Ki-84's Most Absurd Feature

[Karnak]

Katana was a fine weapon for killing someone wearing a pajama. Large broadswords usually met either proper armor or very thick clothing/furs and a bit more oomph was needed.

Not quite true.  The point on a katana is very well shaped for punching through armor.

You're also grossly underselling the Japanese armor.

While the katana was not the mythic cutting weapon it is often portrayed as it was far more effective than just against pajamas as you dismissively put it.

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Not quite true.  The point on a katana is very well shaped for punching through armor.

You're also grossly underselling the Japanese armor.

While the katana was not the mythic cutting weapon it is often portrayed as it was far more effective than just against pajamas as you dismissively put it.

 

[Butcher]

Ink can't have guns, however when some random boy wants to date his daughter, he sharpens his katana instead works on all male genitalia.

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Ink can't have guns, however when some random boy wants to date his daughter, he sharpens his katana instead works on all male genitalia.

 

 

[danny76]

Yeah, some people seems to think a knight was carrying around hundreds of pounds of gear and armor, and if he fell he needed a bunch of guys to help him get back up.  

Last time I was in a combat area I was carrying hundreds of pounds of gear and armour and needed a bunch of guys to help me up if I fell.

In actual fact probably around 100lbs of kit, rifle, helmet, body armour and boots. Spare link for the LMG, spare mortar rounds,occasionally link for the GPMG, radio, spare batteries, NVG's, grenades, smoke, water, scran. In actual fact, it was worked out that soldiers carry pretty much the same weight now as the Roman army did, verything has been made lighter and more compact but you end up carrying more crap as a result.

[GScholz]

Sure. Our winter backpack alone weighed 70+ pounds. However we didn't fight with all that gear on; we dump it asap and fought with only our combat gear which was perhaps 20 pounds total. Nowadays they have body armor in addition, so it's prolly 30+ pounds total combat gear.

[Zacherof]

 inmiddle school I had to carry 7 tect books, library books and other stuff. Total wieght 55 pounds. I guess their secretly prepping us for combat

[dirtdart]

Sure. Our winter backpack alone weighed 70+ pounds. However we didn't fight with all that gear on; we dump it asap and fought with only our combat gear which was perhaps 20 pounds total. Nowadays they have body armor in addition, so it's prolly 30+ pounds total combat gear.

Try closer to 50. The full IOTV with side SAPIs is crazy heavy.

When I was a young 11B in 1/325 AIR, as a team leader my ruck was just a hair over 80 (CLS Bag and Breach Kit). This was the with three days of stuff, and blank, not live ammo. Then kick in the LBE with another 15 lbs or so, your rifle, right at 10, MILES, and a chute, I easily had more on me than I weighed when jumping.  

Now back to the questions .... can flutter be simulated in the game, to give players fair warning before stripping parts. There is an awesome scary video of flutter on live leak of a business jet's wing just going crazy. Very .. Very scary to watch.  

[GScholz]

Well... Over here we don't believe in the Robocop approach. In urban Iraq that may work, but in the Norwegian countryside, especially in wintertime, we need mobility more than armor.

Current combat gear:





When I was in the army back in the early '90s we looked more like this:

[danny76]

Dont believe in the Robocop approach? Not sure what this means. The British Army apparently believe in the 'have enough kit to get the job done approach".
Of course we would dump the bergan in a contact but even CEFO meant carrying a serious amount of weight. I would rather be knackered and have enough ammo and water.

[GScholz]

Robocop= heavy armor but slow.

As you can see from the pictures we don't need to carry a lot of water; it's literally everywhere.

[danny76]

Robocop= heavy armor but slow.

As you can see from the pictures we don't need to carry a lot of water; it's literally everywhere.

Maybe so but I was referring to my experience. Maybe if Norwegian forces carried more ammunition and ordnance they wouldnt have been over run in a week

[GScholz]

When were Norwegian forces overrun in a week?

[danny76]

Probably within a week of 9th of May 1940. Just hazarding a guess

[GScholz]

Heh, guess you need to read up on history.   Of all the countries the Nazis occupied Norway held out the longest, 2 months. And in 1940, the only thing that saved Britain from falling to the Wehrmacht just like the rest of Europe was a thin stretch of water.