Re: [Epic] Epic 40K Facts

From: Chad Taylor <ct454792_at_...>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 14:50:06 -0500 (EST)

On Tue, 1 Apr 1997 duckrvr_at_... wrote:

> Depends on the situation. In LIC's you absolutely have to hound the
> guerillas until they drop. Otherwise they simply melt into the terrain and
> come back just as strong. In this HIC world, though, I would think taking
> terrain would be much more important.
>
> In response to chad Taylor: This obviously doesn't mean chasing them Rambo
> style through the woods. But pursuit is absolutely necessary to exploit the
> size advantage of a regular force versus guerillas. Otherwise, they just
> never fight until they find a small group they can pick off. The best
> tactic is massive suppression and then assaul . . . Hey! isn't that what
> E40K is using?
>

Yeah, it does sound about right (shudder..) I would suggest though that
since e40k is talking about a more conventional conflict that the rules
(again, if I understand them correctly) seem accurate. If your mission is
to capture an objective then you are probably going to spend a little time
securing that objective before you move off. A platoon that has just
captured a radio transmitter would probably spend a little time sweeping
the objective and securing it before chasing after the couple of survivors
that fled out the back. In game turns, probably not until next turn.

Besides, this isn't an issue about guerillas anyhow as we are talking
about a rather high intensity conflict (Titans and what not). Still, you
make a very good point when we move over to a movement to contact mission.
In that area your only objective is to kill the bad guys, so you would be
far more likely to try and chase them down.

I just get really bad images when people start talking about chasing other
people in a military setting. Maintaining contact (or continuing the
assault) is just not the same thing to me as chasing someone through the
woods. I'll admit though that my post was written from my own
experience, which gives a rather skewed point of view. I always think of
things in terms of the raid, rather than in a more conventional mode. It
really just comes down to the mission.
 
> Just for the record, I haven't done this with real bullets, but in every
> exercise I've ever been in, pursuit is the difference between success for
> the regular forces or ignominious defeat.
>
> Temp
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Chad Taylor
Received on Tue Apr 01 1997 - 19:50:06 UTC