Gembloux Gap campaign
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- Truscott Trotter
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Re: Gembloux Gap campaign (updated 06 01 20)
I tend to use my support section (if available) for that task rather than a core one
Re: Gembloux Gap campaign (updated 06 01 20)
I’d tend to agree, but in this instance the odds were very favourable and the chance to take out a senior leader, a junior leader, wipe out a team and capture a jump-off-point all in one attack was a risk worth taking.
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Re: Gembloux Gap campaign (updated 06 01 20)
Yeah, the leader casualties alone will really hurt the French in the next scenario.
Re: Gembloux Gap campaign (updated 06 01 20)
I can appreciate the reasoning, but I always felt it was pretty gamey throwing away your supports like that. I'm certainly very glad I wasn't some poor bloody private whose section was attached to a gung-ho lieutenant and his platoon.
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- Truscott Trotter
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Re: Gembloux Gap campaign (updated 06 01 20)
Not throwing away - sacrificial attack - now if you had to track your supports for a PSC that would be different.
It is still worth making a close assault sometimes even with core troops - did one recently and lost best part of 2 sections - but I did wipe out a US Para section and then capture the JOP they were holding and thus winning the mission, so was worth it in the overall campaign.
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It is still worth making a close assault sometimes even with core troops - did one recently and lost best part of 2 sections - but I did wipe out a US Para section and then capture the JOP they were holding and thus winning the mission, so was worth it in the overall campaign.
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Re: Gembloux Gap campaign (updated 06 01 20)
There is a good reason why I have a picture of Georgy Konstantinovich as my avatar
Re: Gembloux Gap campaign (updated 06 01 20)
We count support casualties when calculating severity of losses for the Men’s Opinion. So we don’t get away completely with being too cavalier with them.
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Re: Gembloux Gap campaign (updated 06 01 20)
Yup so do we ....
but it doesn't make me change my tactics
but it doesn't make me change my tactics