Everything Old Is New Again...

[Vastator]

So.... Despite our "high tech", "steampunk" fantasies... killing each other hasn't changed a whole lot. Back to the trenches Plebes... Who knew? Even I hadn't imagined this reversal. Who would have imagined a hundred tears later, we'd be chest deep in the ground, shoveling our way toward our enemy?

Times change. People never do...

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

So.... Despite our "high tech", "steampunk" fantasies... killing each other hasn't changed a whole lot. Back to the trenches Plebes... Who knew? Even I hadn't imagined this reversal. Who would have imagined a hundred tears later, we'd be chest deep in the ground, shoveling our way toward our enemy?

Times change. People never do...

Link?

 

[Vastator]

Link?

Have you seen none of the videos over the past 2 years? The Frontline fighting has been trench to trench. Despite " technology"...

 

[Vastator]

Ukraine Committed One Of Its Reserve Brigades to The Counteroffensive. It Quickly Lost Some Tanks.

The 22nd Brigade may have just joined the slow, artillery-first grind that the Ukrainian counteroffensive has become.

www.forbes.com

This has the makings of a Dangerous Quagmire...

 

[Doc7505]

So.... Despite our "high tech", "steampunk" fantasies... killing each other hasn't changed a whole lot. Back to the trenches Plebes... Who knew? Even I hadn't imagined this reversal. Who would have imagined a hundred tears later, we'd be chest deep in the ground, shoveling our way toward our enemy?

Times change. People never do...

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Agreed!
See:

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/featured/ukraine-trench-warfare.html

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Why modern technology hasn’t rendered trench warfare useless in Ukraine

High-tech weapons can’t overcome trenches in the earth.

taskandpurpose.com

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'Total Massacre': Trench Warfare in Ukraine - World War I All Over Again?

Next to the Russo-Ukrainian War, the most recent example of large-scale post-WWI trench warfare is Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi Army.

www.19fortyfive.com

 

[Augustine_]

So.... Despite our "high tech", "steampunk" fantasies... killing each other hasn't changed a whole lot. Back to the trenches Plebes... Who knew? Even I hadn't imagined this reversal. Who would have imagined a hundred tears later, we'd be chest deep in the ground, shoveling our way toward our enemy?

Times change. People never do...

It's because Russia and Ukraine both lack viable air forces