Re: [GZG] Small thought re: Orbital Assault
From: Oerjan Ariander <oerjan.ariander@t...>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:15:35 +0100
Subject: Re: [GZG] Small thought re: Orbital Assault
Glenn wrote:
>Oerjan Ariander wrote:
>
> > You were talking about ARMOURED support above. Generally speaking,
> > trucks and helos aren't considered to be "armoured support" -
although
> > I've noticed that the US Army now calls a platoon of 4xM1114
armoured
> > HumVees a "motorized tank platoon", so maybe the requirements to
count
> > as "armoured" are being softened nowadays <g>
>
><snip>
>
>I would like to see your source for this comment. Not that I doubt you
as
>to it be said I just...doubt the source's IQ.
My source: several articles in Armor Magazine over the past year, mostly
ones where "motorized tank" units in Iraq describe how they re-organized
to
make the best out of limited assets
(BTW Glenn, your posts are *heavily* formatted. Please re-set to "plain
text" if at all possible!)
Regards,
Oerjan
oerjan.ariander@telia.com
"Life is like a sewer.
What you get out of it, depends on what you put into it."
-Hen3ry
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