Instead of using trucks let’s use pipes instead heck why use ships when you can just build a pipe towards the US or any county you’re delivering oil to.
JustRemyIsFine on
they might accidentally take dubai and set up shop there. in two hundred years there’ll be a siege of brussels from german janissaries.
Brain_Farofa on
TIME TO BUILD THE OMANAMA CANAL 🗣️🗣️🗣️
Single_Duck_4660 on
I would like to ***thank Mehmed II for his attention to the matter very strongly.***
QuitWhinging on
Explanation: The city of Constantinople, the near-impregnable capital of the Eastern Roman Empire between 330 and 1453, was set on a [peninsula guarding the narrow gap between Europe and Asia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Siege_of_Constantinople_1453_map-en.svg/1280px-Siege_of_Constantinople_1453_map-en.svg.png). The land route to Constantinople was protected by the extremely formidable Theodosian Walls, which were a set of three walls with overlapping fields of fire, changes in elevation, setoff fortifications, and numerous other defenses. Meanwhile, the seaside portion of Constantinople was protected by a much more modest “sea wall.”
When Constantinople was besieged by the Ottoman Turks under Mehmed II in 1453, the Turks encountered a problem: they needed to bypass the peninsular defenses and enter the “Golden Horn,” which as seen in the image above, was a waterway “inside” Constantinople’s defenses. However, the Romans had brilliantly erected a large chain (a la Game of Thrones) across the strait, blocking any ships from entering the Golden Horn from the outside. The Ottomans looked at this problem and quickly devised a clever solution: they packed their ships up to the north, rolled them across a lightly-defended portion of land, and set them back down *inside* the Golden Horn, giving them a huge naval advantage.
E: Fun or not-so-fun (depending on your perspective) additional fact–on land, the Ottoman Turks decided to address those extremely formidable Theodosian walls by going ahead and putting together the largest cannon the world had ever known to that point. It was almost 30 feet long, weighed almost 20 tons, and fired a projectile weighing around 1200lbs. The specifications to build the cannon had originally been offered by its creator to the Eastern Roman Emperor, Constantine IX, but he couldn’t afford it, so the creator of the cannon turned around and sold it to Constantine’s enemies, the Ottoman Turks.
femboyisbestboy on
This js going on noncredibledefence. Thank you OP.
Pesec1 on
Broke: trucking oil through desert.
Woke: portaging full oil tankers.
DrBaldnutzPHD on
To be a bit pedantic, I believe Mehmet would have just moved the ships over the land, like he did in 1453. Only, this time, it would have trucks instead of oxens doing the pulling.
litciggie on
The Gay of Hormuz
Puuhis71 on
How many truck is needed if one large tanker ship is carrying 2 million barrels of oil? Too many, so i suggest that they should make oil river from drop off point to pickup point. Transport wont cost nothing in that way.
Fidel_Costco on
Terrible Maps is one of my favorite accounts on Insta.
dayburner on
You’re totally off base; Mehmed II would put wheels on the bottom of the boat and roll them across.
CptWorley on
Good thing Iran can’t hit things outside of the strait itself, such as the refinery at Salalah or the two tankers outside of Basra.
Stuck_in_my_TV on
Why wouldn’t they just use the Red Sea ports that already exist?
SlayJayR17 on
Right because that infrastructure is set up already, you know to pump oil or move barrels from a ship to trucks. The thousands of trucks it would take. All the people they need to hire. All for a finite period of time. Through 2 different countries. No1 is gonna wanna build anything for a small time since it would hemorrhage money.
Cowguru2 on
I see we have an Openttd player
chefboyardumbfuck on
Why bother with the trucks when we could just operation plowshare a new strait
ronweasleisourking on
Rome would never
thinkB4WeSpeak on
Instead of going around winding rivers they used to take ferry’s and bring them up mountains by rail to the other side in Pennsylvania
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Instead of using trucks let’s use pipes instead heck why use ships when you can just build a pipe towards the US or any county you’re delivering oil to.
they might accidentally take dubai and set up shop there. in two hundred years there’ll be a siege of brussels from german janissaries.
TIME TO BUILD THE OMANAMA CANAL 🗣️🗣️🗣️
I would like to ***thank Mehmed II for his attention to the matter very strongly.***
Explanation: The city of Constantinople, the near-impregnable capital of the Eastern Roman Empire between 330 and 1453, was set on a [peninsula guarding the narrow gap between Europe and Asia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Siege_of_Constantinople_1453_map-en.svg/1280px-Siege_of_Constantinople_1453_map-en.svg.png). The land route to Constantinople was protected by the extremely formidable Theodosian Walls, which were a set of three walls with overlapping fields of fire, changes in elevation, setoff fortifications, and numerous other defenses. Meanwhile, the seaside portion of Constantinople was protected by a much more modest “sea wall.”
When Constantinople was besieged by the Ottoman Turks under Mehmed II in 1453, the Turks encountered a problem: they needed to bypass the peninsular defenses and enter the “Golden Horn,” which as seen in the image above, was a waterway “inside” Constantinople’s defenses. However, the Romans had brilliantly erected a large chain (a la Game of Thrones) across the strait, blocking any ships from entering the Golden Horn from the outside. The Ottomans looked at this problem and quickly devised a clever solution: they packed their ships up to the north, rolled them across a lightly-defended portion of land, and set them back down *inside* the Golden Horn, giving them a huge naval advantage.
E: Fun or not-so-fun (depending on your perspective) additional fact–on land, the Ottoman Turks decided to address those extremely formidable Theodosian walls by going ahead and putting together the largest cannon the world had ever known to that point. It was almost 30 feet long, weighed almost 20 tons, and fired a projectile weighing around 1200lbs. The specifications to build the cannon had originally been offered by its creator to the Eastern Roman Emperor, Constantine IX, but he couldn’t afford it, so the creator of the cannon turned around and sold it to Constantine’s enemies, the Ottoman Turks.
This js going on noncredibledefence. Thank you OP.
Broke: trucking oil through desert.
Woke: portaging full oil tankers.
To be a bit pedantic, I believe Mehmet would have just moved the ships over the land, like he did in 1453. Only, this time, it would have trucks instead of oxens doing the pulling.
The Gay of Hormuz
How many truck is needed if one large tanker ship is carrying 2 million barrels of oil? Too many, so i suggest that they should make oil river from drop off point to pickup point. Transport wont cost nothing in that way.
Terrible Maps is one of my favorite accounts on Insta.
You’re totally off base; Mehmed II would put wheels on the bottom of the boat and roll them across.
Good thing Iran can’t hit things outside of the strait itself, such as the refinery at Salalah or the two tankers outside of Basra.
Why wouldn’t they just use the Red Sea ports that already exist?
Right because that infrastructure is set up already, you know to pump oil or move barrels from a ship to trucks. The thousands of trucks it would take. All the people they need to hire. All for a finite period of time. Through 2 different countries. No1 is gonna wanna build anything for a small time since it would hemorrhage money.
I see we have an Openttd player
Why bother with the trucks when we could just operation plowshare a new strait
Rome would never
Instead of going around winding rivers they used to take ferry’s and bring them up mountains by rail to the other side in Pennsylvania
https://www.nps.gov/alpo/index.htm