[quote=@Willy Vereb]
Well, I'm still busy so my interlude post should wait till late afternoon.
But the stagnant air in the OOC is a bit worrying so let's change that!

[@Cyclone]
Military Quiz Time!
How many Tinite cavalry are needed to take a single VP-39 machinegun nest?
:lol

Let's make it a double quiz.
How many Tinite cavalrymen can take down an Arqwyen IIC tank? (the one with the chaingun firing 33mm exploding shells)

I'm not singling you Cyclone. It was just the fact Tin was literally the first nation which came to mind.
Of course anybody can feel free to ask quizzes from me in return.


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Well theoretically just one could do it if they charged from behind with an anti-tank grenade launcher or something. If these are traditional cavalry going head on though, I lean towards 6-8. I think that'd be enough of a distraction for one traditional cavalryman to close in, jump on the tank...and plant a grenade on it? No, Tinites aren't that smart. They'd try to open the hatch and stab everybody inside.

*shrug*

What do you think? These are just my wild guesses.

[quote=@Willy Vereb]
[@Hael]Tin fighting a Blitzkrieg?
Wow, I've gotta see this.
:lol
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The doctrine of Blitzkrieg gets confused a lot, especially considering it wasn't an official strategy or doctrine in the German army. They didn't train their officers some revolutionary new strategy and call it Blitzkrieg; the German army just made use of plenty of armor and they happened to be rather good at taking advantage of combined arms formations. It was foreign journalists that were terrified and put the "Blitzkrieg" label on it, and started talking as if this was some amazing innovation.

But anyways, when I say "Blitzkrieg" I just mean making good use of light vehicles to harass and have superior mobility, and heavy vehicles to break through weak points. Blitzkrieg is basically just an attempt to have superior maneuverability, which felt natural for Tin's Mongol-esque tactics. Sure, Tin will charge forward and fight offensive wars with huge numbers. That's part of their strategy too. But from their past as cavalry hordes, they recognize the massive advantage of speed. As the saying goes, a bunch of terrible soldiers exactly where you need them is better than the best soldiers in the world where they can't do anything.