Re: DS/SG Engineers

> As a field commander, I am sure >that I will find PLENTY of
> unreasonable things for them to do..."You're a >motor-rifle regiment -
> of course you can clear mines.  NOW."
> 
> Zhukov's theory on mineclearing was that if he ignored the mines and
> pressed through anyway, he'd take less casualties than if he stopped
to
> clear them.

Especially as in WW2, minefields were often used to block areas that
could not be covered with direct fire.

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Barry Cadwgan ( BCADWGAN@FL.NET.AU )
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"The end does not justify the means.  
 The end is the sum of the means,
 as the road travelled determines the destination." 
Valijon Starbringer (Hellflower Trilogy, Eluki bes Shahar)