V-E Day 80th Anniversary

Amid the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War, the War in Israel, rising tensions over Taiwan and Korea, and lawsuits threatening to shut down the Internet Archive, one thing remains clear. Germany's de-Nazification was a farce. That's why the copyright authorities of the two major losers of World War 2 have been attacking Fair Use. They have secretly blackmailed the United States Copyright Office as well as major book publishers and music record labels into filing lawsuits against the Internet Archive and Fair Use.

However, we must remember that the Beast that was, and is not, and yet is will rise one last time. And when he rises, he will terrorize the Earth for a time, times, and half a time before meeting his horrific demise at the hands of the King of Kings.

The Canard Fighters of 2000 and Beyond

Currently, there are three types of canard fighter jets in active service with any country's air force. All of them are of European origin, and all of them are in the Daisenryaku series of video games. They are the British-German-Italian-Spanish Eurofighter Typhoon, the French Rafale and the Swedish Gripen.

The Eurofighter Typhoon was the third British fighter jet developed in conjunction with other countries. The other two being the SEPECAT Jaguar (UK/France) and the Panavia Tornado (UK/Germany/Italy). It saw no combat service until the Libyan Civil War of 2011.

The Dassault Rafale was originally conceived to complement the Mirage 2000, which is why these two fighter jets are a common sight during Bastille Day. Like the Eurofighter Typhoon, the Rafale did not see combat until the Libyan Civil War of 2011.

The Saab JAS 39 Gripen was originally conceived to be the Saab 37 Viggen's successor. Like the Viggen, the Gripen is a delta wing fighter jet with canards. Unlike the Eurofighter or the Rafale, the Gripen has yet to see any combat whatsoever because none of the Gripen's operators are currently involved in any hostilities for now.

Mothballed Big Guns

If you think HMS Agincourt and HMS Erin getting decommissioned after less than ten years was disappointing, then you have obviously not heard about the short careers of the Alaska-class battlecruisers, the North Carolina-class battleships and the (1939) South Dakota-class battleships. In fact, none of these three ship classes will see any further action after Japan signed the surrender papers that officially ended World War 2, and the North Carolina-class battleships had shorter service lengths than HMS Agincourt. Talk about a short career...

Anti-Tank Magical Girl

Continuing from that comic about characters who would win against a T-72 tank, I decided to expand on it by coming up with this comic about eight tanks Rit would win against if she were to confront them.

Remember when I said that the first boss of the Mysterious Pyramid levels of the arcade version of Rod Land was a tank? It turns out Rit and Tam won against that boss, which inspired me to come up with the comic about characters who would win against a T-72 tank, and this comic is a sequel focused on eight tanks Rit would win against if she were to confront them.

M47 Patton: This tank never got to fire a single shot in anger under the American Flag, but it saw a lot of action in various conflicts. However, its combat record was below average, with the biggest blemish being the Iran-Iraq War, where Iranian M47 Pattons got destroyed by Iraqi tanks of Russian origin.

Chieftain Tank: Britain's attempt to create a more powerful successor to the highly successful Centurion Tank was actually a disappointment that got rejected by Allied countries, including the Netherlands, Canada and Australia. There was a silver lining in that rejection, however, because Iranian Chieftains were getting massacred by Iraq in the Iran-Iraq War. Even Iraqi tank crews claim that their sabot rounds were going through Chieftain Tanks like a hot knife slicing through butter, and those claims turned out to be true.

Type 62 Tank: This Chinese light tank invaded Vietnam during the Sino-Vietnamese War, only to perform poorly in that conflict due to its weak armor.

Type 63 Tank: Another Chinese light tank that invaded Vietnam during the Sino-Vietnamese War. Like the Type 62, it performed poorly in that conflict as well. During the 1991 Gulf War, Iraqi Type 63 light tanks invaded the Saudi Arabian city of Ras Al Jafiji to little success. The reason behind the Type 63's poor performance in the Sino-Vietnamese War and the 1991 Gulf War? Blame its weak armor.

Type 69 Tank: When the Type 69 Tank first came out, it was initially rejected by the Chinese Ministry of Defence due to its poor performance, and all 100 Type 69 Tanks were sent back to the factory that built them. After improvements were made, the Type 69 tank got better. So much better that China manufactured Type 69 Tanks for Iran and Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War. Talk about playing both sides...

Panzer 68: The Panzer 68 had so many problems that it could well be considered the worst tank to have entered military service. The Swiss Ministry of Defence knew about the Panzer 68's problems and they rectified many of these problems with the upgrade to the 68/88 model.

TR-85: Romania's most successful attempt at an indigenous combat tank project was not without teething problems. The problems were so bad that the communist regime threatened to cease tank production. Even after the modernization program that came after the fall of communism, the TR-85 still looks like a relic of the Cold War. In fact, the Romanian Ministry of Defence is mulling over retiring the TR-85. But with no replacement, the TR-85 will have to remain in service with the Romanian Army despite its obsolescence.

Arjun MBT: India's attempt to create "Leopard 2 Tank at home" was a huge disaster. How bad was the Arjun MBT project, you say? The project was mired in so much corruption that the final product ended up having a worse performance than the T-90 Tank. And Krauss-Maffei's involvement in the Arjun MBT project wasn't helping either because the Arjun's MTU engines were not the type of engines you would expect to find in the Leopard 2, but rather, these MTU engines were similar to the ones found in the Leopard 1.

With all that said, if Rit is a magical girl that is capable of anti-tank warfare, then she is eligible to be on the "Top 10 Best Magical Girls" list.

T-72 Destroyers

We have seen images of destroyed T-72 tanks in the Russo-Ukrainian War, the Syrian Civil War, the 1991 Gulf War, and the 2003 Iraq War. But one must wonder if the T-72 can be defeated by anyone with extraordinary powers. Here are some people who I think would win against a T-72.

Rit: In the Mysterious Pyramid levels that are exclusive to the Arcade version, the first boss of that set of levels is a tank, and Rit vanquished that boss. This means Rit would win against a T-72 if given the chance.

Captain Falcon: Anyone who wants to fight against Mute City's resident superhero clearly has a death wish. If a T-72 were to get Falcon Punched, it's as good as dead. Period.

Terry Bogard: The poster boy of the King of Fighters franchise did fight against tanks before. In The King of Fighters: Maximum Impact 2, you get to fight against a Metal Slug, and Terry Bogard is one of the many characters going up against the Metal Slug, with the possibility of him winning. And let's not forget that time when he went up against General Morden in Metal Slug Attack. If Terry Bogard can win against a Metal Slug, then he can win against a T-72.

With all that said, T-72 tank crews better pray that their opponents are not any of these three characters.

Jaleco games and characters © City Connection. F-Zero © Nintendo. The King of Fighters © SNK.

Anti-Xbox 360 Weapons

Back in 2007, the infamous Red Ring of Death terrorized anyone who possessed an XBox 360. People started blaming Microsoft for not taking responsibility for all the XBox 360s that got bricked by the Red Ring of Death. Microsoft's response was to redesign the XBox 360 to reduce the number of XBox 360s getting bricked by the Red Ring of Death, and concealed the true cause of the infamous Red Ring of Death as a result.

For this comic, I came up with the idea of using various weapons to destroy any XBox 360 that got bricked by the Red Ring of Death. We have the dynamite and the shotgun from Looney Tunes, both of which are weapons in the Worms series, as well as the Uzi from the Worms series. We also have a Leopard 2 Tank from Daisenryaku and War Thunder, a Steel Warhammer from Old School RuneScape, Rit's Magic Wand from Rod Land and Soldam, and a Sledgehammer from MapleStory. If I had any of these weapons, I would definitely use them to destroy an XBox 360 that got bricked by the Red Ring of Death.

TL;DR, Bill Gates must pay a terrible price for making millions of XBox 360 owners unduly upset.

By the way, the Leopard 2 Tank in this comic is the Leopard 2A4 variant.

You Don't Mess With The Ariete

While the C1 Ariete isn't as good as the M1 Abrams, the Challenger 2, the Leopard 2, the Leclerc, the Merkava or even the Challenger 1, God forbid you ever call the C1 Ariete the worst NATO MBT because if you do that in a war, you obviously have a death wish.

No Respect for Neutrality

If there was anything that would definitely perish in World War 3, it's neutrality. Not only would Russia have zero respect for the neutrality of "neutral" countries, even God does not want his holy people to be neutral in a conflict between God and the Devil.

Too Late for the Cold War

Some Allied military hardware that were conceived during the Cold War entered service after the Cold War ended when Russia threw in the towel after the Soviet Union collapsed. Here are just seven military vehicles of the Allied Nations that entered military service after the Cold War ended in 1991.

If there was anything Britain's Challenger 2, France's Leclerc and Italy's C1 Ariete main battle tanks (MBTs) have in common, it's being conceived during the Cold War only to enter service with their respective countries after the Cold War ended.

The Seawolf-class submarines of the United States Navy (USN) were conceived with the possibility of a Russo-American War in mind. However, problems during construction meant the commissioning of the first ship of the class was delayed until 1997. By then, Russia had already admitted defeat.

The first keel for Canada's Halifax-class frigates was laid down in 1987, but HMCS Halifax, the first ship in the class, was not commissioned until 1992, meaning the Halifax-class frigates arrived too late for the Cold War, which ended at the end of 1991.

Australia's Collins-class submarines were the result of proposals to replace the Oberon-class submarines in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in 1978. Like the American Seawolf-class submarines, the Collins-class submarines encountered construction problems as well. By the time HMAS Collins was commissioned, the Cold War was long over.

Taiwan's F-CK-1 Ching-kuo fighter jets had China as an opponent in mind when it had its first flight in 1989. When it entered service in 1992, the Cold War was already over by then, and China acknowledged that the Soviet Union had already collapsed, so technically, the F-CK-1 Ching-kuo fighter jets entered service after Russia threw in the towel.

Now with Russia, China and all their other battle buddies itching to go to war (Russia has already invaded Ukraine), these vehicles that arrived too late for the Cold War may just see real combat action (Challenger 2 tanks have fought in Iraq and are battling enemies in the war in Ukraine, while Leclerc tanks in UAE service have intervened in Yemen). Not to mention that all of these vehicles appear in the Daisenryaku series of military strategy video games.

When Tanks Leave One Game For Another

War Thunder is on the decline, but in defense of War Thunder, World of Tanks is having a far worse decline than War Thunder. Even German YouTuber APC227 has ceased production of World of Tanks stop motion videos for good.

For those wondering why one of the two M1 Abrams tanks is blue, that's because APC227 has a blue M1 Abrams tank as his YouTube channel's mascot.

Apparently, the two M1 Abrams tanks have decided to migrate from War Thunder to SystemSoft Beta's Daisenryaku series, which will be celebrating its 40th Anniversary in 2025.

Transport Vehicles

There are many modes of transport for military personnel. Armored Personnel Carriers such as the M113 transport troops on land. At sea, hovercrafts are used for transporting troops and vehicles. In the air, Chinook helicopters transport troops from one location to another.

The Sour Rivalry

America's miraculous victory over Japan in the Pacific Theater of World War 2 would not have been possible if not for the sour rivalry between the Imperial Japanese Army and the Imperial Japanese Navy. This toxic inter-service rivalry within the Japanese camp allowed America and Britain to pick up the pieces after a string of defeats and hit back with a vengeance. Even after Japan surrendered, the insane rivalry between the Imperial Japanese Army and the Imperial Japanese Navy continued until the Allies ordered both of them to be disbanded altogether.

In conclusion, do not trust World War 2 Daisenryaku games where you fight as the Empire of Japan against the Allies because the Daisenryaku series does not take into account the leadership dysfunction of any faction.

Maginot Line Overconfidence

Do you want to know why Germany achieved victory in the the Battle of France in 1940 in just 46 days? It was not because the Schlieffen Plan got remastered as the Manstein Plan, nor the successful breaching of the Maginot Line in the "Operation Tiger" offensive (Yes, Germany did try to breach the Maginot Line, and actually succeeded in doing so). The real truth about how Germany won the Battle of France in 1940 can be found in the book "The Strange Defeat" by Professor Marc Bloch. You might want to read it to understand how Germany vanquished a foe who could have inflicted 1 million German casualties. The author blames France's leadership during the interwar years for being unable to foresee German rearmament and goes on to say that France's leadership during the start of the war was disastrous. If all of this was true, then Germany's victory in the Battle of France was due to their opponents' lack of willpower, and not through brilliant tactics and strategies.

Explosions Compilation

Author's Note: My apologies to any German or Austrian readers who may be offended from reading this comic. However, if reading the truth as told by some of their netizens was any indication, Germany and Austria are slowly being taken over by autocrats.

If there is any way for a webcomic whose curtain call has not yet come to come to an end, go with a big bang. That's why this comic features explosions. Cue the finale of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture...

The bombing of the last Fokker Dr.I triplane by an Allied air raid in World War 2 sounds like justice for Snoopy or the 80 pilots who were shot down by the Red Baron in World War 1. However, Snoopy's World War 1 escapades may all be just his imagination according to WildBrain's new Peanuts cartoon. It's also possible that according to one fan theory found on Reddit, Snoopy was actually a World War 1 pilot who was killed in that conflict reincarnated as a dog, and is split between his past life and his current one.

Merchant ships have fallen prey to submarine torpedoes, and German merchant ships also fell prey to Allied and Soviet submarine attacks during World War 2 in retaliation against Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare during that conflict. The freighter that is about to get torpedoed in this comic is named Rostock, after a port city located in eastern Germany.

Capitalism is not the real enemy. The driver of the demolition truck that is about to blow up the pillbox has said that corporatism is the real enemy because if there is anything wrong with capitalism, it's obviously corporatism's fault.

The armoured fighting vehicle that is about to get blasted by a nuclear bomb is an Austrian Ulan armoured fighting vehicle. Recently, Austria's leaders had been disrespecting their democracy by becoming more autocratic. This hostile takeover of Austria, as well as several European Union member states, including Germany, by autocrats was already prophesied by the Bible. You know what else Bible prophecy predicted? The next Russo-German War. And Austria will be fighting for Germany against Russia and several countries from Asia that possess nuclear bombs. This means that the nuclear bomb dropped on the Austrian armoured fighting vehicle in this comic is a Russian nuclear bomb.

The Sinking of the Merchant Ship Tyre

Author's Note: This comic was made in memory of the merchant ships and their crew that were lost during the two World Wars. It is in no way made to offend those who perished as a result of unrestricted submarine warfare.

Ezekiel 27 was all about the demise of the city of Tyre, depicted as a merchant ship. Ezekiel described Tyre in his day as well as a future version in a prophecy for the future as a "marketplace of nations". This was basically a continuation of Isaiah 23, as Isaiah also describes Tyre in his day as well as a future version in a prophecy for the future as a "marketplace of nations". The biggest difference was that whereas Isaiah 23 was a prophecy against Tyre, Ezekiel 27 was a lament over Tyre.

If Tyre was a merchant ship that was going to sink, it will not be sunk by a submarine's torpedo as depicted in the comic, but by the "east wind". This means that Tyre would have been sunk by very bad weather such as lightning storms, tornadoes, hurricanes, typhoons or cyclones, and such bad weather have been getting worse and more frequent over the past 20 years. Of course many people will be in mourning over the merchant ship Tyre getting sunk because the merchandise that the ship was carrying is going to end up being located thousands of feet deep in the ocean. Talk about objects being virtually irretrievable...

The Last Charge of the M113 APCs

While 2020 has been turning out to be a bad year, one American icon turns sixty this year. The M113 armoured personnel carrier not only served the Americans that built it, but it has served many other factions, including the Singapore Armed Forces. However, the M113 was only relevant during the Cold War and the 1990s. Asymmetrical warfare and new advancements in technology have rendered the M113 all but obsolete. Yet, there are thousands of M113s still in service, with thousands more in storage.

Even when they are obsolete and being phased out in some countries, the M113 is still currently in use with NATO members and their allies, and surprisingly, it's still in service with the US Army after sixty years. An incredible feat for an armoured fighting vehicle that entered service in the US Army in 1960.

Ground Piercing Shot

Ever since Civilization 5 overhauled combat gameplay mechanics by removing the iconic and familiar "stacks of doom" in favour of combat gameplay mechanics similar to the ones featured in Advance Wars or Daisenryaku, new hilarious situations include a submarine torpedo going through a friendly peninsula city. Whether or not this situation is possible in the Daisenryaku games currently remains unknown as there has been no known footage of such naval battles where a peninsula city stands in the way of two warships engaged in combat.

Now one must wonder how a submarine-fired torpedo would burrow through earth to reach its target...

Credits to Corpse Run Comics for giving the inspiration to create this comic.

Point of view

You cannot call the Daisenryaku series in general Advance Wars for snails or Advance Wars on steroids. It all depends on the game in the series or the gameplay style of the human or CPU player. Of course strategy planning is very important, even if it has to come at the expense of speed.

Then again, despite Daisenryaku 7 being described as a super fast-paced Advance Wars, in contrast to some of the early Daisenryaku games, which were described as slow-paced, it seems like nearly every scenario in the game will take hours to come to its climatic finale. And as seen in some Daisenryaku titles, some of those scenarios will end inconclusively when a certain amount of turns have ended. No wonder the vast majority of the Daisenryaku series games were Japan-only.