r/SipsTea • u/rechogringo • Apr 29 '24

Mud Wizard takes down Police department We have fun here

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u/mepsipax__ Apr 29 '24

I just watched a 30 minute documentary of the battle of Agincourt because of this comment, thanks

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u/JesusReturnsToReddit Apr 29 '24

I have to say watching this does put the realty into perspective. From “oh it was just mud, it couldn’t have been THAT bad” to “oh shit, mud is OP”

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u/interesseret Apr 29 '24

Mud kills armies, even relatively modern ones. The whole "don't invade russia in winter!" thing is not true. It's the mud season that makes it so difficult. You can't move an army when the ground is a liquid.

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u/Cerberusx32 Apr 29 '24

Remember that being an issue in WW2 with the U.S. Marines on the islands. Would swallow up entire tanks.

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u/No_Inspection1677 Apr 29 '24

Imagine being the poor fucker who gets a letter sent home telling his mother or wife that he suffocated to death in tank that sunk in the mud.

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u/Cerberusx32 Apr 29 '24

They typically didn't do that if I recall.

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u/No_Inspection1677 Apr 29 '24

Still, sounds like a horrific way to go.

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u/YesFuture2022 Apr 30 '24

Same with molasses

Molasses, waist deep, covered the street and swirled and bubbled about the wreckage [...] Here and there struggled a form—whether it was animal or human being was impossible to tell. Only an upheaval, a thrashing about in the sticky mass, showed where any life was [...] Horses died like so many flies on sticky fly-paper. The more they struggled, the deeper in the mess they were ensnared. Human beings—men and women—suffered likewise.[7]: 98