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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5398612" data-attributes="member: 19675">I swear, its amazing how incompetent the military in zombie horror fiction must be.  If ever there were an opponent you'd want to use special weapons & tactics for (not S.W.A.T. in the police sense), it's zombie hordes.Screw most small arms & artillery; thet the sharpshooters do their work picking off zombies one at a time from 1000 yards with all the ammo they want and good reloading teams: they won't have to move unless in danger of being overrun, because zombies don't shoot (except for a very rare few).Otherwise, use water cannon to herd them or draw them into killzones with bait (trained volunteers), then light them up with:<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Flamethrowers</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Napalm</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Fuel air explosions</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Acid sprays (to be developed)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Daisy cutters & bouncing bettys</li> </ol>And the list goes on...shaped charges with copper plates, for instance, can cut a huge swathe through massed zombmanity, as would good old fashioned chain/canister/grapeshot  If nothing else, their mobility would be impaired as they get cut in half...and slow zombies are easier to kill.Even at least one of the new non-lethal weapons systems out there would be useful: the goo guns that spray adhesive foam.Controlled demolitions of abandoned buildings could clear blocks at a time, crushing them under tons of debris.(I do admit aerosolization could be a risk, but thats what evacuations are for.)</blockquote>

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