Re: [sg] platoon stuff and combat engineers

> What I meant was you wouldn't want to use heavy weapons with wide
area of
> effect (big bang)

"Heavy weapons" does not necessarily imply wide area of effect.  Heavy
weapons for an infantry platoon (which is what started this) might be
antitank missiles, recoilless rifles, heavy machine guns, etc.	If
your civilian hunting rifle round  is 5mm, you can use the same round
in a light SAW--but that's it.	You would probably want a heavier
caliber (7.62mm, 9mm, 12.5mm) for heavier weapons.

> > OK, so I drop them from helicopters and use them as
> > impromptu obstacle belts.  Drop them where I'm not.
>
> That'd work, though if they're in lemurella territory you'd want
your
> helicopters to get moving pretty quickly. AN aerospace drop may be
better.

Sounds like artillery-scatterable lures would work just fine.  And a