Zombie Apocalypse

thank god for shot guns and ordinance

Mars and the Moon are stupid but what about space stations? If any of you have seen the 100. Something like the Ark capable of supporting a few thousand humans for a short time. But yeah it does depend on the kind of zombie. And for all u haters I don't even know why u bother coming here.

Originally posted by riv6672
Have you read WW Z? They break down the shortcomings of traditional combat methods pretty well.

I saw the movie.....

I dunno about the book tho cause I aint read it.

Originally posted by Genesis-Soldier
thank god for shot guns and ordinance

The libs will get rid of those soon. 😉

Originally posted by Shakyamunison
The libs will get rid of those soon. 😉

Thank God for all those Red (Neck) States.

*note to self. Block all entry points to states to keep all the Blue State Zombies from invading after the apocalypse*

Originally posted by Flyattractor
[b]I saw the movie.....

I dunno about the book tho cause I aint read it. [/B]

Oh nonono, you cant go by yhe movie! Just...NOOOO!

Oh but I can and I WILL!

In most Zombie movies we assume their creation is of a scientifical nature. A virus or failed military experiment. But in TWD, Hershel does mention the resurrection of the dead. So if they were mystical as someone said earlier, we would be in a lot of trouble. Scientifically we could probably win.

Originally posted by Flyattractor
[b]Oh but I can and I WILL! [/B]

[QUOTE=15243501]Originally posted by riv6672
They could have named that movie anything else, it had so little to do with the book...🙁 [/QU
True what happened to the lobos and laser guns

What else I dont get is how napalmfails against zombies. It can basically burn a brain to ash.

20+ years in the Army and i can (thankfully) say, i never dealt with napalm. Dont think its a complete or instant though. You'd likely end up with flaming zombies setting you and yours on fire, until the brain burned, if it ever did.

From the (i'm sure completely unbiased 😉) zombie wiki:

Napalm is flammable adhesive liquid that can sustain a high burning temperature. While technically, the name originated from the original popular formula of naphthenic and palm acids in gasoline, there are hundreds of different acceptable formulas that are known as napalm. It burns very hot and many kinds are durable enough to burn on the surface of a body of water.

Unlike most incendiary weapons, Napalm can be very useful against zombies. Napalm sticks to whatever it touches and burns for a long time and can easily render a zombie immobile if not just kill it outright. Note that this can take sometime, depending ont he formula of the napalm and how much of the napalm got on the zombie in the first place.

Originally posted by riv6672
Have you read WW Z? They break down the shortcomings of traditional combat methods pretty well.

He makes good points about how artillery and rockets would be less effective against enemies who don't stop from minor wounds and can't have their morale sapped, but he basically hit the military with a massive dose of PIS that took away all their other assets.

Brooks lost all ethos though with the way he depicts the cleansing of the United States. Seriously, a giant line of troops moving shoulder to shoulder?

Wait how would artillery and rockets be less effective? I mean if it hits them they should go kablooey, no?

Originally posted by Branlor Swift
Wait how would artillery and rockets be less effective? I mean if it hits them they should go kablooey, no?

Originally posted by Omega Vision
Direct hits, yeah, but Brooks' point was that, the proximity effect from shrapnel and the psychological factor of the explosion that's so devastating to human enemies is pretty much completely lost on zombies. If you have a thousand humans attacking you, you could successfully turn them back by killing a hundred with a few well placed artillery shells. With the same number of zombies you'd still have nine hundred undeterred zombies coming at you.

The shrapnel should still kill quite a lot of zombies though. Plus "slowing down" a lot as well. Then I mean it's still killing a lot while you have other weapons available with a lot more men, especially if you're pulling out rockets and artillery. You're basically ready for a small war at that stage.

I get the morale aspect, but that just seems like some zombie fanboying, like what you said.

I'm not going to nitpick with you guys, but seriously, you're givibg shrapnel too much credit, and not enough to a relentless tide of the undead. 😛

im just going to bring up a piont

THERMITE

how is it relevant you ask
its cheap, its effective, burns the shit out of bone and flesh. not quite napalm but easier to use.

and did i mention i have 4000+ reasons as to why it Burns me up 😉