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The pirates of the South China Sea only use small arms and depend on sneaking up to the ship to board it. They are not your stereotypical Caribbean pirates with broadsides ready to tear you and yours to shreds. Small arms of course are ineffective against ships until you are on board them, so water cannons are a surprisingly effective defense.
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The real question that has come up is that can a wooden boat sneak up on a modern war ship and cause damage. Let's see, didn't a bunch of guys in a wooden boat sneak up and blast a hole in the side of the USS Cole a class of destroyer? Probably one of the most advanced ships in the world? |
However, that kamikaze attack did not sink the ship. Therefore, the wooden boat lost.
Plus the ship was not in a state of alert. It was on port for refueling.
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Wise Ass
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Your Mom's House... Why?
Aug 2001
time: 00:34
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It can if it was designed for that specifically. But obviously this is not the case. And Pirates and civ would not be that case usually either unless enough of the game code was used.
Other than forgetting that the engine used wasn't designed for Pirates! I also wasn't thinking about the difference in combat systems.
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Lundenwic
Oct 2001
time: 15:34
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Originally posted by Mace
I don't want to second guess you, I have seen you post before about Roman/Greeks so I know you have knowledge... but are you sure about that?
I've seen lots o' movies where the Romans used catapults and ballistae from their galley, and then closed and boarded the other vessel with soldiers.
Maybe the movies are inaccurate. If they are, I'd like to know it. But how else could they win a naval battle? Archers? Fire arrows? I know for a fact that the ramming tactic, glorified in movies, was actually seldom used and was a weapon of last resort. |
There's a difference between infantry and marines, yes ?
And a difference between the navy and the marines ?
As far as I can recall, the Romans used their ships to transport the army, and sailors on Roman ships were also fighters, so that they had a dual role, rather than being specifically 'marines'.
I suspect that when you think of marines you think one thing, and I think another.
This might assist:
" Classification
InfantryInfantry (or Infantrymen) are soldiers who fight primarily on foot, using personal weapons. They may arrive on scene in various ways, and are deployed either in formations or as skirmishers and guerillas. In the modern period, the term "infantryman" is reserved for the most basic of infantry troops, the rifleman....
Not all soldiers are infantry, and not all infantry are soldiers. Infantry that are not soldiers include members of the RAF Regiment of the United Kingdom (technically they are airmen not soldiers), and members of the Royal Marines.
The Corps of Royal Marines, usually just known as the Royal Marines (RM), are the United Kingdom's amphibious forces and a core component of the country's Rapid Reaction Force. They are lightly equipped, able to operate independently in all terrains, and highly trained as a commando force....
...of the United Kingdom, or other marine forces (who are marines not soldiers; in fact many marines bristle at being called soldiers). Finally, many navies maintain naval infantry, who are sailors not soldiers. "
http://www.wikimirror.com/Soldier
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