The military in zombie films seem to be completely incompetent. The traditional slow moving zombie should be no problem for a soldier with atleast some target practice, yet they seem to be easily over run.
The end of Shaun of the dead shows how easily small groups of soldiers can gun down hordes of the undead, clearing block by block leading to normality within week. (Also the best zombie film in my opinion)
The faster moving zombie i could see being a much bigger problem, slow zombies you shoot some..reload...shoot some more repeat several times since they are still a fair distance away...stop for break....shoot again if you get bit it's your own fault for not walking at a brisk pace. Fast ones you shoot...reloa...and i've been bitten. High casualties but still a semi competent military should be able to get on top of it.
For the military to be almost completely useless, the infection would need to be like bladevalant546 said, airborn and highly infectious. Most of the population is killed or infected leaving only a small number of soldiers alive. Not enough to make much of an impact.
tl;dr the military in zombie films are incompetent and couldnt tell their arse from their elbow. Pre zombie infection is the way to go.
The end of Shaun of the dead shows how easily small groups of soldiers can gun down hordes of the undead, clearing block by block leading to normality within week. (Also the best zombie film in my opinion)
The faster moving zombie i could see being a much bigger problem, slow zombies you shoot some..reload...shoot some more repeat several times since they are still a fair distance away...stop for break....shoot again if you get bit it's your own fault for not walking at a brisk pace. Fast ones you shoot...reloa...and i've been bitten. High casualties but still a semi competent military should be able to get on top of it.
For the military to be almost completely useless, the infection would need to be like bladevalant546 said, airborn and highly infectious. Most of the population is killed or infected leaving only a small number of soldiers alive. Not enough to make much of an impact.
tl;dr the military in zombie films are incompetent and couldnt tell their arse from their elbow. Pre zombie infection is the way to go.
