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    Most people here have probably at some time tried to image what the battles actually look like.
    Some movies do a good job of showing this:
    Legion vs Warrior: Gladiator
    Chariot vs ~Phalanx: Gladiator
    Dragoon vs musketeer: Patriot
    Musketeer vs Musketeer: Patriot
    Knight vs Pikemen: Braveheart
    Marines vs Partisan: Full Metal Jacket
    Knight vs Knight: Joan of Arc

    are there any other good examples?

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    Warrior -v- Howitzer = The Mouse That Roared (an old Peter Sellers film)

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    • #3
      Rifleman v Rifleman- The Trench, Regeneration
      Skeleton v Phalanx- Jason and the Argonaughts
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      • #4
        Warrior vs destroyer - Apocalypse now (remember that scene?)
        Helicopter vs warrior - same movie
        Cavalry vs warrior - Soldier Blue

        C.

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        • #5
          Fortified riflemen behind a fortress on a hill VS Riflemen........Saving Private Ryan

          Talk about a wipeout.........

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          • #6
            quote:

            Originally posted by Fiji on 11-27-2000 06:36 AM
            are there any other ""good"" examples?


            Jap-zeros VS Destroyers & Battleships > TORA-TORA-TORA!
            Submarine's > The hunt for Red October.
            Spies > Any 007//-*
            Chariots & Triremes > BEN-HUR
            Archers VS Knights > Robin Hood
            Explorer VS Warriors > 1492
            Stealth Fighter VS Nukes > The Arrow.
            Caravans VS Legion > Simbad.

            Movies! Still plenty left.

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            • #7
              just thought of another one
              Beast of War (great movie by any standards)
              has a taste of what Fanatics vs armour would be like
              great dialogue: RPG ... tank ... kaboem!!!

              on the front: knight vs fluffy bunny rabbit: monty pythons search for the holy grail

              I hope someone decides to make Red storm rising

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              • #8
                quote:

                Originally posted by Fiji on 11-28-2000 06:10 AM
                on the front: knight vs fluffy bunny rabbit: monty pythons search for the holy grail




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                • #9
                  Warriors vs. Riflemen - Zulu (I think that's the name of the movie)

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                  • #10
                    quote:

                    Originally posted by DaveV on 11-28-2000 03:51 PM
                    Warriors vs. Riflemen - Zulu (I think that's the name of the movie)


                    wouldn't that be warrior vs musketeers?

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                    • #11
                      quote:

                      Originally posted by Fiji on 11-29-2000 06:10 AM
                      wouldn't that be warrior vs musketeers?



                      I wondered the same thing. I recall the British using muzzle loading, long barreled guns (with bayonets).

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                      • #12
                        I would think that it would be

                        phalanx vs. riflemen

                        (The Zulus did have small spears)

                        horsemen vs. settlers (any Western movie)
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                        • #13
                          I think it would be riflemen versus warriors.

                          If we weren't using rifles by the Boer War I'd be amazed, They were certainly available and the world's leading nation would certainly have been aware of them, also the ratio of troops would suggest a better weapon than a musket. I think that the phalanx suggests a better level of organisation and armour than the Zulus' possessed in battle, no disrespect intended, the Scots took a severe doing for the same martial sins, but I think the Zulus' had more in common with the warriors than the phalanx
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                          • #14
                            Here's some more;

                            Elephant VS spy > OCTOPUSSY
                            Fighter VS Carrier > MIDWAY
                            Horseman VS Warrior > GERONIMO
                            Diplomat > CHAPLIN
                            Frigates VS Galleon > Any good pirates adventure!

                            This evening at the Movies, bring us the Popcorn!

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                            • #15
                              Submarine vs. Destroyer > Das Boot (the boat?? I don't know the english name for that movie, but thats the exact translation)
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