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aon_mixed  Title:
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Could I destroy the entire Roman Empire if I traveled back in time with with a modern Marine infantr |
there is one thing in common between the two: slit trenches
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Ptilk Title: Creepy old pirate
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Steam engines are easy enough once you know about them and the metal tech of the times was easily sufficient enough to allow creation of steam engines.
Every single officer could help build a sextant, or at the very least an astrolabe or quadrant if they were really stupid and forgot almost everything they ever learned.
The communication techs all know about electricity and have some idea how to create it and how to construct a telegraph system.
Every single person in the MEU knows what a telescope is and at least has some idea of how to make one.
Just a couple of quick examples. Stuff that everyone knows about, even if they don't know exactly how it is constructed...in a few short years, the industrial revolution starts in ancient Rome.
If a really competent commanding officer structure was in place, much of the killing of each other might be avoided...but some is going to happen. You don't take a few thousand well armed people and plop them down in a place where they are never going to see their families again, surrounded by easily dominated and mostly ignorant(by the Marines standards) natives and not have a few of those armed people think, "Hey, I can do whatever the hell I want and screw the rest of these idiots".
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aon_mixed Title:
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Ptilk posted:
You don't take a few thousand well armed people and plop them down in a place where they are never going to see their families again, surrounded by easily dominated and mostly ignorant(by the Marines standards) natives and not have a few of those armed people think, "Hey, I can do whatever the hell I want and screw the rest of these idiots".
honestly, i think the number of people (Marines) who would be like, "eff this place, it's bullshiz. I'm outta here." would probably /be/ upwards towards the 40th percentile
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Sith_Mauler Posts: 1,851
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anybody know if this MEU has tear gas?
cuz a 155 howitzer battery dropping a couple tear gas rounds would drop any number of troops the Romans put on the field of battle.
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aon_mixed Title:
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it likely would have a stockpile of non-lethal ammunition (riot control)
a ton of zip ties (soft handcuffs)
and depending on the game plan before they stepped off, might even have an LRAAD (or similar psyops type crew)
oops, i meant LRAD http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Range_Acoustic_Device
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Sith_Mauler Posts: 1,851
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I still remember my experience with the gas chamber, tear gas sucks and I dont care how tough you think you are it will drop you to your knee's if you dont/cant get away from it.
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tillsb  Title: me
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Sith_Mauler posted:
I still remember my experience with the gas chamber, tear gas sucks and I dont care how tough you think you are it will drop you to your knee's if you dont/cant get away from it.
It gave me super powers....or something
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Sith_Mauler Posts: 1,851
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Could I destroy the entire Roman Empire if I traveled back in time with with a modern Marine infantr |
M777 in action
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCXqcBpURZE&feature=related
or they might have upgraded to the new M77A2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw91mzpyzjM&feature=related
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aon_mixed Title:
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yeah, my last duty station was with 1st Battalion 11th Marines out of Pendleton... being on the firing line when an all-gun (12) fire for effect mission was underway is nothing short of awe inspiring
during CAX out at 29 Palms they had scheduled a regimental Fire For Effect Mission, which was i think 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalion (36 guns) over a massive 3 mile arc. Flares and HE rounds - just burning off unused ord in order to not have to drag it back home.
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FineYoungCannibals Title: Top of the food chain
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Could I destroy the entire Roman Empire if I traveled back in time with with a modern Marine infantr |
it would create a paradox that would kill the marines and their fathers leaving no one to go back in time in the first place, so the Romans would win by default
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