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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 |
A MEU can operate for 30 days self sustaining.
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if you read the article, the premise behind it is the MEU gets warped (so to speak) back in time from Afghanistan (present-day) to Afghanistan in the Roman era(or whatever it was called back when Rome was alive and kicking)
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-Dyslexia-  Title: I Was Fir3d by Mithan
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the guy got a movie deal out of it. ill find you the link
oh nevermind, its all in the article. read article first, post second.
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yeah, the link is in the OP, i stumbled on it while reading the IRL story in WIRED magazine
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http://www.reddit.com/r/RomeSweetRome/
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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 |
I think everybody is looking at this wrong, the marines would be treated as gods instead of a mere mortal humans. The Romans couldnt even comprehend the technology level of the Marines. Like guns and missiles would be thunderbolt's from the gods, helicopters and aircraft would be magical flying mounts.
example wwii when the US showed up on many of those secluded tribal pacific islands, they treated them as gods because of the technology level.
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jeune Posts: 216
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I think when you go into any battle with an ego like that you are probably going to end up like Custer.
"To the thousands of indian warriors howling their murderous war cries, it was just like hunting buffalo.
Before them, hundreds of American soldiers were retreating in disarray, stumbling and dying on the grassy slope above the Little Bighorn River.
These were no longer government troopers but terrified members of a desperate mob.
The indians, on foot and on horseback, riddled them with bullets, pummelled them with stone hammers and shot them down with arrows."
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1289686/General-Custers-reckless-ego-led-men-needless-deaths-famed-Last-Stand-Little-Bighorn-new-book-reveals. html#ixzz1plBfPMkp
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Cuttlery Title: Wanna see what you missed?
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Sith_Mauler posted:
I think everybody is looking at this wrong, the marines would be treated as gods instead of a mere mortal humans. The Romans couldnt even comprehend the technology level of the Marines. Like guns and missiles would be thunderbolt's from the gods, helicopters and aircraft would be magical flying mounts.
example wwii when the US showed up on many of those secluded tribal pacific islands, they treated them as gods because of the technology level.
The ancient Romans werent stupid, and even if that were the case that would only last till they ran out of gas and ammo, and again only if they could actually get to Rome. The premise here is that there actually is battles, not that the Romans saw GI Joe and just gave up instantly.
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Cuttlery posted:
Sith_Mauler posted:
NeoKarnak posted:
You run out of fuel and bullets before you can conquer the whole thing IMO.
wouldnt have to head straight to Rome, cut the head off.this would depend on where the meu was deployed and if that meu still had support of the gator navy.
a platoon of abrams rolling into rome with cobra gunships and harriers flying support.
the tech level that a modern meu would bring would make them gods.
even a bic lighter would someone a minor deity.
I think you are missing the piece about even finding Rome. No GPS, no modern communication. Unless they were right on top of Rome they'd never even find Rome before running out of gas. A compass doesnt do a lot of good, if you dont know where you are, and have no map.
What are the chances of the average American even finding Rome on a map?
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Ah-Schoo posted:
Cuttlery posted:
Sith_Mauler posted:
NeoKarnak posted:
You run out of fuel and bullets before you can conquer the whole thing IMO.
wouldnt have to head straight to Rome, cut the head off.this would depend on where the meu was deployed and if that meu still had support of the gator navy.
a platoon of abrams rolling into rome with cobra gunships and harriers flying support.
the tech level that a modern meu would bring would make them gods.
even a bic lighter would someone a minor deity.
I think you are missing the piece about even finding Rome. No GPS, no modern communication. Unless they were right on top of Rome they'd never even find Rome before running out of gas. A compass doesnt do a lot of good, if you dont know where you are, and have no map.
What are the chances of the average American even finding Rome on a map?
Rome is in Georgia.
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