indian army vs american army

[Officer of Engineers]

WHy dont you just napalm the mine fields? American army does that all the time. There were mine fields in Iraq, and the tanks didnt have to deal with it. We just sent out really large jets to drop really large canisters of bombs on them anyways. The mines can we heat seeked right? Is this just the U.S., cause it has money? Do other countries do this to?

You've got alot of concepts mixed up. Napalm cannot kill mines, especially buried mines. We used line charges or the newest toys FAEs to create enough overpressure to detonate the mines and even then, it doesn't always work. Mines get tossed around or gets buried with more dirt.

In both ODS and OIF, engineers cleared paths with bulldozers through minefields after the line charges detonate.

Minefields by themsevles are not showstoppers. Minefields being watched is a deathtrap. Engineers setting up to clear the fields or infantry trying to cross are sitting ducks.

Would you have time? If they've already decided to take the losses, surely they could do fast.

How far and how fast could foot infantry advance? What we've been talking about is foot infantry passing through minefields. The Captain states the InA expects 4%. I was expecting around 25-30%. In either case, vehicles will not be able to pass without tripping the mines (they cannot step over them). During that time, we would be raining steel.

[sniperdude411]

Hehe, I'll be disabling those things in 4 years...

[troung]

Minefields by themsevles are not showstoppers. Minefields being watched is a deathtrap. Engineers setting up to clear the fields or infantry trying to cross are sitting ducks.

I think it was the Soviets which figured charging head on into a minefield that is lightly defended by enemy infantry will give pretty much the same losses as a really defended point with no mines. And often with a good minefield people might guard the position less to free up infantry. Just swap mines for machine gun fire.

[sniperdude411]

That'd make sense.

[Kontakt Era]

Thank you officer of Engineeers. I have some more questions if you would answer them. Does India and China keep giant mine fields across or near the border lines? If so are they watched? Does this also go for the Indo-Pak borderline. Ok this has nothing to do with what were discussing, but why doesnt India build steel, iron, and other natural resource mills around India. Its so full of natural resources. Why doesnt India do something about it, instead of letting countries like Korea, Japan, Germany, France, Britain do it and tall the prize? Or why doesnt the government ban them from doing it? WHy dont they wait till they raise the money? I knwo that those countries are giving jobs to India's natives, but its really going to screw India over in the future.

[Shek]

Thank you officer of Engineeers. I have some more questions if you would answer them. Does India and China keep giant mine fields across or near the border lines? If so are they watched? Does this also go for the Indo-Pak borderline. Ok this has nothing to do with what were discussing, but why doesnt India build steel, iron, and other natural resource mills around India. Its so full of natural resources. Why doesnt India do something about it, instead of letting countries like Korea, Japan, Germany, France, Britain do it and tall the prize? Or why doesnt the government ban them from doing it? WHy dont they wait till they raise the money? I knwo that those countries are giving jobs to India's natives, but its really going to screw India over in the future.

I can't answer your specific question about the minefields being watched, but we say that obstacles that aren't covered by direct or indirect fire aren't obstacles and are a waste of resources, so my guess is that any minefields they have are watched.

[Kontakt Era]

k thanx shek

[Kontakt Era]

Man.....I just noticed that I have over 8 gigabytes of porn on my computer stored on my D drive. I havent looked at some of it in 2 years. THink i should delete it?

[sniperdude411]

And you had to tell us why???
I don't care, it's your computer.

[ArjunMK1]

Remember friends India has got the strategic depth , much like of USSR during second world war . The Germans were better than the Soviets in all respects but they got bogged down in vast Soviet state . The same will happen to USA whether it uses its Air force and Navy or not .

[Officer of Engineers]

Soviet industries and reserves were immune to the Luftwaffle. India enjoys no such advantage vs the USAF and the USN.

[sniperdude411]

Remember friends India has got the strategic depth , much like of USSR during second world war . The Germans were better than the Soviets in all respects but they got bogged down in vast Soviet state . The same will happen to USA whether it uses its Air force and Navy or not .

Why can the US no cover a large area? We do have sattelites, you know.

[Kontakt Era]

Wait a minute. The Russians dont have much strategic depth outside their land. Infact the Russians are the ones that lost the most men during WW2. They fell by the millions, both soldiers and civilians. I still cant believe some of you are pondering taht India would win an all out war with the U.S. Unless INdia is willing to throw innocent lives like the Chinese and the Vietnamese did, dont expect India to get very far. I mean, if India hasnt already exterminated the 800 million slum parasites, then why would they throw them on a battle field against the most elite army in the world? By the way, havent you guys even thought about what advantages Pakistan, Bangladesh, and China would do if a war broke out between India and the U.S.?

[Kontakt Era]

Speaking of which, how does the Chinese army compare to the Indian army? If China wanted to send everything it had, would Indian stand a chance?(BTW we dont know much about Chinese army. Trust me they dont give out everything they have to the public.)

[Bill]

The problem for the Chinese is that they have a major hostile regional power on almost every border.

Russia in the North, Taiwan and Japan to the East, and India to the West. To the SE is Korea.

This prevents the PRC from focusing any more than about 40-50% of it's combat power vs any one opponent.