Right, that’s what I’m asking: if the second (middle) is wrong, (i.e., logistics was not the influential factor) then what is the real reason that earlier guns were superior?

OP’s meme implies that logistics was not the factor, though.

…but that’s not what OP’s meme implies?

That’s the impression I had, but OP seems to be disputing it, implying that they were superior even ignoring logistics, which I’m not sure I buy.

I mean… modern guns, for sure, but early firearms? How were they superior, do you suppose?

edit: lots of replies seem to be missing the point of my question: OP is implying that “logistics and training time” were not the factors that led to the gun’s superiority. If that’s the case, what was?

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hurk

HE OVERRODE HIS COMMANDERS

HE MADE A LAST STAND AT FLANDERS

Oh god, this is the remake. The remake was a quarter century ago.

Why must everything make me feel old?

Right? How do you write an incredible book about how biases and misunderstandings can lead to tragic consequences, and then turn around and be a bigot?

The Inka get bonus points for building earthquake-proof (or at least extremely resistant) structures out of stone.

I call BS - I have never seen gas prices (in the US) that don’t end in a “9”.

Idc about profits man, I want a liveable biosphere.

Pssh, you guys are still on gravity-fusion? My ship has magnetically-bottled antihydrogen, which is carefully fed into a specialized reaction vessel that annihilates it with ordinary hydrogen to produce unbelievable amounts of heat…

…which is then used to boil water and force the steam through a turbine.

Honestly, this one isn’t much of an exaggeration.

Yeah, that’s pretty much /thread there.

“…I hardly know 'er!”

its greed sickens me

Even sound energy eventually ends up as heat, though!