Raskolnikov
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Joined: 4/12/2002 From: London, England Status: offline
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by BryanMelvin [B]Beware - paradrops can be costly later on ;) [/B][/QUOTE] I found paradrops exceptionally useful at least once during the S'grad campaign - principally in Battle #6. The first time I played it through, I slogged my way up the hill and through the streets. Afterwards, as I often do, I decided to experiment with alternative approaches and dropped an FJ Co onto the hill. Combined with the use of Arty Smoke to obscure frontal vision, I was able to annihilate the SO forces with extreme ease. The key lay in parachuting in [I]behind[/I] where I expecting SO defences to be. The FJ were then able to take out the GE HQ, Onb Arty and AAA before moving up to the crest of the hill to assault the pillboxes etc. In my experience, airborne assaults either work very well or not at all. I have also used them successfully in the Normandy campaign (BR) and in North Africa/Italy (US). Of course, there are also numerous battlefields across Europe where bloodied paratroops lie in heaps as a result of their transports running into heavy AAA concentration. Airborne assaults are not for every mission - and are definetly not suitable for the ridiculous anti-AAA mission in the S'grad campaign referred to above - but if you think you know [I]where[/I] the enemy is, and especially if they have numerous fortifications, then they can be decisive. Unless you're British, of course. Ever tried to launch an airborne assault when your men are armed with Sten guns? :mad: Try it for a laugh.;) Rask.
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