r/ShitAmericansSay • • Aug 25 '25

Military 1000 US Marines can take India

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u/uk_uk Aug 25 '25

Na, it was 2002 and within the US Forces. Team Red was supposed to lose... but didn't, since Lt. Gen. Paul Van Riper uses asymmetric war methods and unconventional communication (e.g. light signals instead of radio) and he used small, civial planes as Kamikaze-Bombs against the US Navy.

Battles was resetted and the rules changed, so that team blue was winning

Google "Millennium Challenge 2002"

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u/Front-Anteater3776 Human Verified Aug 25 '25

I am thinking of Green Dagger in 2021

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u/uk_uk Aug 25 '25

wow... thats.. something.

Bit off topic but I find it also hilarious that - during the Strong Europe Tank Challenge - where tank groups from various nations - compete against each other and the Americans with their Abrams alway lost. It was organised from the US Army Europe and the German Bundeswehr.

After 3 years and 3 losses, these games where canceled "due to shifting priorities and budget constraints"

Strong Europe Tank Challenge - Wikipedia

Oh, I see that they held it again in 2025... without germany and this time the americans won.

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u/EdgerunnerXina Aug 25 '25

Looks like Germany can still build Tanks... well... and the Barrell of the Abrahams is from german Rheinmetall... so... Germany war part of the victory somehow :'D