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I wasn't sure if this thread was more appropriate for the History, Military Life and Issues or Great Debates forum. I chose History because I figured that some of you may be knowledgeable about military history.
Do you think it would be possible for 50-60 SEALS to take out the entire Roman army given the right equipment?
No because SOF are not designed to engage in long term conflicts.
This is clearly a hypothetical purely for kicks and giggles. Just put that aside for now.
Given the skill of the SEALS, what is the minimum number that would be required to take down the entire Roman army? Would 60 SEALS be easily overrun by tens of thousands of Romans on horseback?
Could the Romans simply accept 50,000 or so casualties (like in the movie Zulu Dawn) until they got close enough to maul the SEALS? Or would the SEALS' superior firepower keep the Romans' overwhelming numbers advantage in check?
What would be the Roman defense against a helicopter attack? They could just hover over the formations of legions and mow them down with automatic weapon fire. The Romans were notoriously short on anti aircraft catapults.
I doubt if 60 men, during the course of their entire lifetime, could cover enough geography to engage every defending soldier over the entire empire. Unless they could all be enticed to stand together in a single field. Otherwise, all the Romans would need to do is hide when the Seals approached. Unless the Seals were intent upon inflicting heavy collateral damage, there would be no point in the Romans even getting into harms way, with nothing to defend the empire against. Just let the Seals drive around aimlessly in their Hummers and sit around in the cabarets and tuck American dollars into the bras of the artistes.
Is there an assumption that the Seals have the logistical support of the entire US military and all the allies we can bribe, or do they have to transport all their own equipment and forage for themselves as they search nooks and crannies for Roman soldiers?
Is there an assumption that the Seals have the logistical support of the entire US military, or do they have to transport all their own equipment and forage for themselves as they search nooks and crannies for Roman soldiers?
Why would they have to go looking for Roman soldiers? They could fight their way to Rome and blow a whole right through its walls with C-4.
We're to assume that they're transporting all of their own equipment.
Actually the SEALs could have brought a bunch of modern stuff like cigarette lighters, binoculars, compasses, ball point pens etc, which would have been viewed as incredible treasures by the Romans and sold to them at huge prices. Then with their instant and immense wealth, the SEALs could do what the Romans typically did themselves, buy the loyalty of whatever legions were around and turn them against opposing legions.
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