Re: [SGII] Fire of AT Missiles at disperesed tagets

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 10:06:12 -0500, Ryan Gill <rmgill@mindspring.com>
wrote:

> That's called intelligence and some idea of the
> OOB of the other guys. By the same token I can
> probably dig up many accounts of the use of
> PIATs, Bazookas and 6 pounder AT guns used to hit
> a steeple or high tower that was being used by a
> sniper that was holding up an advance. IF you're
> being shot at and you have a weapon that'lld to
> the job, you'll probably use it.

And again you would be missing the point.

That would be an example of a weapon being used DOCTRINALLY to hit a
single POINT hard target.

What you will be hard pressed to find would be an account of the use
of a PIAT or Bazooka being used to shoot at troops in the open to
supress them.

John
-- 
"Thousands of Sarmatians, Thousands of Franks, we've slain them again
and again.  We're looking for thousands of Persians."
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