Re: [DS] Ground Attack Craft

I've actually put some thought into what to do about fighters to
penetrate
enemy zone ADS.  The last couple of games, I've generally just stuck
with
ground artillery, but I've often thought of the idea of having a few
fighters equipped heavily with GMS/H forming a first wave.  If they have
ZADS, the fighters fire those missiles en masse from outside the ZADS
range.
The ZADS' effectiveness will be diminished against missiles, and if it
penetrates the ADS itself, the ECM is basically nonexistent.  If the
missiles successfully destroy the ZADS, the fighters can fly through
without
much further worry.

Once this first wave of fighters has managed to destroy or at least
severely
dampen the enemy's ZADS, the next wave, armed to the teeth with DFO, can
come through and carpet bomb with a fair amount of impunity.

E
(aka Stilt Man)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Bilderback" <bbilderback@hotmail.com>
To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 4:42 PM
Subject: RE: [DS] Ground Attack Craft

> Noel Weer wrote:
>
> >I tried the GMS route initially, but quickly found what you point out
that
> >a
> >well placed ADS is a compounding problem.
>
> One option I've considered is using a vehicle (VTOL or ground) with
large
> #'s of GMS to take out ZADS vehicles, since few people I know load a
PDS
on
> top of a ZADS on the same vehicle (Myself excluded), and you can
overwhelm
> an ADS.  But that requires a special "ADS Killer" and that gets into a
loop
> too.
>
>
> >The most interesting luck we have had with air assets so far as been
with
> >good old fashion DFO. It almost just another arty strike, which is
never
a
> >bad thing, and you do not have the observer issues to deal with. You
do
> >trade this for ADS and LAD risks, plus it is of "limited duration" as
you
> >pointed out, but it can keep you opponent guessing. Plus, the image
of a
> >nice drop of napalm (or its GZG equivalent) spraying out over the
battle
> >field and your opponent is a good pick me up.
>
> I was thinking of SLAM's, has anyone tried that?
>
> 3B^2
>
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