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USA

2023-05-05T22:52:14Z

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{{America}}
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{{topquote| '''AMERICA! FUCK YEAH!''' '''Comin' again to save the motherfuckin' day, yeah!''' '''AMERICA! FUCK YEAH!''' '''Freedom is the only way, yeah!'''|Trey Parker and Matt Stone}}

{{topquote|Be Americans. Let there be no sectionalism, no North, South, East or West. You are all dependent on one another and should be one in union. In one word, be a nation. Be Americans, and be true to yourselves.|George Washington, the guy on the left at Mt. Rushmore}}

{{topquote|Train, say your prayers, eat your vitamins. Be true to yourself, to your country, be a ''real'' American! ''HUH!''|Hulk Hogan, the guy who isn't on Mt. Rushmore but should be.}}

The '''United States of America''', also known as the '''U.S.A.''', or '''Motherfuckin' US''', '''The Nation of Immigrants''', '''The cultural zeitgeist of the 21st Century''', '''The World's Police''', '''Texasland''', '''The Land of the Free''', '''Freedomland''', '''Clownnation''', '''Lard of the Free''', '''That place with the blizzards every winter''', '''Not-Europe''', '''Thank-God-Not-Canada''', '''God's land for his REAL american people''', or '''Burgerland''' is the country where approximately 60% of 4chan's population resided... Initially. This is where pop-culture was founded (or so Americans say), where most of the technical marvels that allows us neckbeards to write bullshit down on this very wiki to discuss tabletop games, and where also porno was born.

What can we say about America? Oh, so much. A land with so many states that it's hard to remember them all, [[Troll|especially for an American]], and with so much history that the whole world teaches its history in school. A nation so powerful, its presidential elections are broadcasted worldwide. When 9/11 happened, ''everybody'' was concerned. But for us Nerds, America is nation of creators. A land of real opportunities that gave us true Fantasy cinema (before Hollywood went to shit... If it ever was good in the first place), a place where hard-working developpers gave us the best games of the era, a land where all fandoms rejoice and having a very weird obsession with a franchise is a tiny bit more socially acceptable. America is also the land of... Well, the [[EA|Greediest, most corrupt, backstabbing, abusing, highly treasonous, unfairly powerful, slimiest, most disgusting companies on Earth]], [[Satanic Panic|also the single worst branch of Christianity in its entire history]]. It is the land of literal whales, Activision, unhinged spiritualists and [[/pol/|hooded racist gun-nuts]]. Yeah it's a lot of things. It's a wacky country.

==America in tabletop gaming==
Default setting for a lot of games produced there.

If there's a game with nation-state factions set within the last century or so it's usually going to be one of them as Americans are proportionally over-represented among tabletop gamers and shameless pandering sells miniatures. For the same reason expect the American faction to have a much more detailed characterization, with more units and options to choose from, than is average.

==History==

==America's GLORIOUS contributions to /tg/ culture==
===Guns, Cowboys and anything else that the British didn't invent first!===

===Pop-Culture===
===[[Ameritrash]]===
===America in Fantasy/Sci-fi===

USA

2023-05-05T22:52:00Z

2607:FB91:71A:CB7C:607C:9523:DC8B:A058:

{{America}}
{{Delete|Not in line with similar pages(See Britain or China for example}}
{{topquote| '''AMERICA! FUCK YEAH!''' '''Comin' again to save the motherfuckin' day, yeah!''' '''AMERICA! FUCK YEAH!''' '''Freedom is the only way, yeah!'''|Trey Parker and Matt Stone}}

{{topquote|Be Americans. Let there be no sectionalism, no North, South, East or West. You are all dependent on one another and should be one in union. In one word, be a nation. Be Americans, and be true to yourselves.|George Washington, the guy on the left at Mt. Rushmore}}

{{topquote|Train, say your prayers, eat your vitamins. Be true to yourself, to your country, be a ''real'' American! ''HUH!''|Hulk Hogan, the guy who isn't on Mt. Rushmore but should be.}}

The '''United States of America''', also known as the '''U.S.A.''', or '''Motherfuckin' US''', '''The Nation of Immigrants''', '''The cultural zeitgeist of the 21st Century''', '''The World's Police''', '''Texasland''', '''The Land of the Free''', '''Freedomland''', '''Clownnation''', '''Lard of the Free''', '''That place with the blizzards every winter''', '''Not-Europe''', '''Thank-God-Not-Canada''', '''God's land for his REAL american people''', or '''Burgerland''' is the country where approximately 60% of 4chan's population resided... Initially. This is where pop-culture was founded (or so Americans say), where most of the technical marvels that allows us neckbeards to write bullshit down on this very wiki to discuss tabletop games, and where also porno was born.

What can we say about America? Oh, so much. A land with so many states that it's hard to remember them all, [[Troll|especially for an American]], and with so much history that the whole world teaches its history in school. A nation so powerful, its presidential elections are broadcasted worldwide. When 9/11 happened, ''everybody'' was concerned. But for us Nerds, America is nation of creators. A land of real opportunities that gave us true Fantasy cinema (before Hollywood went to shit... If it ever was good in the first place), a place where hard-working developpers gave us the best games of the era, a land where all fandoms rejoice and having a very weird obsession with a franchise is a tiny bit more socially acceptable. America is also the land of... Well, the [[EA|Greediest, most corrupt, backstabbing, abusing, highly treasonous, unfairly powerful, slimiest, most disgusting companies on Earth]], [[Satanic Panic|also the single worst branch of Christianity in its entire history]]. It is the land of literal whales, Activision, unhinged spiritualists and [[/pol/|hooded racist gun-nuts]]. Yeah it's a lot of things. It's a wacky country.

==America in tabletop gaming==
Default setting for a lot of games produced there.

If there's a game with nation-state factions set within the last century or so it's usually going to be one of them as Americans are proportionally over-represented among tabletop gamers and shameless pandering sells miniatures. For the same reason expect the American faction to have a much more detailed characterization, with more units and options to choose from, than is average.

==History==

==America's GLORIOUS contributions to /tg/ culture==
===Guns, Cowboys and anything else that the British didn't invent first!===

===Pop-Culture===
===[[Ameritrash]]===
===America in Fantasy/Sci-fi===

American Rifle Company

2023-04-30T15:49:20Z

2607:FB91:71A:CB7C:607C:9523:DC8B:A058: /* IRL */

{{America}}
The American Rifle Company is an organizational unit of the US army and a unit available in Flames of War. It is made up of 3 rifle platoons, a weapons Platoon, and a mortar section.

==IRL==
During the Inter-war period, the US army contracted in size considerably, having less than 119,000 soldiers on active duty in 1935. This began to change after the invasion of Poland, with a build up of forces.

A company is an organizational unit made up of 3-6 platoons. They first originated with the Platoon as an organizational unit in the 1600s under Gustavus Adolphus, whom you may recognize as the one who spearheaded the platoon. The short version is that Companies are made up of several platoons, all that fall under the command of either a Captain or major.

American Rifle Companies in early WWII tended to have a headquarters of 24 men, with most of these men being purely for administrative or logistical purposes, all under the command of a Captain. The unit had 3 [[Rifle Platoon|rifle platoons]], which is detailed elsewhere. In addition, a weapons platoon was included in every company, which had a mortar section and a machine gun section, with each being equipped with a 60mm mortar and M1919 machine gun respectively. There would be three mortar and two machine gun squads per company. The late war organization tables expanded the Headquarters by 16 men due to increased mechanization and cut down on the number of riflemen, divying up some of the remainder from being simple riflemen to dedicated scouts. Otherwise the changes until the end of the war are rather minor.

Frankly the most dangerous part of US infantry companies was the prolific presence of radios. Virtually EVERY US COMPANY, regardless of type, had a radio (usually an SCR-300 walkie-talkie). Some of the frontline platoons had radios (SCR-536 handy talkies) when available. No other army in the whole war attempted to give every commanding officer in the chain a radio (although Germany tried with Panzergrenadier units). What this meant was that every frontline US unit could easily call in artillery or close air support. A running joke on /K asserts that if you shot at someone you could not identity, if they shoot back with rifles they were British, if they shoot back with machine guns they were German, and if at first, nothing happens, and then five minutes later your position is obliterated by artillery: they were American.

Modern American Rifle Companies have been shrunk far below the original ~200 men to a smaller ~135, largely due to improved organization and technological advancements.

{{US Forces in Flames of War}}

Machine Gun Platoon

2023-04-30T15:46:55Z

2607:FB91:71A:CB7C:607C:9523:DC8B:A058: /* IRL */

{{America}}

The American Machine Gun platoon is a unit availble in flames of war. They are armed with the Browning M1919 .30 calibre machine gun. It was a ubiquitous and reliable firearm that saw service in dozens of countries throughtout the rest of the century. It still sees service in NATO countries, though rechambered for newer rounds.

==IRL==
World War I was an intense time of military innovation, and this was no less understood than the United States. Of particular effectiveness on the defense was the Machine gun, which earned a feared reputation. John Browning had already gifted the world the M1911, M2, and B.A.R., and he wasn't about to stop there. Taking an older water cooled design, his own M1917 heavy machine gun (old school heavy with static rifle caliber that is, not the M2 style huge bullet heavy that pretty much replaced the static rifle caliber one except for surplus use) he tweaked it to be air cooled instead.

What spawned from this project went on to be one of the most successful medium machine guns of the 20th century: the M1919 medium machine gun. The design was solid, rugged, reliable, and could carry over 200 .30-06 rounds of pure American freedom. The design saw use on everything from fighters and bombers to tanks and warships for primarily anti-personnel/anti-aircraft duty. Some of the most recognized vehicles equipped with the M1919 were the Jeep and the Sherman, the latter of which had two of the things in addition to an M2.

While the M1919 was far outclassed compared to the MG34/42, it was a far better crew mounted weapon than the Japanese equivalents, making it a particularly ruthless opponent for Japanese soldiers, who often favored [[Imperial Guard|madly]] [[Tyranids|charging]] [[Khorne|at their enemies]] when they ran out of ammo. The Italian equivalent MMG was also an outdated piece of shit, and the Vickers, while solid, didn't quite compare due to it being water cooled and heavier, in fact after the war the Vickers was replaced in it's tactical role by a Mortar of all things. Later variants were so light that they could awkwardly, but feasibly hip fired by a single man, though contrary to the movies, this was not as common as you'd expect.

That being said, troops looking for a proper portable machine gun sometimes took matters into their own hands and made modified versions; the most famous example was the so-called “Stinger” variant, an AN/M2 salvaged from aircraft with an M1 Garand buttstock, a BAR bipod and carry handle, and an insanely high rate of fire. Six of these were built for the battle of Iwo Jima, with one user posthumously given the Medal of Honor for his frankly insane but effective use of this frankengun in combat. Ultimately the army decided that stealing the MG34 designs was a better investment of their time.

During the war, MMG platoons were organized initially in 8 man teams led by a Corporal. Following were a driver, Gunner, assistant gunner, and 4 ammo carriers. One of the ammo carriers was eventually replaced by the driver, and the assigned vehicle eventually became a Jeep with a trailer in order to maximize mobility with the fewest resources possible. The Marines retained the original 8 man structure throughout the war, and were assigned hand carts due to a limit in the amount of vehicles that could be transported by ship.

{{Template:US Forces in Flames of War}}

Machine Gun Platoon

2023-04-30T15:44:52Z

2607:FB91:71A:CB7C:607C:9523:DC8B:A058: /* IRL */

{{America}}

The American Machine Gun platoon is a unit availble in flames of war. They are armed with the Browning M1919 .30 calibre machine gun. It was a ubiquitous and reliable firearm that saw service in dozens of countries throughtout the rest of the century. It still sees service in NATO countries, though rechambered for newer rounds.

==IRL==
World War I was an intense time of military innovation, and this was no less understood than the United States. Of particular effectiveness on the defense was the Machine gun, which earned a feared reputation. John Browning had already gifted the world the M1911, M2, and B.A.R., and he wasn't about to stop there. Taking an older water cooled design, his own M1917 heavy machine gun (old school heavy with static rifle caliber that is, not the M2 style huge bullet heavy that pretty much replaced the static rifle caliber one except for surplus use) he tweaked it to be air cooled instead.

What spawned from this project went on to be one of the most successful medium machine guns of the 20th century: the M1919 medium machine gun. The design was solid, rugged, reliable, and could carry over 200 .30-06 rounds of pure American freedom. The design saw use on everything from fighters and bombers to tanks and warships for primarily anti-personnel/anti-aircraft duty. Some of the most recognized vehicles equipped with the M1919 were the Jeep and the Sherman, the latter of which had two of the things in addition to an M2.

While the M1919 was far outclassed compared to the MG34/42, it was a far better crew mounted weapon than the Japanese equivalents, making it a particularly ruthless opponent for Japanese soldiers, who often favored [[Imperial Guard|madly]] [[Tyranids|charging]] [[Khorne|at their enemies]] when they ran out of ammo. The Italian equivalent MMG was also an outdated piece of shit, and the Vickers, while solid, didn't quite compare due to it being water cooled and heavier, in fact after the war the Vickers was replaced in it's tactical role by a Mortar of all things. Later variants were so light that they could awkwardly, but feasibly hip fired by a single man, though contrary to the movies, this was not as common as you'd expect.

That being said, troops looking for a proper portable machine gun sometimes took matters into their own hands and made modified versions; the most famous example was the so-called “Stinger” variant, an AN/M2 salvaged from aircraft with an M1 Garand buttstock, a BAR bipod and carry handle, and an insanely high rate of fire. Six of these were built for the battle of Iwo Jima, with one user posthumously given the Medal of Honor for his frankly insane but effective use of this frankengun in combat. Ultimately the army decided that stealing the MG34 designs was a better investment of their time.

During the war, MMG platoons were organized initially in 8 man teams led by a Corporal. Following were a driver, Gunner, assistant gunner, and 4 ammo carriers. One of the ammo carriers was eventually replaced by the driver, and the assigned vehicle eventually became a Jeep with a trailer in order to maximize mobility with the fewest resources possible. The Marines retained the original 8 man structure throughout the war, and were assigned hand carts due to a limit in the amound of vehicles that could be transported by ship.

{{Template:US Forces in Flames of War}}