Military unit of choice

[Mighty]

So, seeing that there was a 'weapon of choice' I though , why not also a military unit of choice

Historical ofcourse, but you can choose modern. So we have a bunch of categories:

- Ancient
- early& late Medieval Ages
- Renaissance up to the early 19th century
- Modern, second half of the 19th century, WWI & II up to this day


So i'll start, mines would be the Mamluke cavalrymen

[The Super Pope]

Ancient: Legionaries
Medieval: knights templar
Enlightenment: 95th Rifles
Modern: SAS

[Farnan]

Ancient: Alexander's Companions
Medieval: Jannissary Corps.
Enlightenment: Morgan's Riflemen
Modern: Well the unit I hope to be assigned to after commissioning: http://www.wainwright.army.mil/1_25_SBCT/index.htm

[Manuel Komnenos]

Ancient: Roman legionary
Medieval: Byzantine Klibanophoroi or Kataphraktoi

[hunter260859]

ancient - legionarres
medival - knights any
enlightment - grenadier guards
modern - SAS or SBS

[mightyfenrir]

Ancient: Roman Artillery... I like ranging my mini catapult enough to know I could have done it as a profession
Medieval: Varangian Guard
Enlightenment: Marion's South Carolina militia force
Modern: Rangers (If I found I could handle the shooting at people part) or the air force if I was tall enough to fly... but I'm not, sadly

[Thanatos]

Ancient: Roman centurion. I have family back then, and I wouldn't mine fighting for the Roman Empire.

Forget everything else.

[Gary88]

modern

this guy (chris ryan) and his friends would get you out of any trouble you can name

(chris's mates)


(SAS btw, Air Troop...i think)

[Libertine]

Praetorian Guard, has to be.

**** all fighting and you basically chooses who runs the country. sounds good to me.

Nice and Safe-ish

[African Zulu Warrior]

Ancient: Spartan Hoplite

Medieval: French Knight

Enlightenment: French Legionnaire

Modern: SEAL Team

[STReetSamurai]

I'll teach you to steal mah thread!

[The Last Spartan]

Ancient: Spartan Hoplites (come on, look at my name)

Medieval: idk, hard to decide

Enlightenment: Prussian Hussars

Modern: Spetsnaz or GsG-9 agents

[Holger Danske]

Ancient: Imperial Roman Legionaries

Medieval: Varangian Guard

Enlightenment: The Scots Guard

Modern: Jægerkorpset/Frømænd

[hellheaven1987]

Enlightenment: French Legionnaire

Sorry, but Foreign Legion only formed around 1830s.

[RZZZA]

COSSACKS! Look how much fun they had



Just give me a funny hat and a handlebar mustache and I'm all set.

[The Last Spartan]

Oh yeah, I forgot about teh Cossacks.

They rock, but Prussian Hussars are still the awesomest, I think

[Mighty]

Okay, nice units, pretty interesting everyone

For the enlightenment unit, I would have probably chosen Napoleons Voltegeurs or the Imperial Guard

[mightyfenrir]

For anyone that was wondering... these numbers are from AFROTC, but I'm sure they continue with the same qualifications in the big leagues. I'm 5'5," unless I'm really 5'3" which some measurements have claimed (I don't know why there's always a discrepancy in my height measurement, maybe I don't always stand straight up):
Prerequisites

Pilot/Navigator Qualifications: Interested in flying? See some of the general qualifications below. Once in Air Force ROTC, cadets must obtain a Flying Class 1 Flight Physical.
Pilot

Physical Requirements

* Normal color vision
* Distant vision – pilots, uncorrected to 20/50
* Near vision – pilots, uncorrected to 20/20
* Meet refraction, accommodation and astigmatism requirements
* Corrective eye surgery could be a disqualifier
* Have no history of hay fever, asthma or allergies after age 12
* Meet Air Force weight and physical conditioning requirements
* Have standing height of 64 to 77 inches and sitting height of 34 to 40 inches

Navigator

Physical Requirements

* Normal color vision
* Distant vision – 20/200 but corrected to 20/20
* Near vision – 20/40 but corrected to 20/20
* Meet refraction, accommodation and astigmatism requirements
* Corrective eye surgery could be a disqualifier
* Have no history of hay fever, asthma or allergies after age 12
* Meet Air Force weight and physical conditioning requirements
* Have standing height of 64 to 77 inches and sitting height of 33 to 40 inches

I have asthma too though... dammit!

[Farnan]

5'5" is 65 inches and asthma can be waivered if you have not used an inhaler for one year.

[Mighty]

Man, with todays technology im sure you can raise your plane chair in order to have a sitting height, or the view of a person with a sitting height of 34 inches +