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Tanks don't operate on their own.

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The French did earn some of that reputation in WW2 from the embarassing panic/retreat in the Sedan sector shortly after the German assault on France began.

Shit planning is mostly to blame for essentially engineering a plan that put a French reserve infantry division against the German spearhead.  But, given the gravity of the situation they NEEDED to die in place or at least fight hard to delay the Germans.  Instead they folded and many rear echelon formations, including artillery units fled in panic before ever being engaged on the ground.

The cream of France's army never had a chance, they were marginalized

Now, WW1 was a different matter, despite the generally awful generalship all around, the French sacked up and fought very bravely.  The only real thing I can fault them for were protests of the soldiers in the trenches but I'm not sure how content I'd be at a place like Verdun either.

People do forget that the French were SCARY under napoleon.  People in GD trip over themselves to suck off the Third Reich...Napoleon's accomplishments were every bit as impressive, though about as short-lived.

And, lots of other stuff.

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Europe and Asia are the same land mass.



The western civilization concept of a "Europe" as a continental land mass distinct from an "Asia" dates back to when we thought the world looked like this:



http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=61947



We now know better.  Continental dividing lines used by custom are arbitrary, about as scientific as dividing lines between "races," so maybe you are trying to show solidarity with that crowd by being stuck in another era.



If there is any benefit in maintain a concept of a Europe separate from an "Asia" it is one of culture.  Russia represents savage nothingness that was settled by Europeans before it was conquered by Mongols, and now it has become its own special derplandia.



Peter the great knew Russia was not European, and tried to pull the culture that way.  Yet, Russia has a way of taking only the worst from other cultures, and rejecting the good.



This is a map that might allow for more clear dividing lines between Europe and Asia, FWIW.



http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=61948

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You missed Kaliningrad.

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The Russians don't have that much shit anymore...they have even less ways of supplying that shit.

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Don't they have some kind of cannons that can fire off 5 rounds with slightly different ballistics so they all hit the target at the same time?

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You need to understand that we're not talking about continents in the geological sense. The name "Europe" refers to a well defined area. End of story.

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Not on a tank.  Modern artillery can do that.

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Yes, but ours feature a full automatic bagged milk launcher.  Our tanks are also capable of dispensing an extremely sticky maple syrup screen.