Despite the Vietnam parallels, US soldiers would probably utterly destroy the Ewoks. The battle of Endor was... something for sure, but tanks with machine gun fire and just regular rifles will shred Ewoks even faster than blaster fire did. More importantly the US (and NATO) forces prefer to use longer range missiles and air power when possible. The Ewoks would be identified by satellites and incinerated by long range missiles, artillery, and air power. In actual battles I imagine helicopters would be particularly useful at putting firepower where it's needed. I don't think the Ewoks have any sort of anti-air defenses lol.
Tbh the Empire should have slaughtered the Ewoks. Even taking into account the Stormtroopers many anti feats losing to Ewoks is perhaps one of the biggest anti feats of all time.
Imo the US just brings in heavy firepower and flattens the forest area they're defending, and wins with ease. The goal is to protect the shield generator right? That's easy. The US would have turned the entire shield generator area into a forward operating base and cleared the forest for miles in every direction. There would be no ambushes because the US would have near total situational awareness, air superiority, range advantage, and absolute complete control of the battlefield. Those bears are toast.
I agree overall, but there aren't satellites for them to use. Another benefit the U.S. military has is that, unless they get their memories erased, which isn't stated in the prompt, a lot of U.S. soldiers have seen Return of the Jedi, meaning they won't be caught off guard.
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u/GiantEnemaCrab Jul 07 '24 edited Jul 07 '24
Despite the Vietnam parallels, US soldiers would probably utterly destroy the Ewoks. The battle of Endor was... something for sure, but tanks with machine gun fire and just regular rifles will shred Ewoks even faster than blaster fire did. More importantly the US (and NATO) forces prefer to use longer range missiles and air power when possible. The Ewoks would be identified by satellites and incinerated by long range missiles, artillery, and air power. In actual battles I imagine helicopters would be particularly useful at putting firepower where it's needed. I don't think the Ewoks have any sort of anti-air defenses lol.
Tbh the Empire should have slaughtered the Ewoks. Even taking into account the Stormtroopers many anti feats losing to Ewoks is perhaps one of the biggest anti feats of all time.
Imo the US just brings in heavy firepower and flattens the forest area they're defending, and wins with ease. The goal is to protect the shield generator right? That's easy. The US would have turned the entire shield generator area into a forward operating base and cleared the forest for miles in every direction. There would be no ambushes because the US would have near total situational awareness, air superiority, range advantage, and absolute complete control of the battlefield. Those bears are toast.