Max Brooks: World War Z

FriedRiceNSpice said:

Not really sure if zombies could smell or otherwise detect lifeforms within a tank though =\
Also, groups of tanks can spread out and operate together to bait and draw out the zombies if they zombies could.

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This was Yonkers, not Kursk :v

As far as stereotypes go, we have stereotypes because many of them tend to be based on truth. Simple as that. They don't just pop out of thin air.

There is one thing I want to say. I did love this book, very much. And I think it would be absolutely incredible is Max Brooks put out a new book of "The Battle of the Five Colleges" It's briefly mentioned in WWZ, but there was never an actual story about it. It sounds like it would be an incredible story.

ThousandEyes said:

As far as stereotypes go, we have stereotypes because many of them tend to be based on truth. Simple as that. They don't just pop out of thin air.

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If you think describing the Chinese military strategy as "mindlessly throwing more men against the enemy", you've got a LOT to learn about the Chinese military. Fortunately, you are in the right place.

Quite the contrary, the PLA is probably one of the better militaries to face off against a zombie apocalypse. They've got the manpower to sweep entire cities clean and the discipline to hold together against this terrifying foe. They don't need to rely as much on "shock and awe" tactics which do nothing to zombies. They have thousands of years of military experience to draw upon fighting large numbers of melee-based opponents.

Back in the Three-Kingdoms era, Zhu Geliang lured Cao Cao's soldiers into a trap and burned them alive. It would be much easier to employ similar tactics against mindless zombies.

Forget 19th century infantry lines and single-shot rifles, as depicted in WWZ. The most effective way to destroy zombies is to lure and corral large numbers of zombies into a location they can't get out of, and then purge the area with napalm fire.

If you have to send infantry in, always back them up with a flamethrower. Used properly, the flamethrower is far more effective than bullets against masses of zombies.

It might take some time for the West to switch their mentality that zombies are no longer human and can't revert them back to human (ie. no cure), but perhaps the Chinese won't get bogged down by such wishy-washy feelings and do the necessary thing - zombies are pestilence that has to be eliminated.

Don't know if any of you guys watch anime here, but there's an manga-turns-anime series called "High School of the Dead" you might find it interesting...in it, there depicts some alcoves of human would think the zombies are just "sick human" that can be treated or at least warrant human rights, while totally ignore what threat the zombies impose on all the living, and naturally they're the weakest link in the defense.

Somehow, I'm more incline to believe such stupidity would surface in such situation, most likely in the West...

If you have to send infantry in, always back them up with a flamethrower. Used properly, the flamethrower is far more effective than bullets against masses of zombies.

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Or even better... dig up an old T-34 with a flamethrower or add some flamethrowers to old T-34s/T-55s. Got armor and zombie-cooking firepower all packed in one mean package!

FriedRiceNSpice said:

Or even better... dig up an old T-34 with a flamethrower or add some flamethrowers to old T-34s/T-55s. Got armor and zombie-cooking firepower all packed in one mean package!

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The problem with armor is that they can't go inside buildings, which is where the most dangerous action is. Of course, using flame throwers indoors isn't exactly a good idea either...

Inside buildings, shotguns are best. Actually, Shotguns are the best anti-zombie guns period. It's not as if you need the range of rifles, and the firing rate of machine guns are useless unless the rounds can hit the head.

Another thing they need is good personal armor. Something that human teeth can't bite through and water proof so that zombie fluid can't seep inside.

Just to let you know guys that starting today my hometown of Glasgow,Scotland is being transformed into Philadelphia as they plan to shoot scenes for the film here.I think they are looking for extras.

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FriedRiceNSpice said:

Or even better... dig up an old T-34 with a flamethrower or add some flamethrowers to old T-34s/T-55s. Got armor and zombie-cooking firepower all packed in one mean package!

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I pick nanomachines designed specifically to deconstruct necrotic flesh, that'd be most efficient.

I'd pick a similar approach to MwRYum, since I'm a biochemist foremost.
Some kind of biological weapons, flesh eating bacteria maybe, or some kind of thermogenic compounds would stop the zombies in a few hours or even minutes.

xywdx said:

I'd pick a similar approach to MwRYum, since I'm a biochemist foremost.
Some kind of biological weapons, flesh eating bacteria maybe, or some kind of thermogenic compounds would stop the zombies in a few hours or even minutes.

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In that direction what about one of the Exterminatus method, virus bombing? Flesh eating virus that turn flesh into flammable sludge and gas in minutes, then ignite and burnt clean?