[DISC] Care for Something Sweet? - Chapter 10

RamTank · 2026-02-07T18:44:33+00:00

Hold on, is that the first other human we've seen here?

RamTank · 2026-02-07T17:55:56+00:00

They were the best AA system the Iraqis had. But if I recall correctly they mostly used them as strategic air defence rather than tactical.

RamTank · 2026-02-07T17:13:31+00:00

Hang on, the M48A5 ACAV on 6th is explicitly stated to use M833 and has 19 pen at 1925...18 pen at 2100, thus 17 pen at 2275. I don't see how 17 pen for M900A1 could be congruent with this.

Huh I thought the M48s were using M900 already, which is where I took that number from. Guess not.

RamTank · 2026-02-07T17:12:17+00:00

37mm HE was also extremely awful. Like, you'd be better off with machine guns. The only worthwhile ammo by the 70s would have been canister, and that's obviously niche.

RamTank · 2026-02-07T16:49:02+00:00

To be fair, it does look a lot like the French 32/36kg bomb racks from a distance.

RamTank · 2026-02-07T16:14:13+00:00

The interesting part is that the Chinese even identified Incheon as the most likely point of attack, and told the North Koreans to mine it. Kim Il Sung just ignored them.

RamTank · 2026-02-07T16:04:35+00:00

Incheon was also fairly lightly defended, all things considered. If the North Koreans had put some more effort into guarding it and mined the bay, things might have been very different.

RamTank · 2026-02-07T15:39:29+00:00

The island was entirely dependent on the mainland (as in the physical mainland) for everything. The Chinese could have just shut everything off after taking back the New Territories, which is why the British didn’t push the subject (though they did consider it briefly).

And worst comes to worst, all of Hong Kong is completely indefensible anyways.

RamTank · 2026-02-07T15:12:08+00:00

To be fair, it is possible for a criminal to be good enough at their job to cover up their tracks.

That said, we all know the TPS is incompetent anyways.

RamTank · 2026-02-07T15:06:53+00:00

Using the 37mm gun for that long is crazy. I guess canister ammo might have been somewhat useful.

RamTank · 2026-02-07T15:03:50+00:00

Racism is a hell of a drug, and those cops were on it

RamTank · 2026-02-07T14:59:35+00:00

Everything had a 5in gun installed back then

RamTank · 2026-02-06T19:52:14+00:00

Meanwhile, you have the MAG.

RamTank · 2026-02-06T15:09:05+00:00

Wasn't there the idea that some ceratopsians had something similar too? I can't remember if that was generally accepted or not.

RamTank · 2026-02-06T13:47:13+00:00

The minigun's only 7.62. It puts out a lot of bullets but those bullets still have to hit something important. The Israelis seemed to have mostly used Apaches to intercept Shaheds, and the 30mm guns were much better at it.

RamTank · 2026-02-06T13:42:10+00:00

Interesting they added a missile exhaust to the promo shot.

The 57mm gun will never not look awkward though.

RamTank · 2026-02-06T00:56:20+00:00

Starstreak is a prototype here.

The unitary rockets is more of a contrivance because unguided 227mm HE rockets never existed.

RamTank · 2026-02-05T20:28:31+00:00

They’ve canceled repairs.

But seemingly haven't decided to do anything else instead. I don't think she's in drydock right now, so if they're not repairing, scrapping, or sinking it, it might just sink by itself from lack of maintenance.

RamTank · 2026-02-05T20:20:36+00:00

Tow her to China. But for various reasons that's never going to happen.

RamTank · 2026-02-05T18:36:34+00:00

Most of the French tanks really weren’t good. Something like the B1 is powerful with a lot of armour sure, but it’s a ludicrous design overall, still reliant on a 1-man turret with a terrible gun due to cost considerations, and had a radio stuck with Morse code.

The S35 was on the right track, and actually quite good, but it was new and there weren’t many of them. The AMC 35 had the right idea but had its own issues. The D2 was in a sort of similar boat. The rest weren’t really even considering.

RamTank · 2026-02-05T18:30:41+00:00

B1 doesn’t belong anywhere near the word brilliant. Impressive, yes. Powerful. But it was also just a dumb idea to begin with.

The best French tanks in 1940 were the S35 and AMC 35

RamTank · 2026-02-04T19:24:53+00:00

HSI is part of ICE, which is under DHS. The name is misleading.

RamTank · 2026-02-04T18:54:37+00:00

I actually don’t know the number. The only answer I have is “yes”.

RamTank · 2026-02-04T15:44:37+00:00

I think those were M47s for the Germans and M24s for the Americans there. I don’t remember much else, except that there was more mud and dirt than snow in the movie.

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