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  1. paulobrito

    General military questions thread

    Give my ass. Sold is the right term.
  2. paulobrito

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    Face it - the tapestry of alliances of the time basically that sooner or later WWI happens.
  3. paulobrito

    General military questions thread

    Also, one of the biggest problems the germans have is the lack of certain raw materials that are necessary to make several alloys. That caused problems with the Tiger II armor and the short lifetime of the Jumo 004. Also caused the fragility of the Panther gearbox.
  4. paulobrito

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    In the days of small, observation drones and modern counter-battery systems (millimetric radar coupled with advanced ballistic computer), the enemy arty can zero on your arty very, very fast. In that kind of environment, SPG that follow correct doctrine - aka, fire and scoot - survive much more...
  5. paulobrito

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    Well, a shot in the wine cellar is not only a mission kill, is a disaster of very grave proportions. Double if it is a french warship.
  6. paulobrito

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    87 octane is for beginners. Late WW2 is 100-130 octane.
  7. paulobrito

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    Good defense grid... right. Let's see - China fires a hundred ICBM (with MIRV) at you. Because you can't - geography - hit then on the ascending phase (the easy one) you have to deal with the descending one, with the warheads already separated. If each missile launch 5 warheads plus 5 decoys...
  8. paulobrito

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    Frankly, you are delusional if you think an attack of that magnitude doesn't receive an answer in kind. And China can do that to any nation on Earth. And the fixation of US ones that the adversary of the day after a big attack turns to massive revolts - hint, that never happened - is frankly...
  9. paulobrito

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    You destroy that dam, say hello to a lot of nukes.
  10. paulobrito

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    N ope - not enough whoomp by a wide margin. A dam, particularly one of that size, is not a ship.
  11. paulobrito

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    Nice, want some. Just a question - the 42% alcohol - is the schnapps, or you? :ROFLMAO:
  12. paulobrito

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    I really need access to the wine/alcohol stock of some of the posters on the site. They really have top-grade beverages.
  13. paulobrito

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    In WWII the Dam Buster Squadron needs bombs of 4100kg (with 3400kg of explosive) each to obtain the desired effect. You don't have cruise missiles - other than the massive soviet / Russian anti-ship ones - of that size/warhead. Note, not even these have such massive warhead.
  14. paulobrito

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    US-related media - the natural problems in China are much worse than ours. China-related media - The natural problems in the US are much worse than ours. EU-related media - we have our own floods, thank you very much. me - everybody is fxxxd.
  15. paulobrito

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    And we have news from massive droughts and fires in the USA and the infrastructure is crumbling. And about half the population don't approve of the governement. Your point?
  16. paulobrito

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    Right... Well, time is going to prove which one of us is correct. Until that, everyone is entitled is delusions.
  17. paulobrito

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    Ah, I see, you are one of these that believe too much in US propaganda. Figures.
  18. paulobrito

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    What China rapid decline?
  19. paulobrito

    General military questions thread

    If you hit a CVN with one of the big Russian / Soviet anti-ship missiles, said carrier is also mission killed most probably. These are huge weapons flying at very high supersonic speeds with big warheads. Hitting it is the difficult part, granted.
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