Re: The GZG Digest V1 #843

dadams@parracity.nsw.gov.au wrote:

> Case in point was the mad minute, not true RBF , granted, but firing
insane
> amounts of ammo out from your camp lets the enemy know exactly where
your camp
> was, and that you where setting up at night. A patrol, however,
allowed better
> recon , and hopefully the benifit of supprise.

Ummm. . . everyone knows where a base camp is.	In most cases, the Viet
Cong has agents inside them.  90%+ of them took mortar fire on a daily
basis.	

John M. Atkinson