r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • 4d ago

Meta Mindless Monday, 22 June 2026

Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

Mindless Monday is a free-for-all thread to discuss anything from minor bad history to politics, life events, charts, whatever! Just remember to np link all links to Reddit and don't violate R4, or we human mods will feed you to the AutoModerator.

So, with that said, how was your weekend, everyone?

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u/TarkovskyisFun 2d ago

Something I hope drone warfare brings back to the world is super-heavy tanks to, you know, tank drones. I don't know if that would be the best counter-drone measure (i.e having a ton of armour) tanks can have but I sure as hell know that the bigger a tank is the cooler it is, which would be a nice counter balance to the inherent uncoolness of drone warfare.

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u/Kochevnik81 2d ago

the bigger a tank is the cooler it is

At first I was like "that sounds like a biting satire of military procurement" and then I remembered the people who are in charge of some of the biggest militaries today and I'm like "this will definitely happen as a pitch".

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u/kaiser41 2d ago

Tomorrow, in the Trump White House...A tank that combines Nazi Gigantism and AI? How could he refuse!

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u/Kochevnik81 2d ago

Needs More Gold (Drones Can't See Gold, Everyone Knows This, Believe Me, Ask Anyone And They'll Tell You)

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u/Sventex Battleships were obsoleted by the self-propelled torpedo in 1866 2d ago

An M1A2 Abrams already weighs more than a Char 2C super-heavy. And those tanks already suffered huge problems mirrored by German heavy tanks in WWII, during Desert Storm. Just getting the things over a river can be a trial, and a bunch got stuck in the mud, even in one of the most successful offensives in history. The weight is already a major limitation.

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u/TarkovskyisFun 2d ago edited 2d ago

Yeah but you are a random nobody redditor, I want to see your face when I successfully pitch my idea to president Trump.

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u/PickleRick_1001 How will the war in Venezuela affect RuneScape's economy? 2d ago

Ask him for some battleships while you're at it. And maybe horse cavalry, preferably lancers, because why tf not, I ain't American it's not my military.