RE: Low Tech Scenarios

As a Tanker, the rule is "if I can see it I can kill it".  The US Army
did a survey of a Corps portion (@50km x 200km) of the inter-German
border and found that there were only a few hundred places that ATGM
could be used at full range (@4km).  Most areas had an LOS of 1600m or
less.  WWII had engagements closer for a couple of reasons, 1) Optics
and rangefinding technology and 2) penetration power of the rounds used.
 Most Allied tanks could not penetrate at over 1000m.

Hope this helps,

Michael Brown

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From:	NVDoyle
Sent:	Tuesday, May 19, 1998 4:30 PM
To:	FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
Subject:	Re: Low Tech Scenarios

In a message dated 98-05-19 15:24:23 EDT, John Skelly writes:

<< Wasn't it alos tru that most armored engagements happened at the
300-400
 range? >>

In Northern Europe, 90% of the terrain has sighting ranges of 300m or
less.
The remainder stretches out to about 1500m-2000m  at the greatest.  One
of the
justifications the Sovs gave for not having tank guns with really long
ranges.

Which is why a lot of my DS2 games look really cluttered - the hills
actually
are that close!

Noha V. Doyle