RE: [DS] Heavy Weapon Teams [SG] Laser weapons

A breakthrough scenario?
The line collapses and the mortar team (about 1/2 way up the table) and
its
support is ordered to slow the enemy as long as possible, fall back to
possition X (end of the board), under support from another artillery
unit.

Hot Landing?
A company has been disgorged by dropship (which has left). The company
has
some (minimal) artillery support in the way of a Mortar Team and X
number of
chits. You have to set up the artillery on Hill X to support additional
landings. Hill X is half-way across the table (the closest place that
the
dropship could land). Unfortunatly, there are several teams of opposing
forces that have infiltrated the "secured area".

What situations would you put the Mortar Teams in that would not be
better
served by an artillery vehicle? Mountains? Swamp? It would seem to me
(and
again I do not have experience) that unless the terrain makes it
impossible
for a vehicle, it would be better not to encumber a whole platoon (or
company) with artillery shells, but to put them on an artillery vehicle
and
ammo carring vehicle. [E-mail does not convey emotions correctly - this
is
not sarcastic, but inquiring.]

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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gzg-l@lists.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
[mailto:owner-gzg-l@lists.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU]On Behalf Of John Atkinson
Sent: April 06, 2001 23:15
To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
Subject: RE: [DS] Heavy Weapon Teams [SG] Laser weapons

--- Brian Bell <bkb@beol.net> wrote:
> OK. So you have 200 rounds, but your infantry team
> cannot move out of
> integrety range from it or it cannot fire the
> mortar. This I can accept.
>
> If you are saying that you can dump the ammo on a
> location on the board and
> have the Mortar Team go anywhere on the board and
> fire, this I would have a
> problem with.

I've never had a problem with people wanting to move
mortars all over the place.  Anywhere you'd attack
with light infantry doesn't have counter-battery
radars (presumably--I've never run a scenario that
has) and mortar range is still 'tabletop' so why would
you move it?  It's never come up so I havn't thought
about it.

John

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