• Shrike502
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    2 years ago

    I don’t get the crab claws bit, the anvil bit and “creative assembly” bit. Help, please?

    • hewhomustnotbegamed
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      2 years ago

      The anvil probably refers to melee weapons, insinuating that armchair generals perceive war as a fantasy game. Creative Assembly is the “Total War” franchise developer. I couldn’t find anything about the crab claws, except for a reference to a weapon in Monster Hunter(?).

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      The anvil could be a reference to ‘hammer and anvil’ maneuver: One force used to pin the enemy down, and another to defeat them via encirclement. Would be effective irl against police riot squads, but the Antifa kids in the mass-protests loathed any semblance of leadership and coordination… but I digress XD

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      “Pincer maneuver” - a favourite of all armchair generals.