Choose your Fighter
The Great Debate
Bentley Hughes
Hudson Cooper
An 18th-19th century frigate could probably do some serious structural damage to a moderately sized modern building given enough volleys, provided the building is situated somewhere along the coastline.
A more interesting comparison might be a frigate of that era versus, say, a very lightly armed modern cutter or OPV (offshore patrol vessel). Sans helicopter of course.
Austin Young
WALKABLE
Nathan Kelly
>navigable cities
Gabriel Campbell
couldn't the cutter just outmaneuver into an awkward aspect for the frigate and then ram it
Andrew Hall
I'm going to give the frigate a 19th century iron/iron-reinforced hull just to make such a maneuver slightly more costly for the cutter.
Justin Rogers
it's still such a mismatch but
if they started such that the side of the frigate was facing side of the cutter, I would guess it'd be devastating for the cutter, maybe game over and regardless if the frigate was all wood hull
if side of the frigate facing the cutter head on or so, then I really don't know
and in other cases I'd still think it would be too easy for the cutter to outmaneuver the frigate. but I'm no naval pro though
Bentley Jackson
What’s the whatifalthis deal with his obsession on a neo Turkish empire lmao
Chase Bell
Is this some hot new Tiktok meme I’m not aware of?
Cameron Russell
>dude walkable cities vs CHINA IS DEAD ANY DAY NOW
Hunter Evans
JUST BUILD A FUCKING TRAIN.
Blake Ward
I know who's on the left, but who's the right?
Tyler Allen
Also ramming the frigate might not be ideal considering the cutter's crew would probably be far less prepared and equipped for violent boarding action.
Adrian Bailey
The first one is a NATO shill obsessed with Russia though
Cameron Flores
YouTubers
Jose Parker
You're Chilean what do you know about the european jihad against russia
Adrian Jenkins
I'm a planechad.
Adrian Reyes
He obsessed with Peter Zeihan
whatifalthis
Kayden Jones
good point. but yeah, I think the starting position could make all the difference due to the frigate's cannons being so fixed and the maneuverability difference. if they started far enough apart so that they'd have to sail into the fight, then maybe the frigate could also do something to get into firing position.
I'm assuming here that the firepower on the frigate would shred through the small modern vessel easily, as long as it scored hits
Luke Young
It really depends on what materials the cutter is using, modern ships generally aren't built for taking direct hits but even a standard WMEC would still have a steel hull. That might be enough to deflect most cannon fire long enough to ventilate the frigate.
Carter Ramirez
do you reckon they could shoot into that black powder storage room they had on the old warships? would that work?
Matthew Cox
They would have to know the layout of the frigate and I don't feel like giving them that advantage on top of the others they would already have.
Hunter Evans
Adamshithead
Hate both of them but
At least adam has decent production value
Whatifautist's audio is still shit after years