Which war in history would you LEAST want to fight in and why?

2006-10-20 16:23:20

#51

CaptainMike: It's just a flesh wound; +45|7041|Canada

EcS-Blade, that's very cool that your uncle won the VC, any more info about it? I'd like to hear

And I wouldn't want to fight in WWI, both of my great-great uncles were killed, and it would be a terrible war to fight. If I was american, I also wouldn't have liked to fight in Vietnam.

Last edited by CaptainMike (2006-10-21 09:14:33)

2006-10-20 16:23:48

#52

RedTwizzler: I do it for the lulz.; +124|6933|Chicago

It's a tie for me, between MEC on Karkand or USA in Vietnam. Either way, you're gonna get fucked over.

2006-10-20 16:26:49

#53

SysTray: "Generous mods" < Thats right Systray !; +180|7217|Delaware

CaptainMike wrote:
SysTray wrote:
-EcS-Blade wrote:
My great uncle won a V.C (victoria cross0 in the korean war
Betcha your family is the only one that talks about it.
what the hell was the point of that post? This guy's uncle won the Victoria Cross, the highest award in the British Army, and you pretty much say no one gives a shit? You are very wrong, you have just expressed that you have no respect and you don't know much. Any veteran of any war deserves respect, ANY of them. Those who won medals like the VC, the MoH, the Silver Star, DFC, DSC, and countless others have performed "Above and beyond the call of duty" A lot of these men faced great odds and saved the lives of their comrades. I know I would be very proud of any of my family if they won the VC, though I'm still proud of what my family has done, and you go and tell SysTray that winning the VC doesnt mean anything? WTF? All of these men we should be proud of, and we should respect them, even though they don't feel like they deserve it, but they do.

SysTray, that's very cool that your uncle won the VC, any more info about it? I'd like to hear

And I wouldn't want to fight in WWI, both of my great-great uncles were killed, and it would be a terrible war to fight. If I was american, I also wouldn't have liked to fight in Vietnam.

If you had taken the time to even read my previous posts you would realize the whole reason I said that was to make a point that the Korean war is under-studied and under-appriciated. If the guy I said it to took no offense to it I don't see why you should. It had no direct involvement with you and you were uninformed in your reply to it. Please refer to my foot in your face for more intructions on how to be a complete moron.

2006-10-20 16:34:53

#54

Sentinel: Cheeseburger Connoisseur; +145|7054|Australia

RedTwizzler wrote:
It's a tie for me, between MEC on Karkand or USA in Vietnam. Either way, you're gonna get fucked over.

^^^Hilarious. Good job

Id say the war i would LEAST like to fight in is some pre-firearms war, such as the crusades or the invasion of England for example.
If i had to go 'modern' wars - it would be have to WWI, specifically Gallipoli.
Vietnam was pointless, but if i was in that, i would have been with the Aussies, and they did preety well

2006-10-20 16:40:26

#55

Ty: Mass Media Casualty; +2,398|7171|Noizyland

WW1. All the fun of little/no anasthetic, with the added bonus of the only strategy being charging enemy machine guns. Couple that with mining under enemy lines to plant explosives/listening to others mining under your lines to plant explosives, (and cave ins of mines,)with the high chance of randomly and unexpectidly being killed by an artillery round, PLUS living in a literal shithole, disease, pestilence... complete Hell.

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2006-10-20 16:41:33

#56

twiistaaa: Member; +87|7064|mexico

-EcS-Blade wrote:
vietnam war...dense jungle, wet and very hot, booby traps (bouncing bettys, toe poppers ect).

but they had hookers, weed and good music. agent orange seemed to be the worst thing.

i'd hate to fight in one of those stupid battles where they all line up in front of each other and fire straight ahead, kneel down and reload while the guy behind takes his shot. esp if you are in the front row. ur a sitting duck.

2006-10-20 16:42:25

#57

Stealth42o: She looked 18 to me officer; +175|7068

Fancy_Pollux wrote:
WWI for me. Trench warfare. Mustard and other poison gas. Total nightmare.

What about you?

Agreed, for the same reasons.

2006-10-20 16:45:36

#58

NemeSiS-Factor: Favorite Weapon? Pistol; +29|7066|Everett, WA, US

Depends what army your in and who your fighting. If your French then, well that would be a tough one.

2006-10-20 16:49:40

#59

SysTray: "Generous mods" < Thats right Systray !; +180|7217|Delaware

NemeSiS-Factor wrote:
Depends what army your in and who your fighting. If your French then, well that would be a tough one.

The French Army was the force to be reckoned with in the day. Remember Napleon? I wouldn't talk about the French...Do You have an army that could beat them? Did you conquer more territory than Hitler? No.

2006-10-20 17:00:06

#60

{uscm}Jyden: You likey leaky?; +433|7075|In You Endo- Stoke

Iron_Sentinel wrote:
RedTwizzler wrote:
It's a tie for me, between MEC on Karkand or USA in Vietnam. Either way, you're gonna get fucked over.
^^^Hilarious. Good job

Id say the war i would LEAST like to fight in is some pre-firearms war, such as the crusades or the invasion of England for example.
If i had to go 'modern' wars - it would be have to WWI, specifically Gallipoli.
Vietnam was pointless, but if i was in that, i would have been with the Aussies, and they did preety well

My dad nearly had to go to vietnam he's aussie was too young by 1 month.
I can't say that i would like to go to vietnam,but i would have to go with the middle ages war's,getting a morning satr or mace in the face would not be nice.

2006-10-20 17:04:00

#61

Penetrator: Certified Twat; +296|6904|Bournemouth, South England

I fought in last Iraq war. Too many friends lost lives for a cause I/we didn't believe in. Politics suck ass.

2006-10-20 17:04:49

#62

MECtallica: Member; +73|6900|jalalabad

vietnam

2006-10-20 17:19:23

#63

sergeriver: Cowboy from Hell; +1,928|7153|Argentina

The Crusades, because they were conducted in the name of Christianity against the Muslims only to take Jerusalem, The Holy Land back from them, pretty much like today's Middle East Conflict. A thousand years, the same mistakes.

2006-10-20 18:03:53

#64

CommieChipmunk: Member; +488|6966|Portland, OR, USA

vietnam would have been a bitch, pretty much fighting for nothing, booby traps, dense jungle... pain in the ass.

2006-10-20 18:15:45

#65

ATG: Banned; +5,233|6925|Global Command

Civil war in America for me.
Lined up and shooting at your countrymen. 5% of the population killed.

2006-10-20 18:18:48

#66

Reciprocity: Member; +721|6977|the dank(super) side of Oregon

WWI, Napoleonic tactics and automatic weapons dont mix well.

2006-10-20 18:19:31

#67

King_County_Downy: shitfaced; +2,791|6993|Seattle

WWI I h8 teh coldn3ss

Sober enough to know what I'm doing, drunk enough to really enjoy doing it

2006-10-20 18:20:53

#68

GunSlinger OIF II: Banned.; +1,860|7040

korean war....im a bitch in the cold. had mild case of frostbite ( or it could have been a serious case of trench foot, i dont know i sucked it up...)in benning so everytime it gets the least bit cold, i feel in my hands and feet.

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2006-10-20 18:30:45

#69

ATG: Banned; +5,233|6925|Global Command

Reciprocity wrote:
WWI, Napoleonic tactics and automatic weapons dont mix well.

automatic weapons????

2006-10-20 18:32:34

#70

INFERNO552: One shot wonder; +62|6836|canada

ATG wrote:
Reciprocity wrote:
WWI, Napoleonic tactics and automatic weapons dont mix well.
automatic weapons????

it was the first war machine guns were used in (maybe not the first) so bothe sides dug trenches and basically fought till one army ran outa men

2006-10-20 18:52:18

#71

Reciprocity: Member; +721|6977|the dank(super) side of Oregon

INFERNO552 wrote:
ATG wrote:
Reciprocity wrote:
WWI, Napoleonic tactics and automatic weapons dont mix well.
automatic weapons????
it was the first war machine guns were used in (maybe not the first) so bothe sides dug trenches and basically fought till one army ran outa men

The Boer war is Africa was precursor to WWI, same equipment, tactics, smaller scale. At the beginning of the war the idea was still to march thousands of troops across open field to gain ground. Ideal tactic when you opponent is using a single shot, smooth-bore rifle with an accurate range of maybe 100 yards. This tactic failed during the American Civil War because of advances in field artillery and rifles became the norm. Europeans tried to use this tactic against not only much more dangerous artillery than existed even during the civil war, but against Maxim machine guns that could and did cut troops down by the tens of thousands. Hense, trenches were dug, and the advance came to a screeching halt. And even after trenches were in use, the human wave style advance was still used. July 1, 1916, 58,000 British casualties, including 19,000 dead, in one day of fighting at The Somme.

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2006-10-20 18:54:27

#72

Fadediesel: Member; +15|6812|Emmaus, Pennsylvania

WW2 no doubt.

2006-10-20 19:07:09

#73

DesertFox-: The very model of a modern major general; +796|7081|United States of America

Vietnam because I'd be surrounded by damn hippies and crooks.

Still, haven't heard War of 1812, Spanish-American War, Franco-Prussian... things of that nature.

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2006-10-20 19:10:32

#74

SysTray: "Generous mods" < Thats right Systray !; +180|7217|Delaware

GunSlinger OIF II wrote:
korean war....

Someone else said it! Someone else knows about it! Korean War FTL, my brother.

2006-10-20 19:11:45

#75

eagles1106: Member; +269|6980|Marlton, New Jersey.

Civil by far. 1 in every 4 people died. The weapons were far way too advanced to be using the revolutionary war tactics...

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-EcS-Blade wrote:

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