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Disinterested posted:Any advice for setting up blogs? I'm trying to rationalise out my fascism posts in to blog posts so I can expand them out and link to them instead of old posts. Blogspot is really worthless, go Wordpress.
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May 29, 2015 19:47
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OK. Well I'm building out from https://abriefhistoryoffascism.wordpress.com/
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May 29, 2015 19:50
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I like blogspot  What super fancy features does wordpress offer?
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May 29, 2015 19:50
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Ensign Expendable posted:I like blogspot Basically, it's super customizable, and stuff like exporting your entire blog to back it up is simple. Blogspot's ok if you're just posting some short updates or whatnot, but at least I pretty quickly tired of using it because it has a distinct lack of options.
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May 29, 2015 20:07
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Backup is done with a single button in settings, and I haven't run into anything I couldn't customize with the CSS editor.
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May 29, 2015 20:13
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Tevery Best posted:Poland used old tanks converted to armoured draisins Armoured what now?
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May 29, 2015 20:37
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Cyrano4747 posted:First off, most cavalry combat wasn't done on horseback by the time you get to the American Civil War. Horses are really big targets and react poorly to bullets. It was far, far more common for cavalry to be employed similar to how we use helicopter-lifted light infantry today: you ride the horse around when you're not in combat, giving you amazing mobility and speed compared to foot infantry, then dismount when you get to the fight. Like most highly mobile light infantry the general idea is that they can go places that are inaccessible to the main army, and having a few lightly armed men in an area is far better than no men. Same deal once you get to the various conflicts with the Plains Indians - a horse can cover a poo poo load more territory in a much shorter time than a man on foot and you really don't need a full field army to subdue a bunch of nomads. Benny the Snake fucked around with this message at 21:08 on May 29, 2015 |
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May 29, 2015 21:06
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Benny the Snake posted:Gotcha. One last thing, I gather spin-cocking is impractical, but just how impractical/stupid? I heard that Arnold Schwarzenegger almost broke three fingers when he tried spin-cocking a real Mare's Leg. There's a non-zero chance that you'll shoot yourself. Always a bad thing.
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May 29, 2015 21:08
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feedmegin posted:Armoured what now? Draisines are cars or other combustion - powered vehicles that have had their wheel assemblies replaced with train wheels. They're used for some railroad maintenance functions, I think.
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May 29, 2015 21:26
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Benny the Snake posted:Gotcha. One last thing, I gather spin-cocking is impractical, but just how impractical/stupid? I heard that Arnold Schwarzenegger almost broke three fingers when he tried spin-cocking a real There was a pistol designed for cavalrymen, the Schofield or S&W Model 3. They were top break cartridge revolvers with an extractor and could supposedly be reloaded on horseback. You would hold the broken-open gun in your reins hand and reload with the other.
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May 29, 2015 21:52
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 I can see how early muskets may have been hilariously inaccurate. I've seen a guy try to aim down the sights of a pistol-grip-only 12-gauge shotgun, and it ended rather hilariously badly (busted lip). And that's a modern centerfire cartridge gun; the matchlock has the bonus of setting your face on fire. When did gunstocks start including a bit to brace against your shoulder and allow aiming? In other news:   It eventually made it to India and was rebuilt/upgraded to III* spec (though they didn't bother to mark it as such -- all the numbers match, but the stock doesn't have cutouts for the magazine cutoff or volley sight, and the magazine is a replacement with its original serial struck out and the rifle's number stamped above) and was then exported to the US. We also have a 1915 .455 Webley revolver and a bayonet for the rifle marked March '17. What are the chances that any of these things weren't used to kill a Hun or three? Bringing it all together, the clockwork killing machine of British musketry reached its zenith with the SMLE, in the form of the "Mad Minute" -- putting as many shots as possible into a foot-wide target at 300 yards in 60 seconds. The passing grade was 15 hits; 30 was not uncommon, the record being 36 or 38, depending on who you believe. One simple trick the Boche hate: keep your thumb and forefinger on the bolt handle and pull the trigger with your middle finger. Benny the Snake posted:Gotcha. One last thing, I gather spin-cocking is impractical, but just how impractical/stupid? I heard that Arnold Schwarzenegger almost broke three fingers when he tried spin-cocking a real  Different makes, but the stock lever (top) is pretty much the same on all of 'em. As Cyrano said, there wasn't much in the way of reloading on horseback -- the carbines were mostly for dragooning, in a mounted charge it was however many pistols you had, then either break off and hide behind the infantry to reload, or draw your saber and put the spurs to your horse. Cyrano4747 posted:Unless you're a high skilled rider (like most of the trick riders you see in old westerns) you really need to keep a hand on the reins - dropping the reins and loosing control of them entirely in combat would be a bad thing. Using a pistol you can keep one hand on the reins and defend yourself with the other. Polikarpov posted:There was a pistol designed for cavalrymen, the Schofield or S&W Model 3. They were top break cartridge revolvers with an extractor and could supposedly be reloaded on horseback. You would hold the broken-open gun in your reins hand and reload with the other. Chillbro Baggins fucked around with this message at 22:18 on May 29, 2015 |
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May 29, 2015 22:13
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Bad Angus! Bad!
Delivery McGee posted:Or be a real badass and hold the reigns in your teeth. pistol in one hand and sword in the other. I don't know f that was actually a thing in real life or just a Hollywood invention, though. I mean if you're a good rider and train your horse to some extent you can ride with just your feet.
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May 29, 2015 22:18
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Disinterested posted:I mean if you're a good rider and train your horse to some extent you can ride with just your feet. This is where someone should post stats on horse casualties
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May 29, 2015 22:36
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Disinterested posted:I mean if you're a good rider and train your horse to some extent you can ride with just your feet. Given what I've seen of Napoleonic-era cavalry manuals/memoirs, and being a mediocre horseman myself, that's also a thing. I forget the source, but back when cavalry was a thing, one of the And then once you earned a horse, you and that horse trained together until the horse knew what you were thinking, and didn't even need your heels to steer. Speaking of cav, I've read that horses naturally avoid stepping on people, and cavalry mounts have to be trained to dance upon the enemy with their pointy hooves. Like, a normal horse will jump over a man curled into a ball on the ground. Is that true? Also, anybody doubting the effect of cavalry has never met a horse in real life. They are huge and terrifying. Tame horses will bite your face off without a second thought. A horse trained for war, running at you at full tilt, even without the lance/saber? Yeah, I'd drop my pike and book it despite objectively knowing the horse won't run into the pike square.
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May 29, 2015 22:43
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Yeah I've spent a lot of time around horses and I have a lot of respect for them. Then again, most people would have spent time around large animals so I don't know what the net effect of that is psychologically - if it makes you more or less scared.
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May 29, 2015 22:49
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The Red Army cavalry manual tells you to reload your Nagant by holding the reins in the same hand as the gun.
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May 29, 2015 22:51
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Ensign Expendable posted:The Red Army cavalry manual tells you to reload your Nagant by holding the reins in the same hand as the gun. Ah yes that revolver, the one that is a fixed frame so you have to unload the each chamber individually and then reload it one at a time, while hopefully not having to use the ejection rod because the casing expanded.
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May 29, 2015 23:00
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Chillyrabbit posted:Ah yes that revolver, the one that is a fixed frame so you have to unload the each chamber individually and then reload it one at a time, while hopefully not having to use the ejection rod because the casing expanded. Yes, the one the tank forces fought tooth and nail to keep because they didn't want to make pistol ports bigger.
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May 29, 2015 23:04
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feedmegin posted:Armoured what now? Draisins. Small independently operating rail vehicles, typically used for maintenance or personnel transit. Back in the day they were typically powered by muscle strength, nowadays they have engines. Some are even converted cars. Imagine what is essentially a miniature armoured train.
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May 29, 2015 23:06
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Ensign Expendable posted:The Red Army cavalry manual tells you to reload your Nagant by holding the reins in the same hand as the gun. I guess you could probably do the same with a carbine Mosin and stripper clips.  
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May 29, 2015 23:08
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Delivery McGee posted:
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Delivery McGee posted:Also, anybody doubting the effect of cavalry has never met a horse in real life. They are huge and terrifying. Tame horses will bite your face off without a second thought. A horse trained for war, running at you at full tilt, even without the lance/saber? Yeah, I'd drop my pike and book it despite objectively knowing the horse won't run into the pike square. Delivery McGee posted:
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May 29, 2015 23:29
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Tevery Best posted:Draisins. Small independently operating rail vehicles, typically used for maintenance or personnel transit. Back in the day they were typically powered by muscle strength Wait, so is that the proper name for one of those cartoon things with a see-saw handle?
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May 29, 2015 23:30
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From what I've heard, lever-action repeaters were designed specifically for mounted combat, is that true?
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May 29, 2015 23:46
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Trin Tragula posted:Wait, so is that the proper name for one of those cartoon things with a see-saw handle? Apparently those are called Kalamazoos.
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May 30, 2015 00:21
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That name. Simply amazing. It is like something that you'd expect would come from the mouth of an old frontiersman.
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May 30, 2015 00:22
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HEY GAL posted:Being in a pike square feels good psychologically though. So, why a square? Wouldn't a thinner rectangle allow you to control more ground with fewer troops? I would think with a square it would be hard for the guys at the back to have much of an impact on the battle - but what do I know.
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May 30, 2015 00:49
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Kemper Boyd posted:Blogspot is really worthless, go Wordpress. Wordpress has had security issues but since you're not selling anything it'll be fine.
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May 30, 2015 01:18
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SeanBeansShako posted:That name. Simply amazing. It is like something that you'd expect would come from the mouth of an old frontiersman. Or people who live in Michigan.
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May 30, 2015 01:25
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Disinterested posted:
It's nice to see that most everyone agreed on one thing: gently caress the Workers.
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May 30, 2015 01:55
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Delivery McGee posted:Speaking of cav, I've read that horses naturally avoid stepping on people, and cavalry mounts have to be trained to dance upon the enemy with their pointy hooves. Like, a normal horse will jump over a man curled into a ball on the ground. Is that true? Yes for the most part. It's my understanding that horse trainers would use straw dummies for the horses to practice on. So a drill might be, "Have the horseman charge the upright target with his lance, and then ride the horse over the adjacent dummy for them to stomp on it." They did lots of obstacle-type training, particularly during the Napoleonic Age. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOyvimZuF5o
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May 30, 2015 01:58
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Taerkar posted:It's nice to see that most everyone agreed on one thing: It kind of supports the analysis that fascism is a big alliance to gently caress the workers when conventional methods have failed.
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May 30, 2015 02:02
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TheChimney posted:So, why a square? Wouldn't a thinner rectangle allow you to control more ground with fewer troops? I would think with a square it would be hard for the guys at the back to have much of an impact on the battle - but what do I know. Most formations are not square but they're still a lot deeper than 18th century formations, the thinnest being the Swedish with six men deep. And if pikemen in the rear ranks of these thinner formations lever their pikes over the shoulders of the men in front of them, what you get is a deep row of spearpoints, so there's still someone threatening the oncoming attackers even if a guy or two in the front rank is killed. Musketeers can all have an effect on the combat since they rotate or, if Swedish, deploy into three-deep formations to fire salvos. You're right, it is much less efficient than later formations, but I think it's what they can do with the technology they have. Edit: being in the block of guys might feel reassuring, but I have heard that being attacked from a long way away is terrible for pike morale, since they don't feel like they can fight back; no matter whether or not the musketeers are accurate, at least shooting at the people who are shooting at you feels like you're doing something. HEY GUNS fucked around with this message at 02:20 on May 30, 2015 |
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May 30, 2015 02:14
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HEY GAL posted:Well, not all of them are actually square. The formations that are actually square are pretty strong--flanking doesn't matter unless you flank them while they're engaged in fighting people ahead of them at the same time (which is what happened to Tilly's escuadrons at Breitenfeld), while it's easy for them to replace losses at the front of the formation. I have also heard that the Spanish rotate their pikemen, which would mean a square formation can last longer without everyone getting tired. Can you paint a picture of combat from that era? I am picturing a bunch of guys in elaborate garb with oversized hats poking at each other with huge pikes, while behind them, dudes with muskets make a lot of noise and smoke. Also - aren't you in yurop? Get some sleep.
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May 30, 2015 03:08
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HEY GAL posted:Well, not all of them are actually square. The formations that are actually square are pretty strong--flanking doesn't matter unless you flank them while they're engaged in fighting people ahead of them at the same time (which is what happened to Tilly's escuadrons at Breitenfeld), while it's easy for them to replace losses at the front of the formation. I have also heard that the Spanish rotate their pikemen, which would mean a square formation can last longer without everyone getting tired.  Gotta protect the officers. TheChimney posted:Can you paint a picture of combat from that era? I am picturing a bunch of guys in elaborate garb with oversized hats poking at each other with huge pikes, while behind them, dudes with muskets make a lot of noise and smoke.
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May 30, 2015 04:00
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Delivery McGee posted:Yeah, actual square squares were more a thing in the muskets-with-bayonets days, as an "oh poo poo" tactic when cavalry came over the hill. TheChimney posted:Can you paint a picture of combat from that era? I am picturing a bunch of guys in elaborate garb with oversized hats poking at each other with huge pikes, while behind them, dudes with muskets make a lot of noise and smoke. Anyway, compared to 18th century combat, 17th century combat is pretty...stately. Formations move slowly, musketeers do not fire as often as their 18th century counterparts will, and in addition to charging the cavalry does a thing called a caracole, where they ride up to a pike/musket block, the first row shoots at people, then they peel off and withdraw to the back of the cavalry formation to reload while the next rank fires, etc. There might be times during a fight where you just stand there for hours without doing very much at all; as at Breitenfeld, when for the first two hours the artillery just traded shots (I don't think the technology is good enough to have a real "artillery duel" yet) until Pappenheim got tired of not doing anything cav-related and he and his people just charged the Swedish right on their own. Not that it isn't deadly; for instance, nearly all the senior Imperial officers at Luetzen had been at least wounded. (Even Wallenstein had been shot at, but (as the observers maintained) only bruised on the thigh because, you know. Wizard.) Hand to hand infantry combat is as confusing and frightening as it will be later, but it's probably even more awkward and difficult since pikes are so long. You can use the musket as a club; in fact, it's designed for that. quote:Also - aren't you in yurop? Get some sleep. HEY GUNS fucked around with this message at 06:04 on May 30, 2015 |
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HEY GAL posted:Not for another two weeks!  Did your guys drink coffee? What did they do to stay awake? No Pervitin yet.
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May 30, 2015 07:04
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Raskolnikov38 posted:Wordpress has had security issues but since you're not selling anything it'll be fine. More like, wordpress has more holes than swiss cheese. But sure for a personal blog it is very suitable. Who in Russia is responsible for keeping nuclear secrets? Is there anything there like the U.S. military/DOE dynamic?
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Disinterested posted:Yeah I've spent a lot of time around horses and I have a lot of respect for them. Then again, most people would have spent time around large animals so I don't know what the net effect of that is psychologically - if it makes you more or less scared.
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Arquinsiel posted:Also due to a quirk of Irish culture I was on the receiving end of a cavalry charge when I was 10 or so. Fuckkan' skangers, I tell ya... Bwuh? Do tell. Does it have something to do with the Marching Days?
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