Re: Tactics and methods of the ESU Red banne

I have never much liked the wave guns in FT. They seem way too powerful. 

I now know your plans my comrade and you will start your US tour with a
string of losses.

(evil, smirking, all knowing grin)

Jay

 
At 04:56 PM 10/11/96 +0000, you wrote:
>The ESU Red Banner Fleet (ESURBF) is around 8200 points. It consist 7	

>Capital ships. The Superdreadnougth USS Ho Sin, Fleet Carrier USS
Admiral   
>Kosnetzov, Attack Carrier USS Keiv, Battledreadnought USS Sverdlov,   
>Battleship USS Potomkin,Battlecruiser USS Kirov and the Auxilery
Carrier   
>Crimson Midget. I don' propose to list all the cruiser and escorts I
will   
>compile an e-mail which the design of the ships in the near future.
There	
>is a cruiser squdron of assorted types. There is the missile squadron,
a   
>frigate squdron, and last, the penal corvette/scout squadron armed with
  
>scatter packs.
>
>My general battletactic is to form up the fleet on the table top with
two   
>wave gun armed capital ships on the flanks. The carriers in the centre 
 
>with assorted escorts. The remaining capital ships distributed in the	

>battleline. The missile squadron is in front along with the penal   
>squadron.
>
>My general tactic is to close with the enemy. The penal squadron closes
  
>with one enemy ship, the survivors firing all the submunition packs
into   
>it. The missile squadron is general armed with EMP missiles if fighting
  
>NSL (he uses armour not shields), otherwise assorted mix. They are
fired	
>at a range of less the 36 inches. I try to saturate the enemies PDAFs
and   
>ADAFS.  As the range close I try to envelop the oposing fleet so that
the   
>wave gun capitalships fire enfiled down the oposing group. My fighter	

>tactics are to use a mix of interceptors and torpedo fighters. I leave 
 
>these with my fleet so as to provide myself with extra fire power when 
 
>the battle gets to close order.
>
>Well there you have the  'trade' secrets of the ESURBF. I know they can
  
>be beaten and I do vary them, but they only really work well on a table
  
>top were you have artificially fixed flanks. A variation for the floor
is   
>to fire missiles from the flanks forcing the enemy to scatter or evade
in   
>towards the centre and play as usual.
>
>Well they will coutmartial me for this!
>
>Simon Campbell-Smith
>aka Grand Admiral Simonov
>ESU Red Banner Fleet
>
>PS I can't type
>	
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