What is the greatest weapon of war?

nyarlothothep

Superflu, the plague doesn't discriminate

df1985

sarah palin, that bitch could be seriously dangerous in power!

TheUsual

df1985 wrote: »

sarah palin, that bitch could be seriously dangerous in power!

I can see Russia from my house.

Manic Moran

Paddy Samurai wrote: »

Im sure it's already been said in some way or another, but The Pen.

Whoever said 'The pen is mightier than the sword' has never stared down the wrong end of an AK-47

NTM

Johro

Manic Moran wrote: »

Whoever said 'The pen is mightier than the sword' has never stared down the wrong end of an AK-47

NTM

However, war is stupid.
Take Afghanistan, for instance. Even if you were able to defeat all the Taliban, some other fundamentalist nutters would soon take their place.
The mightiest weapon you could think of would also be useless. Violence creates violence. You'd think, in 2010, people would've got it by now.

bullets

Blay wrote: »

without them bullets wouldn't be fired,
:pac:

I'm not fired I still have a job.
:pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:

~B

Capt'n Midnight

Manic Moran wrote: »

Whoever said 'The pen is mightier than the sword' has never stared down the wrong end of an AK-47

NTM

So the AK74 is mightier than the sword :eek:

who'd have thunk it ?

johnnyskeleton

Having god on your side, apparently.

I'd prefer a large well trained and well equipped army to be honest.

Capt'n Midnight

bullets wrote: »

I'm not fired I still have a job.
:pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:

~B

for now

*pats winged monkey and waits "soon my pretties"*

Dempsey

Computers are now the greatest weapons of war, they are integrated into everything.

orourkeda

The U.S Army.

It's just a shame they kill as many of their own soldiers as the "opposition"

FrostyJack

Doomsday is the greatest weapon of war, lock thread please.

edit: Sorry John Matrix is the numero uno


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mh-QUh69MCg

Johro

F#ck it, changed my mind, thread locking is the greatest weapon available.

Ghandee

Tesco Marys thighs!

desgroyed more men round ballyfermot than dutch gold!

Mikill87

the greatest conventional weapon in history was definitely the german "schwerer gustaf" ( railway siege gun)
it was also the most ridiculous weapon ever build! it could fire shells weighing 7 tonnes, but it took 250people to assemble the gun in 3 days and more than 2000 people to lay the tracks and dig embankments!!!

Also this gun could only fire one round every 45mins! one single shot haha

but it was definitely the most conventional destructive weapon ever build!


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/80_cm_Gustav_shell_compared_to_T-34.jpg

Dempsey

Mikill87 wrote: »

the greatest conventional weapon in history was definitely the german "schwerer gustaf" ( railway siege gun)
it was also the most ridiculous weapon ever build! it could fire shells weighing 7 tonnes, but it took 250people to assemble the gun in 3 days and more than 2000 people to lay the tracks and dig embankments!!!

Also this gun could only fire one round every 45mins! one single shot haha

but it was definitely the most conventional destructive weapon ever build!


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/80_cm_Gustav_shell_compared_to_T-34.jpg

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTef6YlPhLfVCdDjWGkgOjNdtQ_K6OJe77PvHBMjhMEClaFGwTLew

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyFKbLGGCVY

Rambo's knife is more impressive :pac:

FrostyJack

Mikill87 wrote: »

the greatest conventional weapon in history was definitely the german "schwerer gustaf"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lppFyLKDRck

21,000lbs = 9.5 tons > 7 tons

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMSfD4roMxY&feature=related

Mikill87

yeah u are right, but i was talking about the gun itself, not just the bomb or shell.

and a 1350t gun is impressive

Capt'n Midnight

Phony Scott wrote: »

Mechagodzilla

which one ?

karma_

Manic Moran wrote: »

Whoever said 'The pen is mightier than the sword' has never stared down the wrong end of an AK-47

NTM

It wasn't meant literally... just in case you didn't already realise that.

The greatest weapon of war is man, and his tendency for violence.

ascanbe

Manic Moran wrote: »

Whoever said 'The pen is mightier than the sword' has never stared down the wrong end of an AK-47

NTM

"Augustus Caesar had sent our Latin master's beloved Ovid into exile...
Yet the effect of all these stories was to make me feel not Caesar's
power, but his fear of Ovid. And why would Caesar fear Ovid, except for
knowing that neither his divinity nor all his legions could save him from a
good line of poetry."
Tobias Wolff

yawnstretch

Nothing. There is nothing great about war.

The sooner we realise that harming instead of helping each other is the only way forward the quicker we can forget such foolish questions.

FrostyJack

yawnstretch wrote: »

Nothing. There is nothing great about war.

The sooner we realise that harming instead of helping each other is the only way forward the quicker we can forget such foolish questions.

True.... but nukes are great though

orourkeda

yawnstretch wrote: »

Nothing. There is nothing great about war.

The sooner we realise that harming instead of helping each other is the only way forward the quicker we can forget such foolish questions.

Kim Jong Il begs to differ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b49Iwfp8U-U&feature=related

DOC09UNAM

yawnstretch wrote: »

Nothing. There is nothing great about war.

The sooner we realise that harming instead of helping each other is the only way forward the quicker we can forget such foolish questions.

Wait, what?

Harming each other is the way forward?

Wolfe Tone

liah wrote: »

Boobs.

I'm actually convinced that if every woman in the world simultaneously made the decision to remove their shirts, war would end and we would enter into world peace.

At least, til the insecurities set in..

Im pretty sure lots of people would puke at the horrid site. How about all the attractive young uns' do it?

steddyeddy

Flint the weapon that first assured our acendency to where we are now

stateofflux

squadron commander flashheart

Manic Moran

ascanbe wrote: »

"Augustus Caesar had sent our Latin master's beloved Ovid into exile...
Yet the effect of all these stories was to make me feel not Caesar's
power, but his fear of Ovid. And why would Caesar fear Ovid, except for
knowing that neither his divinity nor all his legions could save him from a
good line of poetry."
Tobias Wolff

Here's the problem with that, though.

If Caesar had a mind to, Mr Ovoid could have been killed by use of a sword or pilum. That would have rather settled the issue, as far as Mr Ovoid was concerned, his pen probably wouldn't have saved him. Any attempt to use words to effect revolution or change ultimately depends on the opposition's willingness to show mercy or otherwise think it's just not worth it. Sometimes it works, other times, it's blood and no change. Similarly, there is a reason the AK-47 is so associated with revolutionary movements in latin America and Africa: Words alone were insufficient, they needed good, old-fashioned, projectile technology.

NTM

cock robin

Fear.