morganbj
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Joined: 8/12/2007 From: Mosquito Bite, Texas Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: Aditia Keep in mind that attackers always, in any fight, have the disadvantage of having to make contact with the defenders before they themselves can fire. With guns usually towed they have to be put in place before being able to fire at defended positions, at which time the defenders can put down fire on a piece of equipment that is being made ready for action. Spoken like someone who's never been in a firefight. What you say might be true some of engegements, perhaps even most, but well conceived plans when the enemy dispositions are largely known can prove to unfold otherwise. Many times, the first the defenders know of an impending attack is when the enemy artillery fire decimates the front lines, followed quickly by tanks pouring into the gaps and taking out artillery, headquaters, and generally creating havoc. And, who said that towed artillery, mortars, and the like, have to be placed in view of the enemy before they can be employed? Except in totally flat desert with no terrain features, there are always defilade positions from which indirect fire weapons can do their thing, without taking fire. Been there, done that. Again, I'm not saying that towed units never took direct fire, I'm just sayying that they usually did not have to. Gun bunnies don't have death wishes.
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