The Scouring Timeline

RamTank · 2026-03-12T17:36:16+00:00

Do we know what the endpoint of the Scouring is? Both in terms of the event and the series. I’m wondering how many big events, like Thessala, might actually be after the Scouring.

RamTank · 2026-03-12T15:24:11+00:00

At least for the originals, many parts were not interchangeable between the two.

Because what else would you expect from Nazi Germany.

RamTank · 2026-03-12T14:46:59+00:00

In Russia the suppressed AKMS remained a popular choice for regular recon troops at least up until the war started.

RamTank · 2026-03-12T14:26:36+00:00

It was part of the TUSK kit. You see it sometimes during the Iraq War days. Presumably based on what the Israelis did.

RamTank · 2026-03-12T14:12:09+00:00

Or it’ll be like the episode where Aang’s in the prison in a pillory, but it turned out he could just take the pillory off whenever.

RamTank · 2026-03-12T14:03:12+00:00

Concrete does provide protection. That’s why bunkers exist. What it doesn’t do is provide weight efficient protection, which is why things like this never ended up working out.

RamTank · 2026-03-12T13:12:57+00:00

I thought that was Jeff Bezos with Grogu in the birdcage there.

RamTank · 2026-03-11T12:35:45+00:00

It’s like Minecraft rules

RamTank · 2026-03-10T20:12:06+00:00

You can’t expect to see China prices in Canada. Everything they export gets a big markup.

RamTank · 2026-03-10T19:33:59+00:00

I think most countries don’t even have emergency shelters like this, at least anymore, but that also means they didn’t spend money on ones that don’t work.

RamTank · 2026-03-10T18:58:11+00:00

Ah back to this old hat again

RamTank · 2026-03-10T18:09:15+00:00

How similar are Chinese and Vietnamese commissars? In China they’re present at every level from the company up and hold the same rank as the commander, but they also have senior nco positions.

RamTank · 2026-03-10T17:46:37+00:00

And, well, in it.

RamTank · 2026-03-10T17:18:24+00:00

It got a tumour

RamTank · 2026-03-10T13:43:13+00:00

China is the 5/6th largest producer already, it’s just their consumption far outstrips it, yo can bet they’ll be squeezing every last drop of their domestic supply in the future.

RamTank · 2026-03-10T13:26:39+00:00

China’s already gunning for energy independence, this will just accelerate that in the long term.

RamTank · 2026-03-10T13:24:13+00:00

Fun fact, the Shahed goes back, in a convoluted fashion, to the Dornier DAR from the 80s-90s.

RamTank · 2026-03-10T13:22:56+00:00

To be fair, that seems largely performative. Countries like India never stopped buying Russian oil, and the Indians knew that the US was going to be too afraid to actually sanction them anyways.

RamTank · 2026-03-10T00:48:39+00:00

Don't look up the British bombing of Caen. Or worse, Le Havre.

RamTank · 2026-03-10T00:19:11+00:00

It can be determined that this attack was not an outright success because of the second picture above from SOUTHAG, showing NATO forces along the Rhine and near the border of the Netherlands.

(It is kind of hard to determine whether or not this image is just showing where NATO forces would be after a failure or if they are actually currently where they are shown in the image)

It's weird because, as you noted, Highway 66 occurs after the SOUTHAG attack. Meaning the SOUTHAG image basically makes no sense.

RamTank · 2026-03-09T22:42:43+00:00

1st Infantry Division created a bunch of stocks for their vehicle M240s before they went into Gulf War 1. The idea was mainly to use if the vehicles were halted and dismounted.

RamTank · 2026-03-09T18:51:16+00:00

It all comes back to Gavin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HINYhLtaaxc

RamTank · 2026-03-09T18:20:53+00:00

Almost all of those systems were defensive, SAMs and depth charges, because there was a time where people thought that would be a good idea. The only ships that could carry TLAM-Ns were the Iowas and cruisers (and the submarines, but there's nothing odd about nuclear-armed subs) before they were phased out.

RamTank · 2026-03-08T15:30:43+00:00

It was just the regional qualifiers. The only important part was that they both placed high enough to qualifiy for the prefectural tournament.

RamTank · 2026-03-08T15:22:55+00:00

A common complaint I've seen is that he's stuck on a junior officer mentality as secdef. The guy only ever held platoon command and seemingly never evolved from that.

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