RE: [sg] platoon stuff and combat engineers

G'day,

> "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.

You don't necessarily need a bigger carrier to get a bigger punch if
you're
using alternate chemicals/mixtures in the warhead in the first place.
Think
of it this way you may get a lot more omph out of 100ml of whisky than a
100ml of water they're still both 100ml ;)
 
> Sounds like artillery-scatterable lures would work just fine.  And a
> lot cheaper than aerospace sorties.

Where are your artillery sitting? How did they get there?

Cheers