Most badass-looking military uniform

[HIMBOB]

Horns look fantastic, but melee combat is like working around high-speed machinery: You don't want random shit attached to your body that can get caught.

Unfortunately a lot of the coolest medieval outfits were basically ceremonial stuff, or stuff that some dumbass royal bastard would wear out on a parade or something.

You wouldn't want that as a normal soldier but being easy to spot on the battle field was seen as a plus.

I'd think it would make you a target but apparently it helps you manage your troops better. Only thing I can think of is if I am a soldier and I would be thinking its porbably a good idea to stand near the boss because he isn't going to be in the middle of the cannon fodder division.

 

[A Muse of Fire]

Yeah but put the general and BSB in there and they're re-rolling stubborn Ld 9.

Haga I love warhammer

karskrin grenadiers and commisars get my vote

 

[Anung Un Rama]

That's the worst camouflage ever. Ever.

then you're already dead. Those green unis are on mannequins, the real soldiers dry grass cammies

 

[Just a username]

The French didn't just have one bad war; they had one bad century. Even more if you count the numerous conflicts in which the English changed their diapers over the past millennium or so. To be fair though, damn near every nation that has gone up against the Limeys over the past thousand years had ended up with a W.

Anyways, the French do have a legit military and are very capable soldiers; they just had the misfortune of being the second best military in mainland Europe at a time when that was a very dangerous thing to be.

They won WW I, contributing as much as the British, if not more. Their military history is grand:

-William the Conquerer

-The succesful early Crusades were mostly won by French arms.

-Won the 100 years war and drove out the English from the European mainland.

-Spanked the Spanish and the Holy Roman Empire for the better part of the 17th century.

-Napoleon

And i haven't even mentioned the military success of the Franks, which is at least partially "French".

 

[Starck]

Eh, the French have been playing second fiddle to the big dogs since they got their asses handed to them in the War of the Spanish Succession in the early 1700s.

Edit: except for the Napoleonic period, that was a time of immense badassery for France.

 

[Just a username]

Eh, the French have been playing second fiddle to the big dogs since they got their asses handed to them in the war of the spanish succession in the early 1700s.

Napeleon conquered much of Europe and it took an alliance of Prussia, Austria, UK and Russia to bring him down.

Lol, you just edited your post. Makes my comment kinda of unnecessary now.

 

[Starck]

Napeleon conquered much of Europe and it took an alliance of Prussia, Austria, UK and Russia to bring him down.

Lol, you just edited your post. Makes my comment kinda of unnecessary now.

I edited the post like immediately. You are just too quick at refreshing.

 

[MadSquabbles500]

They won WW I, contributing as much as the British, if not more. Their military history is grand:

-William the Conquerer

-The succesful early Crusades were mostly won by French arms.

-Won the 100 years war and drove out the English from the European mainland.

-Spanked the Spanish and the Holy Roman Empire for the better part of the 17th century.

-Napoleon

And i haven't even mentioned the military success of the Franks, which is at least partially "French".

William the Conqueror is more Viking than French. Which is why England was never a part of France when William Conquered it. The French did beat the English in the 100 years war.

Napoleon was Italian really. A Corsican is an Italian for the most part.

But the French lost the French and Indian Wars, which really could have set them up real nice for the next 200 so years. That was an important war.

I thought they were getting spanked by Germany in WW1.

 

[MadSquabbles500]

I mean the square-jawed, super slim but broad-shouldered guy in the paintings, vs. the probably more realistic guy on the left here:

Are those the modern day British Redcoats?

 

[Just a username]

William the Conqueror is more Viking than French. Which is why England was never a part of France when William Conquered it. The French did beat the English in the 100 years war.

Napoleon was Italian really. A Corsican is an Italian for the most part.

But the French lost the French and Indian Wars, which really could have set them up real nice for the next 200 so years. That was an important war.

I thought they were getting spanked by Germany in WW1.

William the Conquerer was born more than a 100 years after the Norse gained rule over Normandy. He spoke French and employed French ways of fighting. Calling him a Viking because of his heritage is silly, it's analogous to calling Ulysses S. Grant an Englishman.

Napoleon was Corsican, which a was part of France back then. Still is. He recieved his military education in France and led French armies. The fact that he was Corsican is incidental, his military glory belongs to France.

The French army held their own in WW I, i don't see how that war could be a source of shame for them.

 

[GhostZ06]

 

[Starck]

William the Conqueror is more Viking than French. Which is why England was never a part of France when William Conquered it. The French did beat the English in the 100 years war.

Napoleon was Italian really. A Corsican is an Italian for the most part.

But the French lost the French and Indian Wars, which really could have set them up real nice for the next 200 so years. That was an important war.

I thought they were getting spanked by Germany in WW1.

The French fared decently in WWI, though I feel like that was largely a function of trench warfare being an equalizer of sorts. What would be interesting is whether or not they could have held out without British intervention.

 

[WorldofWarcraft]

Completely forgot about Rhodesia

 

[KnightTemplar]

William the Conquerer was born more than a 100 years after the Norse gained rule over Normandy. He spoke French and employed French ways of fighting. Calling him a Viking because of his heritage is silly, it's analogous to calling Ulysses S. Grant an Englishman.

Napoleon was Corsican, which a was part of France back then. Still is. He recieved his military education in France and led French armies. The fact that he was Corsican is incidental, his military glory belongs to France.

The French army held their own in WW I, i don't see how that war could be a source of shame for them.

In terms of Genetics/DNA, 100 years is the equivalent of last Thursday. William the Bastard was a direct line descendant of Rollo the Walker, who founded Normandy. The Norman's method of fighting was not so much borrowed from the French as an evolution of Norse methods. It was the Normans themselves who pioneered the use of Heavy Cavalry, not the French.

 

[Cazador]

Didn't realize until this thread how cool the Nazi's uniforms were, but as someone already said too bad they were wasted on Nazi's.

I don't know if they qualify in this category, but I'd also give my vote to BOPE's uniforms.

 

[KnightTemplar]

Didn't realize until this thread how cool the Nazi's uniforms were, but as someone already said too bad they were wasted on Nazi's.

I don't know if they qualify in this category, but I'd also give my vote to BOPE's uniforms.

I don't see why BOPE wouldn't qualify; they're a Para-Military unit. With the emphasis very firmly on Military.

I think Stallone ripped off their uniforms for the Expendables look.:icon_lol:

 

[Just a username]

In terms of Genetics/DNA, 100 years is the equivalent of last Thursday.William the Bastard was a direct line descendant of Rollo the Walker, who founded Normandy.

Yes, and? Culturally he was French, which is far more relevant than genetics.

The Norman's method of fighting was not so much borrowed from the French as an evolution of Norse methods. It was the Normans themselves who pioneered the use of Heavy Cavalry, not the French.

Using cavarly cannot be seen as an evolution of Norse methods seeing as they barely used cavalry. Heavy cavarly was a common feature in post-Carolingian continental Europe and was intensly connected with the continental feudal system, which, again, has nothing to with the Norse.

Look, i know you love the Vikings, but you can't claim William the Bastard as one of them because it doesn't make sense to do so.

 

[Cazador]

I don't see why BOPE wouldn't qualify; they're a Para-Military unit. With the emphasis very firmly on Military.

I think Stallone ripped off their uniforms for the Expendables look.:icon_lol:

True.

Now that you mentioned it, I remember they're a branch of the Military police in Brazil.

 

[KnightTemplar]

Yes, and? Culturally he was French, which is far more relevant than genetics.



Using cavarly cannot be seen as an evolution of Norse methods seeing as they barely used cavalry. Heavy cavarly was a common feature in post-Carolingian continental Europe and was intensly connected with the continental feudal system, which, again, has nothing to with the Norse.

Look, i know you love the Vikings, but you can't claim William the Bastard as one of them because it doesn't make sense to do so.

The Danes used cavalry extensively during their wars against the Anglo Saxons; they may have fought in the Shield Wall, but raiding parties were mounted. It was the only way to move large groups of men quickly over rough terrain. The Normans simply extrapolated from that concept to turn it into a battle winning weapon.

The defining characteristic of the Normans was pragmatism. They did not become French. They married the best aspects of French culture with their own Norse heritage to become something unique that was greater than the sum of it's parts.

And come on: who doesn't love the Vikings?:icon_chee

 

[Just a username]

The Danes used cavalry extensively during their wars against the Anglo Saxons; they may have fought in the Shield Wall, but raiding parties were mounted. It was the only way to move large groups of men quickly over rough terrain. The Normans simply extrapolated from that concept to turn it into a battle winning weapon.

I think you're extrapolating too freely from the Dane-Anglo Saxon wars and missing the obvious, i.e. Norsemen settling into an area where cavalry warfare was a feature and simply adapting to their surroundings.

The defining characteristic of the Normans was pragmatism. They did not become French. They married the best aspects of French culture with their own Norse heritage to become something unique that was greater than the sum of it's parts.

Well, when you look at somone like William, you notice that he didn't have a Norse name, spoke French as his native tongue, was a Christian etc. Labeling him a Frenchman of Norse roots is imo much more accurate than calling him a Viking. I like they way they describe him in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle though lol:

He was a very stern and violent man, so no one dared do anything contrary to his will.

And come on: who doesn't love the Vikings?:icon_chee

I'll give that that, they were pretty damn awesome.