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Post #9,478
by marlowe
9/17/01 2:21:57 PM
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New Grunts indeed.
If we try to armor the foot soldiers as heavily as we can armor that wheelchair, they'll be grunting all right. And groaning. And keeling over from heart attacks.

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Post #9,482
by inthane-chan
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9/17/01 2:37:22 PM
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New The tech mistake.
Y'see, give 2-3 grunts AP missile launchers, and fit the rest with standard weapons, no armor. I can almost guarantee you that you'll be able to field 10-20x more people...

Armor is great. Armor is nifty. Armor is useless without infantry support, and costs buckets too. Designing an armored tank for people with disabilities is a nifty idea, but would cost $$$ that could outfit a heck of a lot more people without disabilities to be just as effective. And right now, manpower is a lot cheaper than manufactured goods.

Was it here that I saw the comment on 2-3x F-5s versus 1 F-16? Where 3 F-5s = 1 dead F16, and F-5s cost 1/5 of an F-16?
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
     I went down into Burbank this evening. - (Andrew Grygus) - (16) - Sept. 15, 2001, 01:48:23 AM EDT
         Two thoughts on that - (wharris2) - (4) - Sept. 15, 2001, 02:11:50 AM EDT
             Re: Self feeding war frenzy - (dmarker2) - (3) - Sept. 15, 2001, 03:21:52 AM EDT
                 Fascinating list.. - (Ashton) - (1) - Sept. 15, 2001, 06:33:07 AM EDT
                     Re: Some other info ... - (dmarker2) - Sept. 15, 2001, 06:49:03 AM EDT
                 Hussein - (wharris2) - Sept. 15, 2001, 08:19:07 AM EDT
         Kids these days. - (marlowe) - (10) - Sept. 15, 2001, 10:16:05 AM EDT
             cynical reply - (wharris2) - (8) - Sept. 15, 2001, 11:39:53 AM EDT
                 Don't discount the disabled. - (marlowe) - (7) - Sept. 17, 2001, 02:00:52 PM EDT
                     Cost effectiveness. - (inthane-chan) - (2) - Sept. 17, 2001, 02:05:07 PM EDT
                         Grunts indeed. - (marlowe) - (1) - Sept. 17, 2001, 02:21:57 PM EDT
                             The tech mistake. - (inthane-chan) - Sept. 17, 2001, 02:37:22 PM EDT
                     Cost effectiveness. - (inthane-chan) - Sept. 17, 2001, 02:05:20 PM EDT
                     A bit of a clarification - (wharris2) - (1) - Sept. 17, 2001, 03:30:19 PM EDT
                         Not really - (Fearless Freep) - Sept. 17, 2001, 03:36:08 PM EDT
                     That wouldn't be the proper use for them - (Steven A S) - Sept. 17, 2001, 03:32:15 PM EDT
             here in west palm recruiters got no calls from anyone <46yo - (boxley) - Sept. 15, 2001, 03:07:23 PM EDT

This is gonna blow up - like a coeliac at a bread festival.
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