How do you survive on the front lines of a world war??, page 1

Its a war my misinformed parrot, I been there, trust me its a war.

I think you are just pissed off because we are winning it.

On topic.

Don't go into any houses or basements. You will just end up buried alive.

Get away from cities and suburbs.

The country side will be your best bet, the next World War will be an urban one. There will not be anything like Bastogne. It will be house to house. Get away from those houses.

Get a gun, lots of ammo, a smart dog and hope you don't have a family. Those with families will end up dying first, unless the kids are old enough to take care of themselves. Other wise people will die defending their families.

Learn to eat things that would make a billy goat puke (to quote first blood).

reply posted on 19-3-2010 @ 02:39 PM by spikey

reply to post by Maddogkull

It really depends on what kind of war it would be - conventional, nuclear, biological or viral. Or something else entirely - weather modification/scalar perhaps. As we're in the information age, it could be argued that we at ATS are always on the front lines of an informational/propagandist type war...most of us survive, others succumb.

The difficulty with an informational war, is knowing who is the enemy, and who is simply giving their point of view, however misguided or otherwise we think that view might be.
That's how propaganda works so well.

It never ceases to amaze me how there were any survivors among troops on the front lines in 18th and 19th centuries. The tactics were simply lunacy.

Dress in the brightest clothing you could find, form orderly and slow moving lines of troops, and equip then with a sword and a 3 minutes reload musket!

Then order the fodder to walk slowly and stiffly towards an entrenched enemy. Lunatics.

The 'Great war' or WWI, wasn't much better, the only difference was at least the generals were marginally less mad, inasmuch as they allowed the fodder to dig trenches and dugouts to shelter from the much more advanced weaponry.

Personally, and this is in no way meant as a note of support - but the Taliban have the right idea.
Guerilla warfare, in a conventional war is the way to go. Hit and run, sabotage, and so on, would probably be the best chance for survival against superior arms. Obviously so. The Soviets, with their military might couldn't win against the Afghans in the 80's, who were employing the same tactics then, as they are now against the UK and US forces (and others). We are coming up to almost a decade ourselves, and still no nearer to a victory.

I though history was supposed to teach us something?

In a nuclear war, everywhere would be the front line, so unless you have stockpiled provisions and supplies enough to last years, down a very deep hole in the ground, it's going to be pure luck if most of us would survive.

Same for the other types of warfare.

On that cheery note..

reply posted on 19-3-2010 @ 02:46 PM by spikey

reply to post by Berserker01

Learn to eat things that would make a billy goat puke (to quote first blood).

If it meant survival, trust me most people would eat not only the billy goat, but have it's puke as a sauce.

reply posted on 19-3-2010 @ 02:55 PM by WhiteDevil013

reply to post by Maddogkull

I think situational awareness is VERY important. As well as remembering your training, and being cool under pressure. Stay ready at all times...

I think the ancient soldier of old had it right, (Romans etc) "to survive a brutal confrontation, first one must not just accept death, but embrace it. Only then will you be combat effective." I dont think that means go on suicide missions, but when confronted with fear use it to your advantage. Turn it into adrenaline and a will to live, instead of letting it make you stiffen, freeze up and hesitate.

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reply posted on 19-3-2010 @ 02:56 PM by murfdog

When I was younger I would do carpentry work and odd jobs for an elderly gentleman who was on the front lines of ww2 almost the entire war. He told me that almost all of the guys he stated with died along with there replacements. He told me that he survived because no mater what when ever they stopped moving he would start digging a fox hole and stayed as low to the ground as he could. He thought that he survived because he never got to comfortable with the situation he was in.
I hope I never have to find out.

reply posted on 19-3-2010 @ 03:10 PM by LiquidLight

Originally posted by Maddogkull
I know for a fact it was safer to run into were the bombs were dropped in the 1st/ 2nd world war because the probability rate that a bomb will land in the same place twice was very rare.

A little off topic, but I just wanted to say that this is basically a wartime version of the gambler's fallacy. There's no logical reason to assume that just because a bomb dropped in one place, that another one wouldn't drop in the same place.

reply posted on 19-3-2010 @ 03:15 PM by Maddogkull

Of course we never know, but do the math, odds are there is a better chance a bomb would go beside it then right in the same place.

reply posted on 19-3-2010 @ 03:21 PM by Berserker01

reply to post by Maddogkull

Don't run into the buildings if it has just been bombed.

Even if it isn't completely destroyed, a bomb going off next to it could bring it down and then you are buried.

DO NOT RUN INTO HOUSES OR BUILDINGS.

reply posted on 19-3-2010 @ 03:22 PM by Faiol

reply to post by Berserker01

lol ... its a war?

to kill people without any type of training means u are fighting an army?

just because there are people trying to kill u doesnt mean its a war

I am just laughing here that u to say "we are winning", how can you not win ? to invade a country that does not possesses any type of defense system, without any trained army

you should realize u are fighting fathers, sons, grandfather, you are not fighting soldiers and its not hard to understand why they are fighting, since u guys throw bombs first, ask later, how can they not try to retribution ... they lost a lot of people during the attacks, so, its an automated recruitment

remember, u guys attacked first, since u guys "had" "information" about nuclear threats and u guys just assume every muslim was responsible for 911, since, well, if an american throws a plane into a building, that off course means every american will throw a plane into a building

I am not muslim, I am just saying what I perceive as the truth, an outside viewer ... I think u did not even tried to research why you did go to war

deny ignorance

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reply posted on 19-3-2010 @ 03:23 PM by ChrisF231

Don't go into any houses or basements. You will just end up buried alive.

Not exactly true, that's what the German Fallschirmjäger (paratroopers) did at Monte Cassino. They turned the rubble into a fortress and decimated wave after wave of Allied troops. Eventually after FOUR MONTHS the hilltop monastery turned fortress was captured by troops from the Polish Army in Exile attached to the British Army.

Get away from cities and suburbs.

Cities and urban areas are the BEST place to be in modern warfare. Armor, air power, and technology are useless in urban environments.

reply posted on 19-3-2010 @ 03:24 PM by pieman

Originally posted by LiquidLight
There's no logical reason to assume that just because a bomb dropped in one place, that another one wouldn't drop in the same place.

yes, but this method work perfectly for every single person who survived to tell the tale

a shell crater is just a handy ready made fox hole and artillery is unlikely to fire an exact replica shot, it's actually a fairly good place to be, relatively, but with modern guided weapons, who knows.

the best regarded survival tip for the front lines of any type of warfare has always been and always will be "never volunteer for anything", second only to "never pass up a hot meal or a comfortable bed".

EDIT: although "get away from the front line as soon as possible" seems like another good tip.

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reply posted on 19-3-2010 @ 03:50 PM by Shrukin89

Hiding underground is your best bet. Cover up any openings but make sure you can get in and out easily.

reply posted on 19-3-2010 @ 03:57 PM by Berserker01

Originally posted by ChrisF231

Don't go into any houses or basements. You will just end up buried alive.

Not exactly true, that's what the German Fallschirmjäger (paratroopers) did at Monte Cassino. They turned the rubble into a fortress and decimated wave after wave of Allied troops. Eventually after FOUR MONTHS the hilltop monastery turned fortress was captured by troops from the Polish Army in Exile attached to the British Army.

Get away from cities and suburbs.

Cities and urban areas are the BEST place to be in modern warfare. Armor, air power, and technology are useless in urban environments.