Comments by "WALTERBROADDUS" (@WALTERBROADDUS) on "Ask Ian: Civil War Tech - Why Didn't It Improve?" video.

  1. Logistics is not a flashy topic, but it is what gets the job done. A large portion of the war was won simply on petroleum or the lack of. It was all that Texas oil getting shoved all over the world that the Japanese and Germans did not have. Tanks, ships, and planes needed tons of it. The ability to supply things like high octane aviation fuel gave aircraft better performance for example. Even something as simple as the invention of SPAM, the meat of course. Was a game changing bit of logistical Supply. The ability to keep people civilian and Military supply with a shelf stable protein that did not require cooking or Refrigeration is a game changer. It's little things like these that make the difference rather than guns and bullets.
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  2.  @ivareskesner2019  I would disagree with your assessment. Happy troops are well disciplined and motivated troops. They're also the kinds of people who sign up and to reenlist. That's why we offer tons of benefits, bonuses, housing and other amenities. This is more so in a modern military which no longer relies on conscription and requires quality over quantity.
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  3. However keeping it with that mindset of long-range Firepower led to them keeping single shot trapdoor Springfields long into the repeating era.
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  4. At least you can drink the water on US Army bases.🙄🥤
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  5.  @ivareskesner2019  it's interesting you put it that way. I was just on another Channel looking at the sales pitch given to Russian prisoners to join the Wagner group in the fight for Ukraine.https://youtu.be/W2Okpg9KkgA
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  6.  @geodkyt  well the US Civil War is one of those really strange events when you think about it command-wise. Everybody on both sides went to the same school. It was West Pointer versus West Pointer...
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  7.  @ivareskesner2019  I think they should just go full on James Bond, and call themselves SPECTRE.
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  8.  @Easy-Eight  support ships and auxiliaries are always the unclassy budget items. With the Tempo of pre-war operations, that was probably more than enough? Plus once you lost bases in Guam in the Philippines refueling became more problematic.
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  9.  @Easy-Eight  the fuel situation during the Guadalcanal campaign?🤔 they did risk heavy ships. But I think it's more a worry about American Air power. The Americans controlled the skies by the day. The Japanese would try and slip in during the night and land troops and supplies. They like to use destroyers because they could speed out of the slot? Or at least that's my impression.
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  10.  @rivjoy  just imagine what's going to happen with all the weapons being dumped in there for the next 30-40 years floating around? Every Tom, Dick and Harry is going to have access to this gear all over the third world very shortly.
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  11.  @Easy-Eight  but that doesn't really make sense in 1942? Japanese fuel problems were mainly due to the submarine Warfare campaign. And in 1942, we were still getting our Torpedoes worked on. Putting battleships in those narrow Waters seems like a bigger risk than reward. They had plenty of Cruisers and destroyers for the Tokyo Express. It doesn't seem any fuel problem for them?
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  12.  @steveh1792  if I was General Custer, it's definitely not something I'd want to be packing. Fiddling around with a single shot trap door while Indians are about to kill me? I'll take a huge pass.
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  13.  @jic1  that is true. It was more of an economic measure.
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  14.  @Easy-Eight  we're not discussing 1943 or 1944.
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  15.  @Easy-Eight  🙄 happy trails.
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