the historical reference in question:

I love how westerners need to keep rediscovering the “simpler equipment that you can actually make a bunch of beats the amazing wunderwaffe” idea over and over again, you’d think WW2, you know, literally the largest war ever fought, would teach some lessons, but I guess not

  • Frank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    9 days ago

    Lulz.

    Yeah Neoliberal and NATO war strategy is hyper-focused on their fancy toys.

    I keep trying to explain to people that hte T-72 is less armored than the Abrams bc the T-72 designers put “can this cross bridges so it can actually get to a battle” as the top of their weight allowance.