Posted on 08/28/2014 7:29:00 AM PDT by walford
Here is an excellent example of what Barbarians (Non Romans) were confronted with when they came upon the Roman Legions. Pay close attention to how many men are actually fighting on the front line. Look at how they are reinforced. At the 3:00 Mark they make an echelon right movement, develop the line, make room for reinforcement and build a kill box on the left flank, develop that advantage and charge the enemy. Amazing video. (Thank you Modern Medievalist)
I don’t FB. But when we are forced to rebellion we will not be stupid enough to confront riot troops face to face. Ambushes, snipers, IEDs and sabotage will be the tools we have to work with.
Very cool.
Discipline defeats “passion” every time.
Very, very true. Even the Romans learned that their enemies, (those who survived the first time), also learned from their mistakes and new tactics and strategies were developed against the Roman Legions. The biggest one of course was “never fight the Romans on the ground of their choosing”.
You use shields and batons to control a riot! I thought you needed MRAPS, dogs and machine guns! I guess the US can learn something from other cultures after all!
The Romans had the added advantage of being ‘allowed’ to kill their enemies. These troops are using only their shields. Romans brought the gladius and pilum to the fray ...
For ‘some’ reason I kinda expect to see that occurring in the not so distant future. Only using AA-12’s and Glock’s with 30 round magazines. Just a ‘feeling’ if you know what I mean.
cool. who is it of?
I’m wondering who the “enemy” will be ...
Tea Party “Terrorists”???
“You use shields and batons to control a riot!”
Send in the Spartans, drive them into the sea.
My magic 8-Ball says: “The Future is cloudy ask again later”.
Yup. The guy swinging at the shield would be deflected and then struck dead while his arms were extended at the end of the throw.
The phalanx was very good at taking out young and foolish men.
Very true. Why fight the troops at all? Politicians, lobbyists, lawyers, judges, progressives, activists and sympathizers are much softer targets.
Don’t fight the privates and sargeants, take down the generals and politicians.
This crowd was not throwing Molotov cocktails and using firearms; otherwise they would have been using armored vehicles, tear gas and water cannons. I believe this is in Israel.
Exactly. A top bureaucrat is worth over 20 conscripts.
“I don’t FB”
I tried using Blogger to post my inflammatory rhetoric, but don’t get the feedback and expanding connections that I get using Facebook in combination with Twitter. And unlike here, I can edit my posts.
I only post things about the affairs of the day and hardly anything about myself.
To each his own I guess.
“This crowd was not throwing Molotov cocktails and using firearms”
Like they were in Ferguson when they showed up with MRAPS and machine guns? Oh yeah, no they ween’t.
Like they were at the “1st amdendment zone” in Bunkerville when they showed up with attack dogs? Oh yeah, no they weren’t.
US police go full SWAT door busting, shooting folks dogs and throwing flash-bangs in babies cribs over nothing and US police go full MRAPS and machine guns over nothing.
If the protestors had any discipline, they could have formed up and run around the front line. However, they’re obviously losers with no discipline.
The people behind the scenes calling the shots. What a brilliant man. Mark every single one of them where you live. I know almost all of them.
If you’re interested in this sort of thing, you might enjoy a brief study of ancient Greek and Roman infantry tactics. The Greek phalanx formation was a unified formation of a hundred men (or so), veterans interspersed with fresh troops. The Romans greatly refined their formations. The smallest unit was a squad (10 men, I forget the Roman term). Ten or so squads made a “maniple” or “century” (terms changed with time), and larger units were formed of multiple “centuria”. This organization allowed the army great flexibility in re-forming its formation as needed to confront the enemy.
The constant, flowing, re-formations these riot police demonstrate follows the Roman, rather than Greek, pattern.
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