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Those were unguided bombs. Modern artillery and mortars will just slowly wear down a static target like that. From a safe distance as well.

hutzlibu 6y ago
And that comes for free? It binds ressources. Lots of them. You even write "slowly". Meaning fortification is still effective. While the enemy artillery is busy bombing stone, your troops can attack other targets from from other angles.
- engineer_22 6y ago
  That's right. But civilians believe the US air force is omnipotent.
tosseuthansia 6y ago
it was still 1400 tons of high explosive. Monte Cassino was reduced to rubble. The entire monastery was reduced to ruble and had to be rebuild from the ground up. Also, the US did have artillery at the time, which is bloody precise. It didn't matter, the Monte Cassino was a meat grinder for the Allies. Anyway, why dredge WWII era stuff? The US got spanked in Afghanistan by an irregular militia with bolt action rifles. And their tactic is simple as it is brilliant - negate the advantage of air raids by fighting as close to the enemy as possible.
- SuoDuanDao 6y ago
  not sure if you got flagged because Afghanistan didn't have actual 'castles' or because some American Exceptionalists took exception to your language...
  - hutzlibu 6y ago
    He probably got flagged for his other post.
  - chrisseaton 6y ago
    > not sure if you got flagged because Afghanistan didn't have actual 'castles' https://www.google.com/maps/place/Nad-e-+Ali,+Afghanistan/@31.6422497,64.2404905,458m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m8!1m2!2m1!1snad+e+ali!3m4!1s0x3ed8037fc403d723:0x2c7e8e2fdc421217!8m2!3d31.664194!4d64.2660713 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Nad-e-+Ali,+Afghanistan/@3...
    - SuoDuanDao 6y ago
      More the fool I, of course it would. Though I never heard of the Taliban using them, natural caves are probably better against aircraft.
- cyberdelica 6y ago
  > And their tactic is simple as it is brilliant - negate the advantage of air raids by fighting as close to the enemy as possible. The same tactic was used to good effect, by the Viet Cong.
chrisseaton 6y ago
How does 'safe distance' work? If you can hit them... they can hit you. And they know exactly where you're firing from as soon as you send up a shell into the air.
- heavenlyblue 6y ago
  You can shoot and move the artillery immediately.
  - chrisseaton 6y ago
    Well that's not safe distance then is it - that's manoeuvring. You can do that at any distance. And you can't suppress if you're firing one shot, spending five minutes moving, and then firing one more shot.

hutzlibu 6y ago

And that comes for free? It binds ressources. Lots of them. You even write "slowly". Meaning fortification is still effective. While the enemy artillery is busy bombing stone, your troops can attack other targets from from other angles.

engineer_22 6y ago
That's right. But civilians believe the US air force is omnipotent.

tosseuthansia 6y ago

it was still 1400 tons of high explosive. Monte Cassino was reduced to rubble. The entire monastery was reduced to ruble and had to be rebuild from the ground up. Also, the US did have artillery at the time, which is bloody precise. It didn't matter, the Monte Cassino was a meat grinder for the Allies. Anyway, why dredge WWII era stuff? The US got spanked in Afghanistan by an irregular militia with bolt action rifles. And their tactic is simple as it is brilliant - negate the advantage of air raids by fighting as close to the enemy as possible.

SuoDuanDao 6y ago
not sure if you got flagged because Afghanistan didn't have actual 'castles' or because some American Exceptionalists took exception to your language...
- hutzlibu 6y ago
  He probably got flagged for his other post.
- chrisseaton 6y ago
  > not sure if you got flagged because Afghanistan didn't have actual 'castles' https://www.google.com/maps/place/Nad-e-+Ali,+Afghanistan/@31.6422497,64.2404905,458m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m8!1m2!2m1!1snad+e+ali!3m4!1s0x3ed8037fc403d723:0x2c7e8e2fdc421217!8m2!3d31.664194!4d64.2660713 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Nad-e-+Ali,+Afghanistan/@3...
  - SuoDuanDao 6y ago
    More the fool I, of course it would. Though I never heard of the Taliban using them, natural caves are probably better against aircraft.
cyberdelica 6y ago
> And their tactic is simple as it is brilliant - negate the advantage of air raids by fighting as close to the enemy as possible. The same tactic was used to good effect, by the Viet Cong.

chrisseaton 6y ago

How does 'safe distance' work? If you can hit them... they can hit you. And they know exactly where you're firing from as soon as you send up a shell into the air.

heavenlyblue 6y ago
You can shoot and move the artillery immediately.
- chrisseaton 6y ago
  Well that's not safe distance then is it - that's manoeuvring. You can do that at any distance. And you can't suppress if you're firing one shot, spending five minutes moving, and then firing one more shot.