Re: Vulnerability of tanks, aircraft to lower TL attacks

In a message dated 98-07-02 13:49:50 EDT, you write:

<< >I suppose. I concede that modern aircraft are probably pretty close
to
 >invulnerable to attack from infantry that's too much below TL. Afghan
 >guerilla's only managed to harm Soviet aircraft when they started
 >gettingthe CIA supplied Stingers. Comperable TL I should think. But 
 
 Uh. . . The Afghans were plinking Hinds with captured Strelas long 
 before the CIA got into the act.  The problem was they didn't have 
 Strelas in *quantity* since you have to fire a couple off to get good 
 odds of getting a hit.   >>

There are also some accounts early in the conflict of Afghans taking out
Hinds
with rocks. The Soviets were flying low level through mountain passes
and the
Afghans would toss rocks off higher levels and damage the rotors. It may
not
really apply here, but it is something else to think about.