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Re: Grav Bikes

From: Alan Brain <aebrain@d...>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 04:49:39 -0400
Subject: Re: Grav Bikes

Darryl Adams wrote:

> I would use them as traditional Light horse (I ordered 6 ot them, so i
> have been thinking about it a lot).

Furry Nuff.

> I would use the bikes as a mechanism to get the troops up to the
> firezone fast, dismount , then enguage on foot.

Yup.

> Besheeba is not going to happen in SGII with IAVR and plasma weapons.

Ummm... I beg to differ. Remember the Light Horse at Bathsheeba charged
with drawn bayonets, and the opposition had machine guns...The
comparison is apt. As you said though, they were Mounted Infantry, not
cavalry. But they did it anyway.

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