Your Loadout for a Red Dawn Style invasion.

[ManiacallyChallenged]

I'll agree with the brute force of the IED.
The ultimate fire and forget weapon, you place it and leave. It will wait as long as it has to.
As scary and sad as the situation is with our soldiers facing those, I have to be a little impressed. Just like the Japanese in WW2, and the US in the revolutionary war, tactics that are unorthodox can do real damage.

[MT2008]

Originally Posted by ManiacallyChallenged

I'll agree with the brute force of the IED.
The ultimate fire and forget weapon, you place it and leave. It will wait as long as it has to.
As scary and sad as the situation is with our soldiers facing those, I have to be a little impressed. Just like the Japanese in WW2, and the US in the revolutionary war, tactics that are unorthodox can do real damage.

Exactly. IEDs just make way more sense from a guerrilla's point of view. There's less risk of getting caught. And even though the jihadists want to die ASAP so they can get their 70 virgins, they're still smart enough to understand how much better IEDs work for their purposes, even compared to suicide bombers. Suicide bombers look scarier on the news to civilians, but I'm pretty sure IEDs are what soldiers in combat fear more.

[Gunmaster45]

Watch your step.

[Excalibur]

Well if the chinese invades, I gotta watch my back cause I'm a US born Chinese, and despite what I might say about being loyal to the USA, neighbors who see an invasion from my "brothers to the east" might not think too fondly of me anymore. It'll be like when the Japanese attacked the US during WWII, a lot of Japanese citizens were hated for no reason other than they being Japanese.

It's interesting to know who really is your friend when people who look just like you start attacking them. I hope at least in my life time or my children's children where the Chinese don't go to war with the US.

But for the sake of this topic, I'd sooner volunteer to the Armed forces as soon as possible to see if they have uses for someone like me

[MT2008]

Originally Posted by Excalibur

Well if the chinese invades, I gotta watch my back cause I'm a US born Chinese, and despite what I might say about being loyal to the USA, neighbors who see an invasion from my "brothers to the east" might not think too fondly of me anymore. It'll be like when the Japanese attacked the US during WWII, a lot of Japanese citizens were hated for no reason other than they being Japanese.

It's interesting to know who really is your friend when people who look just like you start attacking them. I hope at least in my life time or my children's children where the Chinese don't go to war with the US.

But for the sake of this topic, I'd sooner volunteer to the Armed forces as soon as possible to see if they have uses for someone like me

I don't think it'll happen. A reversion to the days before rapprochement is highly unlikely. Despite what some people believe, the Chinese are not going to overtake the U.S. any time soon, militarily or economically. U.S.-China relations for the next few decades are most likely to remain based on interdependence and co-existence rather than outright hostility. As long as they need us, it wouldn't make sense.

As far as mass-internment goes (in the event of such a scenario), I doubt the U.S. would try that again because (1.) there are too many people of Chinese descent in the U.S. already, and (2.) it's pointless; internment was used in WWII because our intelligence then wasn't nearly as sophisticated then as it is now.

[k9870]

Lets get back on topic:Weapons you wold go to war with,.


Id take an m1a with an ACOG, excellent firepower. A true combat rifle.
Something small, like a p90 or mp5 for close quarters/room clearing.
A 1911, probably dan wesson, and as many wilson combat mags as possible.

[Gunmaster45]

I thought Red Dawn was about Russians invading America, not the Chinese (???)

You like your Dan Wesson 1911s, is their anything particularly unique about them over other 1911s, or do you just have a personal like for them?

I'd use what I have handy. Chances are you wouldn't get to customize an M1A and other fun toys when being invaded by a foreign country.

[Winchester]

I'd probably go to Fort Bragg and join up with my brother's unit. Get my hands on a M24 and do some damage.