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To: mylife

Same point. Shermans were mass produced, not as sloppily made as T-34s, but they were produced at a rate that also buried the German machines in hulls. They were good enough and made in huge numbers and the superbly crafted, precisely engineered German tanks couldn’t do anything but fall back in the face of the swarm.

Swarm attacks are ugly, but if your machinery and gear is “good enough”, historically they work.


31 posted on 08/19/2019 2:20:05 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Spktyr

Was just talking to a math teacher about swarm technology.

“Safety in numbers”

“the tyranny of numbers”


34 posted on 08/19/2019 2:25:48 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Spktyr
Same point. Shermans were mass produced, not as sloppily made as T-34s, but they were produced at a rate that also buried the German machines in hulls. They were good enough and made in huge numbers and the superbly crafted, precisely engineered German tanks couldn’t do anything but fall back in the face of the swarm.

Don't forget we had complete control of the air over the battlefield. We could and did call in P-51s, P-47s and Typhoons to help blast away any opposition.

121 posted on 08/19/2019 7:13:37 AM PDT by ealgeone
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Only a true moron would get into a tank battle in Asia. Are you guys morons? No, I didn’t think so.

A battle with China would exist of some missiles hitting their ports and ships. If it went beyond that, it would go nuclear pretty darned fast. There is no way, logistically, to invade China. And why would we? That makes no sense.

Wars are not won with tactics. They are won with logistics.


150 posted on 08/19/2019 11:41:23 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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