Infantry Discussion Thread, Pattern 7: Sword Edition.

[Laiten]

So that you can administer the Emperors mercy.

So they can kill you if you have a terminal illness.

Were not talking about doctors of medicine.

To end arguments ?

[Purpelia]

Were not talking about doctors of medicine.

"But you swore to do no harm!"
"Not that sort of doctor."
*stab*

[Fordorsia]

Why.

"Doctoral sword represents truth, ie it is weapon of spirit to defend good, righteousness and the truth that researcher has found."

You'll never defend anything with a smallsword. brb invading Finnish universities.

[Puzikas]

Even though it's in 5.56 NATO????

Does the cartridge matter? A DMR is most often a straight derivative of one's service rifle, oftentimes firing the same ammunition as it, or it may fire a full-power cartridge currently in use for an MMG. Although at that point you're on the fuzzy line between DMRs and dedicated sniper rifles.

Naw.

designated Marksman and DMRs are a squad or platoon level asset. They're job is to engage with accurate, rapid fire at distances to 6-800m.

A sniper is a battalion level asset who's job it is to engage enemy forces outside of there range using precise fire on key targets, preform armed recon operations, or provide mission security.

There tools are entirely dependent upon who is deploying said weapon. The SVD is a DMR when in the hands of a platoon level marksman, and a sniper rifle when in the hand of the battalion level sniper.

A DMR generally, however, should be self loading with either your nations standard rifle cartridge, with a 4-8x area powered magnification optic, and slightly longer bull barrel if possible, or chambered in the standard GPMG round.

[Fordorsia]

Pattern 1765 Infantry Sword incoming. Issued to every infantryman for cutting through anything from long grass to the French.

[Bezombia]

Difference between "sniper" and "designated marksman" is purely linguistic/semantic/terminological.

You're linguistic.

[Themiclesia]

How do we lay telephone lines in hostile territory and prevent them from being cut?

[Bezombia]

How do we lay telephone lines in hostile territory and prevent them from being cut?

Turn them into radio waves and send them into the sky instead.

[Spirit of Hope]

How do we lay telephone lines in hostile territory and prevent them from being cut?

As noted radio doesn't have that problem.

If the lines are running through enemy territory then there is no way you can guarantee that they don't get cut. You can attempt to hide them, however if you want the lines to be permanent that generally requires permanent structures that are hard to hide.

[The Great Nation of Dan]

How do we lay telephone lines in hostile territory and prevent them from being cut?

Unless this is before 1960s keep to the radios.

[The Kievan People]

How do we lay telephone lines in hostile territory and prevent them from being cut?

Lay more.

[The balkens]

How do we lay telephone lines in hostile territory and prevent them from being cut?

Lay more.

Land mines, Machine gun positions, 24 hour patrols.

Oh and perhaps a few DO NOT TOUCH Signs. Those always seem to do the trick. Not as much as what i said earlier though.

[Nirvash Type TheEND]

Pattern 1765 Infantry Sword incoming. Issued to every infantryman for cutting through anything from long grass to the French.

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You still have yet to do a hanger.

[Immoren]

Difference between "sniper" and "designated marksman" is purely linguistic/semantic/terminological.

You're linguistic.

No, I study engineering, not philosophy.

How do we lay telephone lines in hostile territory and prevent them from being cut?

Triple the lining.

[Fordorsia]

Pattern 1765 Infantry Sword incoming. Issued to every infantryman for cutting through anything from long grass to the French.

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You still have yet to do a hanger.

That cutlass pretty much is one, just more useful.

[Purpelia]

How do we lay telephone lines in hostile territory and prevent them from being cut?

Try and piggyback as much as you can off civilian infrastructure. Those should be dug underground and generally well protected.

[Imperializt Russia]

Underground cables are just a bad idea.

You have to dig them into the ground, maintenance is a bitch and you can no longer do damage checks just by walking alongside them. Get a break somewhere and you have 2-12 kilometres of useless rubberised copper under the ground that you can't do anything about.

[Immoren]

Radio should be used as supplementary mode of communication, till cable network can be established. *nods*

Flow charts.

[Nirvash Type TheEND]

You still have yet to do a hanger.

That cutlass pretty much is one, just more useful.

So it's an eating utensil is what you're getting at.

[Fordorsia]

That cutlass pretty much is one, just more useful.

So it's an eating utensil is what you're getting at.

Hangers aren't for eating. They're weapons, just not good ones.

[The Archangel Conglomerate]

Underground cables are just a bad idea.

You have to dig them into the ground, maintenance is a bitch and you can no longer do damage checks just by walking alongside them. Get a break somewhere and you have 2-12 kilometres of useless rubberised copper under the ground that you can't do anything about.

Works well enough for us here in the Netherlands.

[Imperializt Russia]

Well, again, permanent structures.
Overland cables are just easier to dick about with.

[Nirvash Type TheEND]

So it's an eating utensil is what you're getting at.

Hangers aren't for eating. They're weapons, just not good ones.

Better than cutlasses. :/

[Fordorsia]

Hangers aren't for eating. They're weapons, just not good ones.

Better than cutlasses. :/

You're a funny guy

[Rhoderberg]

Better than cutlasses. :/

You're a funny guy

For you.