Re: [GZG] [GZG Fiction] Basic Street Fighting Manual

["John Atkinson" <johnmatkinson@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 1/30/07, Beth.Fulton@xxxxxxxx <Beth.Fulton@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > I'm pretty sure that even if they can eat the canned goods in human
> > cities, they will run out and likely didn't bring many farmers.
>
> Based on this comment I don't think my fiction has made something clear
> (or as clear as I had hoped), the only good agricultural land (the
> "agri-centres") are associated with the settlements. The open areas on
> Mars don't yet support Terran agriculture and I hadn't thought they
> would support Kra'Vak either, though it is a possibility I could write
> in in the future if it worked better that way.

Ah.  You also have to realize I don't read all the fiction, the title
of this one caught my eye.  Limited internet time.  :)  Now I'm
thinking that you almost could consider all of Mars as an urban area.
Take and hold the spaceports, throw up a blockade, and starve the
little bastards out.  Presuming, of course, that you can get your
fleet to do that.  And if you can't, then you likely can't supply a
massive ground assault safely either.

> > Depends.  You want to change tanks, it takes a lot more than
> > to make silly string to look for tripwires.
>
> Ok. What time are you talking about for major equipment?

Depends on a lot of things.  If you can buy off-the-shelf, it's a lot
easier.  For instance, from the first few IEDs to the procurement of
the first Buffalos was something like a year or so, but this is a
vehicle already in production that just needed to be purchased and
shipped to theater.

Historically, the Germans got from PzKfw IV As to IV Ms in 5 years or so. . .

> Ok understandable, is there a historical resource any one on the lift
> knows of that could help on that topic?

Look at the hedgerow fighting--how long did it take to go from never
having seen a hedgerow to having worked out multiple battledrills and
a field-improvised piece of equipment that could clear them quickly
and efficiently.  That's what I mean by TTPs.

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