[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Greatest Fighting Force Known to Man? (Page 1 of 12)
Posted: 10/26/2008 5:19:38 PM EDT
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Who in your opinion, man for man, has/had the greatest fighting force the world has seen? |
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In terms of outright destruction brought to bear? The United States Air Force FTW AROTC grunt myself, but yeah the USAF with one nuke could remove a whole lot more shit from the surface of the earth in one second than the USMC, Delta, and the spaceship door gunners could in a year. |
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Hard to say comparing multiple eras, resources, missions
Spartans, best ever. Raised from the crib to fight. After that the Rhodesian Selous Scouts After that the US Military as it headed into Iraq in '91 After that the Allied/US Army that landed on Normandy After that the Germans that rolled across much of Europe from '39-'40 |
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There is alot of ifs here............... Most power....US naval submarine branch Most power and actually used.... US bomber command Most mobility... US delta/ SEAL Most likley to get in way over their heads and come out alive....US marines, Rangers, & 82nd Airborne Most firepower ground unit... 3rd ID, Ist Armored, 7th cav Most destructive on a local scale.....Charles Taylor militas Most ruthless spentaz there's alot of ifs in the question I leave off an Isreali units only because of size not professionalism or skill, I leave out SAS because they are far less likely to get missions than Spentaz, delta, or SOCOM In History Cortez vs Aztec Mongols vs Arabia Alexander the Great vs Persia Mulim exstremest vs Nomadic arab tribes US vs Iraq 91 & 03 Germany VS Europe |
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Quoted: The Spanish Conquistadors conquered a civilization with less than 500 men You know those threads about "what would happen if half a dozen modern marines/soldiers when back to the US revolution"? That's kinda the same thing the conquistadors encountered. |
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Quoted: Horses, steel armor and weapons, cannon (?) vs stone, wood and leather, yeah, they jacked'em up pretty hardcore.Quoted: The Spanish Conquistadors conquered a civilization with less than 500 men You know those threads about "what would happen if half a dozen modern marines/soldiers when back to the US revolution"? That's kinda the same thing the conquistadors encountered. Kharn |
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Quoted: Quoted: In terms of outright destruction brought to bear? The United States Air Force Yeah, okay...so when was the last time the USAF actually took and held ground? When has any branch of the US military? We always give it back, the AF just gives it back quicker and in much smaller pieces |
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Quoted: Not quite Cortez had alot of help from the non aztec tribes that were tired of being hunted and sacrificed, and they did get beat up and had to retyreat from the capitial and later return.Quoted: The Spanish Conquistadors conquered a civilization with less than 500 men You know those threads about "what would happen if half a dozen modern marines/soldiers when back to the US revolution"? That's kinda the same thing the conquistadors encountered. The Spanish were very disciplined, they could not dismount from thier horse infront of natives under penalty of death for the first several months. Even after that aura of fear was broken you try to keep a matchlock rifle working in tropical jungle conditions against a horde of Natives hell bent on killing you. |
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Quoted: they got them all sick ?Quoted: The Spanish Conquistadors conquered a civilization with less than 500 men You know those threads about "what would happen if half a dozen modern marines/soldiers when back to the US revolution"? That's kinda the same thing the conquistadors encountered. |
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Frm this thread it seems like we all have some biases. but I am going to predictably assert the USMC as my answer. Based on the fact that they are the only complete combined arms force in the most powerful military the world has ever seen. Infantry Special operations Armor Artillery Motor Transport Tactical airlift Close air support Rotary wing lift Rotary wing attack Air superiority Riverine Deep penetration recon Direct action Intel collection Amphibious reconaisance Combat engineering We can do it all. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Who in your opinion, man for man, has/had the greatest fighting force the world has seen? Cortes and his band of 600 men. Did more with less than any other force in history. You're conveniently forgetting the thousands of natives who fought for his side as well, without which, he would have been annhilated.. |