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... Going around the Maginot Line through Belgium in 1940 was not blitzkrieg ... Blitzkrieg is a doctrine of using mobile combined arms. Now you´re confusing me... we used mobile combined arms back then in the Ardennes, but somehow it´s not Blitzkrieg? Ok, a doctrine or strategy is not tactics, but...

Erm, crossing ones T is overtaking the enemy fleet ..and then intercepting their path.. and giving them all you got through your broadsides while the enemy can only respond with front-positioned/directed guns. Yes, that´s what the Japanese demonstrated in Tsushima in near perfection. Essentially, N...

I would submit that Blitzkrieg was not "new." It was simply an adaptation of tactics and principles of warfare, which had been around for thousands of years, to new and revolutionary equipment. And that´s called tactics. ;) BTW: If they were so ordinary, why didn´t anybody see this coming back then?

Similarly, Nelson abandoned the traditional battle line at Trafalgar and had his ships just charge the enemy line head-on, No, he used the "crossing the T"-manouver. And because of the sheer size of the enemy-fleet he sailed in two lines, with Collingwood leading the second divison. It was a variat...

"Going around" is not exactly a new invention. "... has anything to do with inventing maneuvers that no one has thought of before. " Well, the french military was pretty surprised. 8-) And it wasn´t "just" going around, they used a combination of new tactics and new gadgets like shaped charges. The...

Arioch wrote:

GeoModder wrote:Guess that makes me a mediocre tactician.

Does it? I don't think being an exceptional tactican has anything to do with inventing maneuvers that no one has thought of before.

man Blitzkrieg. WW2. Fast tanks vs. Maginot-line.

I found the chatter a bit strange and unexpected. Heh. Just listen to military radio... :mrgreen: Up until now I expected Loroi to be all serious so it was a bit shocking to see them making wages. Well, the Loroi are a competitive society from the cradle on, and to such a competitive environment be...

Karst45 wrote:but how can you be taken seriously with a pink zeppelin?

Decoy, deecoooy!

For those who love the style of the 70ies: Buck Godot, Zapgun for hire.

Tamren wrote:LOL holy crap. I saw those and immediately thought of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4dMif0VswA

Fast forward to 2 minutes in for the part in question.

Reminds me a bit of the JP233 Delivery System:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAGmDqH4c-8

(Footage from the 80ies)

Eyes and testicles are relatively vulnerable to heat damage by absorbed microwaves, and you could expect a large number of blind and sterile casualties instead of reliable "clean kills". Even better, injured persons bind way more resources behind enemy lines than dead ones. This would probably be c...

Spaceship design depends on the propulsion system. If the "main engine" is kinda ring-shaped we´ll maybe see something like old fashioned flying saucers. C-57D, baby! http://application.denofgeek.com/images/m/75spaceships/main/C57D.jpg Forbidden Planet ("Alarm im Weltall" in german) - one of the fi...

Realistic energy weapon - how about microwaves? I remember reading a story about operation black buck, and a side comment of one of the maintenance staff was that they used the onboard radar of the vulcans to hunt down their dinner. A rabbit was dead in less than a second, a deer "needed" a few seco...

Spaceship design depends on the propulsion system. If the "main engine" is kinda ring-shaped we´ll maybe see something like old fashioned flying saucers. But if we stay to rocket-like engines i could imagine a tetrahedron-shaped ship would do fine at maneuverability. If the terrans limit themselves ...

...I'm still not sure if you're even serious or just pulling my leg. A CSV file with numeric measurements is Powerpoint engineering, while a series of slides isn't? Are we thinking of the same Powerpoint? Yes, but you´re obviously not getting the point. Hint: "Powerpointengineer" is a derogative wo...

I feel nuclear power is indeed a grand future for clean energy for mankind... IF they STOP cutting corners when making these plants and build them right! They need to be showing proper respect for how dangerous nuclear energy is and stop doing things 'half-assed'! The only inherent safe type of NPP...

I'm not sure how a CSV file of numeric measurements is either optimistic or "Powerpoint engineering". This statement of yours surprises me. I had the impression that you´re a quite logical thinking human being. But i´ll explain: Look at this and this . So, on the one side some random wannabedude re...

Him. wrote:Now that you have set up the forum, perhaps it might be welcomed if there was a designated thread for new members to remark on their entry here.

Be bold. Just open it.

is there a way for us (the readers) to help increase the update rate without spending money or having artistic abilities? Not really. And with money? that's a shame... but thanks for the answers nonetheless. Uh oh, be careful. Complaining about it always led to longer pauses in the past...

Mjolnir wrote:Radioactivity measurements in easily machine-usable form: http://www.dailyack.com/2011/03/radioac ... japan.html

Nice Powerpointengineering*. Maybe a tad too optimistic?





*yes, i know. He´s an Apple-guy. I chose my words carefully.