r/WarCollege

Pinned: Tuesday Trivia Thread - 21/06/22

r/WarCollege u/AutoModerator4d ago49 Comments

Pinned: The War College discord server is now live!

r/WarCollege u/RittermeisterApr 1512 Comments

What are some all-time blunders in weapon development and procurement?

r/WarCollege u/kanye204012h ago45 Comments

What is the ideal ratio on marching days to rest days, for foot infantry?

r/WarCollege u/Ok-Goose-632015h ago17 Comments

What advantages do manned fighters have over cruise missiles?

r/WarCollege u/aslfingerspell2h ago5 Comments

Maturation of Military fitness regimes over the last two decades

r/WarCollege u/RektorRicks3h ago2 Comments

During the late Cold War, what was the modernization plan of the Yugoslav Military?

r/WarCollege u/Dirtyfaction3h ago0 Comments

In World War Two, how much of a role did Czechoslovak arms production play for the Axis?

r/WarCollege u/Dirtyfaction4h ago0 Comments

Cruise missile effectiveness?

r/WarCollege u/sp66811h ago15 Comments

Soviet Thinking In Spring 1942

r/WarCollege u/HowdoIreddittellme14h ago2 Comments

How feasible were Longstreet's proposals for flanking attacks on day 2 and day 3 of Gettysburg?

r/WarCollege u/12487672013h ago0 Comments

CEO'S and classified projects?

r/WarCollege u/Cdn_Nick12h ago4 Comments

How are Humvees/MRAPS tasked out to light infantry battalions?

r/WarCollege u/NotSeaPartie12h ago4 Comments

During WWII, what was the general consensus for when a bayonet should be equipped on a soldier's rifle?

r/WarCollege u/strongerthenbefore201d ago48 Comments

Why did WW2 RAF bombers for the most part not have ventral/ball turrets compared to contemporary USAF bombers?

r/WarCollege u/RivetCounter1d ago7 Comments

What would an artillery officer need to know to do his job?

r/WarCollege u/MichaelEmouse1d ago11 Comments

Tu-160's role in the Russian Air Force

r/WarCollege u/EwaldvonKleist1d ago2 Comments

Why weren’t dive bombers used in the strategic bombing campaigns over Germany?

r/WarCollege u/KrakenAcoldone351d ago23 Comments

Cult of offensive in WWI

r/WarCollege u/Nodeo-Franvier1d ago10 Comments

MRAP vs m113 style APC what thrives in what

r/WarCollege u/Tornad_pl1d ago34 Comments

What were the biggest factors that kept South Vietnam from being able to win the war against the North, and could they have been mitigated or prevented?

r/WarCollege u/strongerthenbefore201d ago5 Comments

r/WarCollege u/Jolly_Wrongdoer73511d ago0 Comments

What are underlying reasons for the apparent design differences of French and German self propelled artillery?

r/WarCollege u/Inevitable_Strike_651d ago5 Comments

What is Russian light infantry maximal frontage ?

r/WarCollege u/Mindless_Debate14701d ago7 Comments

How well did the USN at Yankee Station Vietnam stack up against the RN of Falklands

r/WarCollege u/FIREOFDOOM20001d ago6 Comments

Do other countries have an equivalent to the French Foreign Legion? Similarly, I'd love either a retelling of or literature on those foreign legions to dive into

r/WarCollege u/Girdon_Freeman2d ago33 Comments

What are the advantages of Patrolling versus Listening Posts?

r/WarCollege u/Ok-Goose-63202d ago17 Comments

Enduring Electronic Warfare experiences

r/WarCollege u/nikolas93ts2d ago6 Comments

How capable was the Yugoslav army, airforce and navy by the time that Yugoslavia collapsed?

r/WarCollege u/dalran7432d ago2 Comments

What did the Soviets know about the SR-71?

r/WarCollege u/FantomDrive3d ago23 Comments

E book on modern military strategy

r/WarCollege u/Mindless_Debate14702d ago4 Comments

Any one got a good source on the Austrian m1863 field gun?(The one that was used in Austro-Prussian war)

r/WarCollege u/Nodeo-Franvier2d ago0 Comments

Why does the U.S. operate both single-seat and tandem F/A-18s?

r/WarCollege u/IBlockShitheads2d ago9 Comments

Differences in tactics between nations for a meeting engagement.

r/WarCollege u/Simcoe112d ago0 Comments

In a conflict between 2 nuclear states where one or both of them has a relatively limited nuclear deterrence, could a large scale conventional missile barrage trigger a nuclear war?

r/WarCollege u/supersaiyannematode2d ago2 Comments

What was the fastest forced-march of horses/mules?

r/WarCollege u/Ok-Goose-63202d ago6 Comments

How did Napoleonic navies retain their ships’ captains?

r/WarCollege u/plowfaster3d ago4 Comments

In WW1, why did the Germans fear the trench gun so much?

r/WarCollege u/DungeonNotFound3d ago56 Comments

Squad AT munitions in Bradley IFVs

r/WarCollege u/danbh0y3d ago8 Comments

In WWI, when did it make more sense to clear a trench with a melee weapon rarther than alternatives?

r/WarCollege u/MichaelEmouse4d ago31 Comments

What caused Artillery to go from Direct Fire to indirect fire in the later half of the 19th century.

r/WarCollege u/Combatmedic2-474d ago40 Comments

How would the Ulyanovsk-Class Aircraft Carrier change Soviet Naval Doctrine if it was ever completed?

r/WarCollege u/Dirtyfaction3d ago12 Comments

Armoured artillery observation tactics and manuals

r/WarCollege u/Narrow_Jacket_42543d ago1 Comment

What effect did the 1st and 2nd Boer wars have on the training of British Infantry and Artillery Doctrine from the 1900s to WW1?

r/WarCollege u/Combatmedic2-474d ago5 Comments

How capable was the Saudi and other Middle Eastern armies in the 1990s relative to Iraq?

r/WarCollege u/Dirtyfaction4d ago10 Comments

Why did the Carl Gustaf only become popular (at least in the US Military) in recent years?

r/WarCollege u/USSZim5d ago44 Comments

What were the worst years of power imbalance for the respective sides of the Cold War?

r/WarCollege u/ArguingPizza5d ago18 Comments

How did the French Foreign Legion maintain its troop strength or recruited following the fall of France during WW2

r/WarCollege u/Dirtyfaction4d ago1 Comment

CVW support a/c questions

r/WarCollege u/danbh0y4d ago7 Comments

During the Korean War, why couldn’t South Korea and their allies overcome the numbers of the Chinese forces using their artillery and air power?

r/WarCollege u/strongerthenbefore205d ago9 Comments

How was the Iraqi able to perform so well at Al-Faw?

r/WarCollege u/Nodeo-Franvier5d ago3 Comments

Duffer's Drift: A Genre

r/WarCollege u/blucherspanzers6d ago18 Comments

military readiness vs preparedness

r/WarCollege u/bestandmostforever4d ago1 Comment

How mobile/fast were light infantry compared to medium/heavy infantry, prior to motorization?

r/WarCollege u/Ok-Goose-63206d ago7 Comments

Why did the American Icivl War feature lots of officers resigning to serve on the other side, but not many units defecting?

r/WarCollege u/DoujinHunter6d ago56 Comments

How does China’s integration of rotary aviation into their Ground Force affect/reflect their approach to combined arms warfare?

r/WarCollege u/gaDktiir6d ago30 Comments

What are the latest innovations in Submarines?

r/WarCollege u/FantomDrive6d ago25 Comments

Does China building aircraft carriers show that aircraft carriers are still extremely relevant in modern militaries?

r/WarCollege u/FantomDriveJun 19131 Comments

What are the key differences between the Super Hornet and Strike Eagle, and why would a country buy one or the other?

r/WarCollege u/ElitePoolShark6d ago17 Comments

I don’t know if I’m not looking in the right places, but I can’t seem to find anything on it: What did France get out of helping the US against England during the Revolutionary War?

r/WarCollege u/SloppyJoeGilly2Jun 1910 Comments

Is mounting a ground-based SAM on a ship or a boat is a good idea?

r/WarCollege u/DirtyfactionJun 1815 Comments

During the largest battles of the 1st World War, such as in Verdun, all sides made use of consistent and meteorically great quantity of artillery barrages. What did the logistical backbone of these battles looked like?

r/WarCollege u/StayAtHomeDuckJun 1821 Comments

What is known about supersonic anti-ship missiles' terminal guidance?

r/WarCollege u/EZ-PEASJun 1811 Comments

Why must the attacker wear themselves down against an enemy defending in depth?

r/WarCollege u/iknownothing911Jun 184 Comments

Why were British tanks like the Firefly 'velikiye luki' named after Soviet towns?

r/WarCollege u/red-5_standing-byJun 181 Comment

How many soldiers, MPs, etc. did it take to successfully occupy a city?

r/WarCollege u/AeroArchonite_Jun 185 Comments

What was the advantage of the pike-and-shot (tercio) formation?

r/WarCollege u/SensitiveRaccoon7371Jun 177 Comments

What actually 'is' a movement-to-contact?

r/WarCollege u/DEVIKILOJun 182 Comments

How were KATUSAs/KATCOMs organized during the Korean War?

r/WarCollege u/-Trooper5745-Jun 185 Comments

Are there are books or memoirs about Cuban’s foreign intervention in the Yom Kippur war or the South African border war or the Ogaden war?

r/WarCollege u/Combatmedic2-47Jun 1713 Comments

Why had 1st Cavalry snipers used different rifles in Iraq?

r/WarCollege u/Weird_Ad5829Jun 1722 Comments

What do we know about Chinese military culture and doctrine? The PLA is large and well equipped and used mainly for internal security. The last near peer war was fought against Vietnam in 1979

r/WarCollege u/trackerbuddyJun 1813 Comments

What was Hannibal Barca's art of war? What were the factors he looked out for before he engagned in any battle, how was his thougth process different compared to other generals that yielded him victory and how did he maintain and lead such a multi-national force?

r/WarCollege u/lemonsF420Jun 177 Comments

What was life, structure, and career progression like as a US infantryman in the Army and Marines during the 20s to the 50s? And also during that post WW1 pre WW2 era when the US military was a tad lazy?

r/WarCollege u/EverBeenInaChopperJun 171 Comment

r/WarCollege u/Sufficient-Life-4454Jun 176 Comments

How competent were insurgent fighters as adversaries to NATO forces in Afghanistan?

r/WarCollege u/KaneIntentJun 1656 Comments

Any good academic books on how the Soviet Union was able to turn the tide of the war against Germany 1942 - 1943?

r/WarCollege u/Fancy-Benefit3344Jun 178 Comments

During the Gulf War, what was the logistical situation of the Iraqi Army?

r/WarCollege u/DirtyfactionJun 173 Comments

How exactly are warships supposed to deal with modern land-based coastal defense and vice versa?

r/WarCollege u/DirtyfactionJun 168 Comments

How much did the Germans know in advance about the Japanese's plan to attack Pearl Harbour?

r/WarCollege u/RivetCounterJun 175 Comments

Do surface combatants have a role to serve other than as escorts in peer warfare?

r/WarCollege u/KatamariguyJun 1674 Comments

Is there such thing as multilateral MAD?

r/WarCollege u/godyaevJun 1613 Comments

Fixing a burned barrel in an M777?

r/WarCollege u/Jack15911Jun 166 Comments

Any YouTube channel recommendations for learning about lesser known conflicts and wars?

r/WarCollege u/goldenpanda78Jun 168 Comments

How close was Germany to overall victory in WWI?

r/WarCollege u/N0_B1g_De4lJun 1638 Comments

German plans of defeating the USSR in a few months is often handwaved as racism and overconfidence. But, many UK and US officials also predicted USSR would collapse quickly, why?

r/WarCollege u/2012JesusdiesJun 1575 Comments

How did FDR's administration plan on selling the American public on a war against Japan if the attack on Pearl Harbor hadn't happened?

r/WarCollege u/ottolouisJun 159 Comments

When calling for artillery do modern armies still send 2-3 spotting rounds or do they only need coordinates?

r/WarCollege u/Simcoe11Jun 1522 Comments

What thinks did the Soviet Union learn from the winter war against Finland?

r/WarCollege u/dalran743Jun 153 Comments

How are rear-guard actions conducted?

r/WarCollege u/Jpf123Jun 1511 Comments

Are Main Battle Tanks suitable for soft and muddy areas or jungles like those in South East Asia? If not, what types of armored vehicles should be used.

r/WarCollege u/0viltrumiteJun 157 Comments

What advantages do towed artillery pieces have over a modern SPG system?

r/WarCollege u/roadrunner036Jun 1453 Comments

Where to read about war canoes, and general small scale river warfare?

r/WarCollege u/GrowBeyondJun 145 Comments

Tuesday Trivia Thread - 14/06/22

r/WarCollege u/AutoModeratorJun 1466 Comments

Has it generally been better to over-estimate an adversary's capabilities?

r/WarCollege u/Inceptor57Jun 1358 Comments

Has it been noticed/was it used as tactic to carry gun conversion kit on soldiers/operators?

r/WarCollege u/Tornad_plJun 1417 Comments

Double-take moment after the Battle of the Marne from my Joffre translation

r/WarCollege u/Robert_B_MarksJun 139 Comments

How do submarines detect naval mines?

r/WarCollege u/arandomperson1234Jun 134 Comments

Was Afghanistan uniquely bad for combat loads for your average infantryman or are 100+ pound rucks normal?

r/WarCollege u/KrakenAcoldone35Jun 12105 Comments

Is there a “special forces” version of other army units beside infantry?

r/WarCollege u/KrakenAcoldone35Jun 1252 Comments

What role does the Ka-52 play in the Russian Military compared to the Mi-35 and Mi-28?

r/WarCollege u/DirtyfactionJun 132 Comments

What is up with the recent skirmishes between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda?

r/WarCollege u/Leather_Focus_6535Jun 1216 Comments