Re: [Epic] Rants. Was SM/TL vs E40K unit costs

From: J. Michael Looney <mlooney_at_...>
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 1998 22:03:23 -0600

Los wrote:
>
> J. Michael Looney wrote:
>
> > can, in most cases, eat a squad for lunch. Most command vehicles in the
> > real world are not even armed. A commander should be directing the
> > fight, not be the main point of the army.
>
> That depends on the level of commands. In the US Army Battalion Commanders,
> XOs and S3s all have their own personal IFVs or tanks, depending on whether
> they are mech or armored.
>
This is true. He still dosen't have a rifle. (at least MY Bn CO
didn't, but then again I was ADA)

> Directing the battle does not mean being out of LOS of the action, especially
> in NTC/JRTC type actions. While it doesn't mean leading from teh front as
> theboneheads in the warhammer universe, it does mean being very much in harms
> way. That is what leadership is about. Commanders want to SEE what's going on
> not just read about it on their computer screens.
>
> JRTC/NTC shows us that in battle, it's imprtant that both battle staffs (each
> battlaion has two, one reloactaing and the other fighting the battle) remain
> high value targets very much sought after by the enemy. It's also a truth that
> the farther you are from the fighting the less control you have over it. This
> diminishes the farther up the chain you go, but most 40k battles are
> essntially company and battalion sized actions
>
> As far as not being able to hit commanders until you churn through all the
> fodder in front of them, I fall into the category that believes they should be
> vulnerable, either to vehicles with AT shot capabilities or to units like
> Marine scouts or ratling Snipers.

All true, and in Epic 40K they can be. And in E40K he's not gods own
gift to hand to hand combat.
Received on Thu Mar 05 1998 - 04:03:23 UTC