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[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 21 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Explanation: Romans had a neat little trick that was trotted out from time to time where they would form a kind of testudo so their comrades could use the shields as a ramp. It was actually an effective tactic for assaulting low walls and camp ramparts! No need to clamber up while some sod stabs at your grasping fingers, you can hop up and face him like a MAN.

As you can see in the second picture, using military gear of one's comrades for a quite literal boost is still a tactic some 2000 years later!

I hope this is on-topic enough. I enjoy NCD but I'm not always sure where the line is with regards to historical military practice memes vs. modern defense memes and plane-fucking

[-] nuke@sh.itjust.works 15 points 5 months ago

You're good. NCD welcomes a wide range of posts. I think NCD would make more sense if we had post Flair like on Reddit, but unfortunately Lemmy does not support this feature.

As an example here are some post flairs from /r/NCD on Reddit:

"Literally 1984" - Post by a mod

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"It Just Works" - for general Non-credible ideas

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"SHOIGU! GERASIMOV!" - for Ukraine related shitposts

"What air defence doing?" - for Ukraine related shitpost

"A modest Proposal" - for Article 5 type ideas

"NCD cLaSsIc" - your Classic NCD stuff

"Photoshop 101 📷" - for misc Photoshop posts

"Lockmart R & D" - for Non-credible ideas (of a more technical nature)

"NCR&D" - for Non-credible ideas

"Premium Propaganda" - for making fun of/satirising propaganda

"Geneva checklist 📝" - more like the *Geneva suggestion*

"MFW no healthcare >⚕️" - USA #1 !!! for times, countries realise why the US doesn't have healthcare

"🌎Geography Lesson 🌏" - for when you're suddenly an expert on the area around Bakhmut

"FAFO World Cope 2024 🏆" - World Championship for xperiencing the consequences of your actions

"They/Them Army 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️" - NATO's 'weak' army, infiltrated by Navy femboys and trans Marines

"Sentimental Saturday 👴🏽" - specifically WW2 related posts (only allowed on Saturday)

"Arsenal of Democracy 🗽" - USA #1 !!! because sometimes you need two USA no.1 flairs

"🇨🇳鸡肉面条汤🇨🇳" - China-related post (trust us, it doesn't translate into something funny)

"愚蠢的西方人無論如何也無法理解 🇨🇳" - China-related post, but with a longer flair

"Rheinmetall AG(enda)" - serious posts related to the defence industrial complex

"(un)qualified opinion 🎓" - for uninformed non-credible takes

"Proportional Annihilation 🚀🚀🚀" - for 'reasonable response' themed non-credible takes

"Warcrimes & Brunch 🥨🍺" - misc non-credible takes

"Gunboat Diplomacy🚢" - for non-credible takes (don't fuck with the US's boats)

"Full Spectrum Warrior" - high-functioning ultra non-credible takes

"Weaponized🧠Neurodivergence" - for extremely 'special' non-credible takes

"High effort Shitpost" - Self explanatory

"Real Life Copium" - Shitposting about copium

"3000 Black Jets of Allah" - for Classic NCD shitposting

"🇬🇧 MoD Moment 🇬🇧" - UK shitposting

"European Joint Failures 🇩🇪 💔 🇫🇷" - EU shitposting

"Europoor Strategic Autonomy 🇫🇷" -- EU shitposting

"Gun Moses Browning" - for niche or specific takes

"SAAB Marketing 🤡" - for niche or specific takes

"Petting the Bullpup 🐕‍🦺" - for niche or specific takes

"Certified Hood Classic" - for niche or specific takes

[-] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago

Nostalgia, stings so good. I miss flair.

[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Pretty sure the guy behind the front guy is about to have his fingies smashed.

this post was submitted on 16 Jun 2024
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