RE: Thinking of aspects of PA in urban fighting [FMAS] [General]

>Absender: cdownes-ward@9a.co.uk
> This argues for PA being used in the same fashion they appeared in 
> the old Task Force game "Cerberus", which was as special forces 
> troops who came, destroyed and left.

Just about any type of forces occasionally need time off to rest, eat, 
get ammo, fuel, maintenance etc. Their mileage may vary, though, and you

could argue combat endurance of PA is designed to be comparable to that 
of other infantry.

> Another thing to think of with PA is that they have relativly short
> endurance (12 hours for ESU PA to 36 hours for NAC PA). After that 
> time, they must recharge, change filters, restore food stocks 
> (protien paste, yum!), dispose of waste, (humans sleep), etc. I 
> would expect this maintenance time is the most dangerous for PA. 

Greetings
Karl Heinz