Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Officer of Engineers
Short answer: foot infantry can go places that even helos can't go and do things alot faster than a guy in pyjammas trying to hide an AK47 can, especially with a radio.
|
Colonel,
I look forward to your detailed response.
I was under the impression that movement on foot at those heights is very difficult and slow - requiring a lot of acclimatization. No doubt acclimatization that would be needed for heliborne troops also, but that acclimatization can be done in own rear areas and speed of deployment can be increased many-fold via helos. The real problem would be finding helos capable of lifting such loads at those heights in rarefied air, I would think.