im not honestly suprised because the guy who told me this is a weeb that just watched this thing called Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress

what was his argument and why is it invalid?

I'm not a Mortar expert (believe it or not)

Basically, because in the anime, they were capable of mounting what looks like a Karl Gerat Mortar on a train car, and fire it at an infested castle, its apparently better then the real version which was mounted on a slow moving chassis

im trying to find either an image or a video of the anime scene he's referencing

oh so the vehicle is faster therefore the mortar is better

but thats the thing, the real karl gerat was only on the tracked chassis to be able to traverse

it was still also transported by train as well

he then went on to say that because this is a timeline where projectiles are driven by pressurized steam rather then gunpowder, its supposedly better then one driven by gunpowder

if that thing fired from a train id expect the train cart to legit break from the pressure

thats what i said, and he says, "BuT iT's StEaM pOwErEd"

but the motherfucker has the gall to tell me that the one in the anime had better range then the real one

steam wouldn't have the force like it

im literally twitching in anger rn

exactly

and with steam it takes longer to load and fire

so like no

even then the train and the gun were destroyed after only firing one shot because of the damn zombies overheating the gun, which proceeded to explode after the idiot commander decided firing the gun while the barrel was directly blocked was a good idea

welp i got to go

cya then

just use the excuse: ANIME IS NOT REALITY

it'll either shut him up or make him mad which is funny

i did, and now hes saying that im bringing uneccesary shit because i cant win an argument with him

bruh

lmao

say japan can't use mortars. they've had a bad history with bombs

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Im also still laughing at him bcs of the fact it literally only fired one shot

AHAHAHAHAHA

This “logic” was a great way to giggle at someone’s stupidity...but he’s the type that’s “never wrong”

I DID IT!!!

I finally found an image of the gun they were using to shell the castle

Boom

hoy cow that's a mortar?

I thought mortars were smaller...

the karl Gerat is huge

this is a siege mortar

well that's an argument in and of itself. way too big to be reasonable in most situation

in the series, it makes sense to have this thing, because they were trying to use it to destroy an infested castle

what also made it more durable is because part of the disease that turns people into zombies, is that as it progresses, eventually you hit a point where the bodies are interconnected and broken down in to this sort of metal mesh that runs throughout the entire castle