Thiln

Oct 29 2015, 01:22 AM

I'm assuming this is a total war scenario where rules of conduct like the Geneva Conventions and other humanitarian executions of war have been discarded. In which case, all of the aforementioned armaments such as indiscriminate attacks, the usage of high calibre weaponry/ammunition against personnel, chemical warfare, incendiary rounds, and obviously nukes are available.

Well your normal RRA soldier from DB looks to be wearing far less in terms of equipment or protective garments like Kevlar than the standard soldier from any competent military in the real world. Toriyama probably doesn't have a very good understanding of the exact tools and resources available to real life militaries. If he did, then he should know that many of your standard issue small arms come with electronic scopes, night vision, thermal imaging, various calibres of ammunition that would be considered too dangerous for widescale usage under different conditions. Or how about the various tanks and aircraft available that make the RRA's look like toys by comparison? What Toriyama designs as firearms in his manga amounts to nondescript popularised weapons that can probably be described as "pistol, sniper rifle, assault rifle, machine gun" with no regards to the exact calibre, quality of the weapon, and ammunition involved.

Seriously, look up the firing capacity and damage output of a Barrett M82 rifle with high explosive .50 calibre ammunition. There's a reason why it's classified as an anti-material rifle. It's capable of piercing lightly armoured tanks and helicopters. I can almost assure you that if Goku had taken such a round head on while assaulting the RRA base, it would have been a very gruesome end for him. Roshi would have probably had his hand and arm taken off too if he tried snatching a round like that while his island was being attacked.

Then you've got the various other tools at the real world's disposal like ICBMs, predator drones, heat seeking missiles, chemical weaponry, ect. There's certain kinds of hallucinogenic agents that would induce disorientation of the senses, slurred speech, secretional drying, and of course hallucinations like 3-Quinuclidinyl benzilate. If you want to push it even further, there's also white phosphorus that can cause serious burns and damage to internal organs. Can Namekians even regenerate from failure or deterioration of the internal organs? I'd like to see what King Piccolo's reaction would be after being completely coated in it.

I won't deny that the RRA does have a few advantages of its own though like the metal suit used by Staff Officer Black which contained a missile with enough energy output to devastate the top of a mountain. Granted, I'm not familiar with all the different kinds of nuclear devices that the real world has. There might be some that are powerful enough to have a similar effect.

Gearfried

Oct 29 2015, 01:39 AM

they have made the Z warriors weaker then. i don't believe any man made weapon is going to hurt a warrior with a PL around 100, that is on guard. yeah Tenshinhan dodged the acid, why take a attack just to waste ki?

King Kakarot

Oct 29 2015, 01:55 AM

But what's stopping KP from just destroyin anything he sees in the sky

lazerbem

Oct 29 2015, 02:27 AM

King Piccolo's immediate strategy to Goku charging him is to try to block it. Yeah, he's not dodging any big hail mary attack

Also, the government gave up after tossing a few dozen tanks and infantry with bazookas at Cell