Thread 64104057

Are castles still relevant in modern war strategy?

>>64104057 (OP)
As long as the enemy has no ability to drop massive amounts of ordinance from the air on them.

>hezbollah is whining and not doing anything
I guess so.

>>64104057 (OP)
They should put 2–3 vertical layers of Hesco barriers inside for extra thickness so you won't be able to make a go-through hole so easily.

>>64104057 (OP)
Mortar sponge

>>64104057 (OP)
Against an enemy without significant amounts of artillery and air power, yeah. Colonial war forts and (arguably) fortified forward operating bases are extensions of this into 20th and 21st century warfare.

>>64104067
Obviously the mistake of all these bunker complexes that are now hamas and Hezbollah tombs was that they didn't build them above ground.

I would literally hang enemies from the walls with a dragon dildo in their ass. This is metal as fuck.
DOUBLE THE AID.

>>64104057 (OP)
Nah, if Hezbollah wanted to they could destroy these bases within a day or two. The real fortresses and mountain bunkers since Israel is totally incapable of stopping Hezbollah, Houthis, or the Iranians. These are propaganda pieces for retarded Israelis and to humiliate and delegitimize the Lebanese government. Now shoo shoo back to your /pol/ gore threads.

>>64104057 (OP)
>not even a star fort
embarassing honestly

>>64104057 (OP)
>war
no
>counterinsurgency
yes

>>64104057 (OP)
its just to protect from guerilla type attacks like a sniper or a small AT team

>>64104422
>Double the aid
Fuck off, kike. Billions of dollars a year are more than enough.

>>64104057 (OP)
>basic ass box fort
These sandies are what, 500 years out of date?
Someone go get the bronze bombard cannons, it's only fitting.

>>64104057 (OP)
in COIN ops yes
a modern army would flatten that thing using 4 bombs

>>64104057 (OP)
Hey I've watched this movie before

>>64105773
is it any good?

>>64104443
>the goats are in the goats, and when the turban is raised everyone will know everything

>>64105853
It's ok. Slowburn, not so much action and more focus on the tension and psychology of being hunkered down in a static fixed position against an enemy you never see. A bit like Restrepo or Armadillo in this regard, but less impactful since its semi-fictional (based on experiences that happened to people other than the author). Also similar thematically to other Pissraeli warslop kino of the same period like Lebanon and Waltz with Bashir (boohoo war bad, the ones suffering the most are us chosen people and sometimes the ayyyrab civilians we are committing war crimes on/warching commit against each other)

>>64104491
>not even a star of David fort

>>64104443
now thats some cope.

>>64104057 (OP)
Its really not hard to figure out what they're doing there. its putting out military bait close to the border to shift the fire away from the civilians.
>>64104443
Since the cease fire began 8+ months ago there have been
>220 Hezbollah operatives killed
>0 Israelis killed
Clearly Israel will never be able to recover.

I mean why not? Hardened defensive positions with walls that give shooters an elevated platform are generally pretty good for protecting and repelling against standard infantry. The issue is that if any serious amount of ordinance is lobbed at it then it’s pretty cost inefficient. Hesco fobs are the new meta for a reason but when I was on Bagram we had big ass concrete walls.

>>64104057 (OP)
>not star fort

>>64106161
i believe you are out of date, pace of liquidations has been increasing i think it's a lot more

>>64104443
kek, lebanon could solo hezzbolack right now

>>64104057 (OP)
Yeah, if your enemies have nothing more than mortars, machine guns, and RPGs.

>>64104491
Give me a Polygonal fortress instead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrInIdjvBmE

>>64104057 (OP)
any kind of fortification is better than no kind of fortification

>>64104057 (OP)
Karak de chevaliers was used recenlty you know.
However it is one of the greatest castles ever built.

https://news.sky.com/story/syrian-war-damages-12th-century-castle-10406869

>>64104057 (OP)
Against land infantry? Yes

>>64104057 (OP)
When the opponent is a bunch of goatfucking desert savages whose big surprise hail mary military tactic is strafing music festivals from para-gliders... yes.

>>64105773
>>64105853
>>"KINO Internstional"
Can't be bad.

>>64104383
just put up a trampoline inside bro

>>64104443
hezbollah isn't doing anything about israeli presence in southern lebanon or about the almost daily assassinations of its members
because they don't want to
right

>>64104057 (OP)
Can a nuke destroy a castle?

>>64104057 (OP)
Yes but only if its in space and can be dropped from orbit.

>>64104057 (OP)
Kike sandniggers can't even kill a few mudslime sandniggers, many such cases

Yeah but you need multiple Abu Hajars to take one.

>>64104057 (OP)
Not particularly. They're a known bunker that isn't camoflaged.

>>64104057 (OP)
I was part of the delegation who visited the castle krak des chevaliers in Syria to check the damage during the Syrian war.
Moderate artillery damage on the walls, roof and towers, but the inside were like before.
If your enemy doesn't have something big or proper air support you will be fine.

>>64104057 (OP)
>Israel is building Settlements in Lebanon

>>64104057 (OP)
guess what the Germans used for testing and ranging their artillery in the opening days of WWI?

>>64121434
>I was part of the delegation who visited the castle krak des chevaliers in Syria to check the damage during the Syrian war.
That's kinda fuckin' cool anon.

>>64122794
Liege

>>64104443
>Nah, if Hezbollah wanted to they could destroy these bases within a day or two.
why don't they want to?

>>64122633
Between their territorial acquisitions in Gaza, Syria, and Lebanon Israel is the largest territorially it has been since the 90s.

>>64104057 (OP)
If your enemy has shit artillery a properly built earthworks fort can withstand them for a long fucking time.

In WW1 some Napoleonic era forts got occupied and reinforced and lasted a while.

>>64104070

it's Lebanese Army's responsibility is expel the Jewish invaders.

>>64118282

it's Lebanese Army's responsibility is expel the Jewish invaders idiot

>>64107365

Hezbollah is rebuilding faster than IDF can bomb

>>64123313
>Hezbollah is rebuilding faster than IDF can bomb
that is such a pathetic cope

>>64123313
Sure, whatever helps you sleep at night.
Turdie cope is so pathetic.

>>64123313
>Blows up construction equipment to prevent recovery
>"SEE! THEY'RE REBUILDING TOO FAST TO STOP!"

>>64123321
>>64123322
>>64123324

Hezbollah has rebuilt all of its infrastructures

>>64123353
>Iranian Foreign Minister
lmao

>>64123313
>>64123353
Why don't they ever retaliate then

>>64123436

Then Hezbollah will admit they broke the ceasefire by moving weapons to south of the Litani river, then the Lebanese government blame Hezbollah for breaking the ceasefire.

>>64123473
hezbollah was confident enough to launch unprovoked attacks on Israel for the sake of gaza on October 8th 2023, dragging Lebanon into a new war regardless of the will of the Lebanese people. What changed? Why aren't they so eager to start a new war over such flagrant violations and bullying by Israel?

>>64123473
Before he got turned into a pile of paste Nasrallah said that to accept a ceasefire without there also being a ceasefire would mean defeat for Hezbollah. Why did Hezbollah agree to a ceasefire without one in gaza? Why don't they defend themselves when Israel attacks them almost daily?

>>64104057 (OP)
>>64104413
Siege of Aleppo showed that ground artillery actually kind of sucks at knocking down modern hard points, and last I check Hamas is all out of missiles.

>>64123303
>>64123304
>it's Lebanese Army's responsibility
So, what will Israel call its new district?

>>64123503
Maybe they didn't have the balls to follow through with it

:^)

>>64104537
if that were true they'd have built it out of a cheaper and less permanent material like a hesco barrier

>>64104057 (OP)
>Are castles still relevant in modern war strategy?
When the most powerful weapon of your enemy is a home made rocket built in a ruined basement they are.

>>64123304
weird because hezbollah keep saying they're the ones who do

>>64105744
DOUBLE
THE
AID

>>64104491
hello Zen