"War is the great equalizer because only the fittest survive"

>"War is the great equalizer because only the fittest survive"
I'm not sure how smart Sup Forums is but surely people don't believe this is the case after the machine gun was introduced right?

What are you talking about?

The smarter person who uses better tactics with the machine gun wins. Now physical strength isn't as relevant as intelligence.

You still need to be physically strong in combat. Special forces dudes are probably the most fit and deadliest soldiers humans have produced so far. You're still running, rucking, swimming dodging bullets while carrying 70+ pounds of gear

dam you're really dumb

only dumb people have good tactics.

IMO this idea is impossible to convince someone to think, can only be conveyed with real life.

fitness is always relative to environment you third world walking shitpost. As the conditions of the earth includes a mimetic inheritance of how to make machine guns the fittest are those who can use and construct them the best. Die in a tire fire.

special forces like that are so neccessary because our "Wars" are idiotic political/police actions where we try not to defeat a country but turn it into a strip mall. In a total war scenario the missiles, ship cannons and drone pilots matter more than tier1 sf.

>after the machine gun was introduced
you could still get hit with an arrow when sword fighting

the truth behind modern warfare is that no matter how fit and intelligent you are, one tiny mistake or oversight can lead to your death.

if someone armed spots you before you see them, you're most likely going to die before you can even react.

Intelligence equates to rationality and conservatism.
War demands gusto and initiative.
Overly Intelligent people make horrendous soldiers and worse commanders. You can't rationalize a battle, it's all or nothing.
All great commanders for took the rational approach and led from the front with a predetermined plan and they made minute changes as the battle developed, but they had to be fighting as well.

>he's not intelligent AND physically strong

How does it feel being Jewish?

War is dysgenic, the cowards, defectives and unpatriotic stay home safe while a large chunk of the countries patriots are killed or maimed.

WW1 and 2 pretty much wiped out a huge chunk of our best stock

>>"War is the great equalizer because only the fittest survive"
No, the people with clubfoot, scoliosis, deafness, blindness etc don't make front line duty and then they survive.

War is a conflict between two peoples, not just two armed forces. The people that can field machine guns for whatever reason are obviously more superior in some regards than the people that can't.

Congratulations you figured it out. Taking a clip and spraying it across the field in the general direction of the enemy doesn't make you 'fit'.

The people in here talking about tactical skillful use have never used a machine gun/semi let alone a paintball gun.

If a srs war breaks out I'm moving to some arctic tundra and yall faggots can enjoy being killed by some lucky knuckle-head, a drone or a nuke -- while I eat tree roots and small mammals for a few years.

Yeah that's why militaries just let anyone in and have no physical training regimens and standards.

Thread winners right here. Majority of Sup Forums is retarded afterall.

>arctic tundra
How will you get there mr bong?

>living in a police state
>thinks he can get away from serving in ww3.
topkek mate, you better start eating to get fat or you're fucked.

>arctic tundra
How will you get there mr bong?

>living in a police state
>thinks he can get away from serving in ww3.
topkek mate, you better start eating to get fat or you're fucked.

Have you seen threads? Its about England.

WW1 killed off so many artists and thinkrers, WW2 wasn't as bad, but lately wars are just neutral to the intelligence of people.

I'm actual a mongol from next door to you Björn. Norway just gifted us a mountain, so I can dig a cave under it desu.

It would be true if we were in a stage permanent war which would generate an environnemental pressure on both men and societies (think ancient greece/post roman empire era/vikings).

But yeah since introduction of artillery/rifles it pretty much comes to capability of officers, being a skilled and clever marksman will not change the odds that much if your officers are inferior tacticians and strategists compared to the enemies.