Re: [OT] Spearhead

On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 05:24:05PM -0800, John Atkinson wrote:

>Something about most wargames--they want to rate
>minefields as AT, AP, or mixed, with the mixed being
>less effective than the pure.	That's bogus--the
>density of AT mines is actually higher in the more
>common mixed minefields (Block, for instance) than in
>AT-pure disrupts.  It just has AP mines _also_.

I would assume this is for game balance - otherwise players are going to
use mixed all the time.

Why doesn't the US Army use mixed all the time? (I can guess some
possible answers, but I'd like to hear it...)

Roger