Which is a Straw Military trope in that it gives the troops no capacity for independent thought.In real life, armies are composed of people who have an intimate, visceral awareness that if they fuck up their jobs during a firefight then they are going home in a bag. This tends to spur a strong tendency away from blatantly contra-survival actions, such as 'continuing to repeat a plan after seeing it already fail'. In real life, military training also emphasizes that the primary purpose of doctrine is to better enable coordinated action by ensuring that everyone knows at least generally what everyone else will be doing in response to a given situation, not to be used as a substitute for rational thought. One of the qualities they look for in combat leaders is the ability to take initiative and make decisions when confronted with a situation not covered by orders, and I'm not talking about generals here, I'm talking about corporals.Judging by the number of zombies, there were not enough tanks present to run them over before they all get get stuck on the bodies of several hundred zombies or run out of fuel. I m sure some tanks did try though(this troper works in a armored regiment and can attest that it is the dream of most tankers to run people over, but driving straight through a zombie invasion of millions is a very bad idea).
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