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Reply With QuoteBEST way, no doubt. Sometimes not practical/available, though.Originally Posted by M21Sniper
A 20mm or 25mm weapon has a massive muzzle flash and muzzle blast.
Believe me, you'd be noticed if you started popping rounds off with this thing...
The best way to deal with an advancing force is to use the radio to call in artillery to break up the enemy's mass.
BEST way, no doubt. Sometimes not practical/available, though.
"The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it, and if one finds the prospect of a long war intolerable, it is natural to disbelieve in the possibility of victory."
- George Orwell
Then, you better hope my obstacles (minefields, wire, and AT trenches) are going to slow them down. And you better start popping smoke ASAP.
Chimo
Nah. Engineers got here too late, as usual. Call for CAS.
"The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it, and if one finds the prospect of a long war intolerable, it is natural to disbelieve in the possibility of victory."
- George Orwell
As long as they don't hit me.Nah. Engineers got here too late, as usual. Call for CAS.
Chimo
You forgot your smiley to mark your position. If you get shwacked, don't go cryin' about it.
"The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it, and if one finds the prospect of a long war intolerable, it is natural to disbelieve in the possibility of victory."
- George Orwell
No, but it would be a great retirement lawsuit.You forgot your smiley to mark your position. If you get shwacked, don't go cryin' about it.
Chimo
Always workin' the money angle. You are SUCH an officer, man.
Not sure if you saw what was here before I edited it out or not, but if you did, disregard. (Just so you know, it wasn't rude, either.)
Last edited by Bluesman; 29 Nov 04, at 07:38.
"The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it, and if one finds the prospect of a long war intolerable, it is natural to disbelieve in the possibility of victory."
- George Orwell
"BEST way, no doubt. Sometimes not practical/available, though."
You shoulda joined the US Army. We have more arty availability than we do clean socks.
"Sandy 2-6, drop 2-5-0 Mikes true North of green smoke, Danger close."
Last edited by Bill; 29 Nov 04, at 08:43.
CAS is best seen from some way off
...and what I'm frightened off, is that they call it God's love...
The NCMs have their way of doing things and my job is to give you the resources for doing those things ... and I pray I never find out how you do those things.Always workin' the money angle. You are SUCH an officer, man.
Do not know what you wrote but ain't the first time an NCM call a LCol names.
Chimo
NOTHIN' like that, sir. More like a 'professional exchange' to help me on something I want to do at work re: the Balkans. I know you were there...but I thought it over. Might be a bit dodgy, so I 86'ed it.
"The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it, and if one finds the prospect of a long war intolerable, it is natural to disbelieve in the possibility of victory."
- George Orwell
You may be a woman-stealin', cigar-smokin' crusty ole grunt...but you say some funny stuff sometimes, too."BEST way, no doubt. Sometimes not practical/available, though."
You shoulda joined the US Army. We have more arty availability than we do clean socks.
"Sandy 2-6, drop 2-5-0 Mikes true North of green smoke, Danger close."
Come down to Tampa. I'll buy you a beer, and we can play a round of a li'l game I like to call "Pinch the Waitress" (International Tournament Rules).
"The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it, and if one finds the prospect of a long war intolerable, it is natural to disbelieve in the possibility of victory."
- George Orwell
Mostly true, I must admit.CAS is best seen from some way off
But I edited a friend's book ("Moonscape", should be out next year) about his time as a company commander in the 101st in Vietnam, and he had a chapter called, "What an Airstrike Means to Me". He described a desperate fight in which he asked for and got a napalm strike so close to his position that it singed the hair off the backs of his hands while he covered up on one side of a dike; NVA on the other. Single Air Force A-7 with a highly-motivated and skilled pilot dropped EXACTLY perfect two canisters...and destroyed his enemy utterly. They held the ankles of the First Sergeant while he crawled up to the road on top of the dike, in case he was hit while up taking a look. He called back, "Sir, you gotta see this for yourself", and stood up (which alarmed everybody on the 'right' side of the dike). They were all dead or dying.
Sometimes, we're worth what you pay to have an Air Force.
"The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it, and if one finds the prospect of a long war intolerable, it is natural to disbelieve in the possibility of victory."
- George Orwell
"Come down to Tampa. I'll buy you a beer, and we can play a round of a li'l game I like to call "Pinch the Waitress" (International Tournament Rules)."
One of my favorite games.
Just so long as you don't make me watch a Bucaneers game.
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