Belgian DBT mtr "no airburst", not on the VASL counter

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It's right up there with Belgian AFVs in being non-threatening to enemy units.
 

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I have never been aware of how useless this Belgian MTR is:

Minimum Range of 4, B11, ROF only 2, No Airbursts, no dm... The only good thing is that it is only 3PP of useless scrap.

Except if the enemy elects to charge you with spears, shields, and swords across some ample strech of Open Ground...

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They were a gentler-kinder army. Really didn't want to annoy a lot of people as they weren't too sure who was going to overrun them first.
 

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Belgians fought bravely.
The fact that they didn't have very good equipment didn't serve them.
They were much less obsessed with waging war than others.
That Germans or French mock them still nowadays is very telling about the other type of mentality, which subsists partially.
There was no glory in invading neutral Belgium.
It actually was a criminal behaviour and was judged as such at the Nuremberg trials.
 
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Belgians fought bravely.
The fact that they didn't have very good equipment didn't serve them.
They were much less obsessed with waging war than others.
While that is all true, the core issue is about making sure your troops (who you are asking to fight and perhaps die for you) have equipment suitable for the task. Giving them defective or useless items didn't help anyone. Better IMO not to have an army at all than have one that can't do its job properly.
 
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