't get around to this concept until Vietnam

 

[javaguru]

they also based their squad tactics around the squad machine gun
basically everyone in the squad kept the MG supplied and protected
we didn't get around to this concept until Vietnam

Yep, the riflemen protect the SAW's.

 

[javaguru]

Did anyone think that 4everhung and I wouldn't dominate his thread?

 

[jackangel]

Did anyone think that 4everhung and I wouldn't dominate his thread?

nope. in fact, i think swole should have gone with a "fuck you javaguru, i knew you'd open this thread." in his first post.