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Re: [DS2] Anti-Tank guns

From: "John M. Atkinson" <john.m.atkinson@e...>
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 12:45:59 -0500
Subject: Re: [DS2] Anti-Tank guns

Los wrote:

> > IPB isn't a thing, it's a procedure.  Intelligence Preparation of
the
> > Battlefield.
> 
> Maybe he means having the ability to do an IPB before the scenario
> starts? For instance you could select a number of overlay filters on
the
> planning map before the scenario action starts that tells you stuff
like
> no go-slow/go terrain blah blah blah (won't bore you with all the
> particulars)

I'd like some sort of intel at all--like maybe an idea what is coming
down at me (there is a difference between my response to a T-72 company
and my response to a brigade of Iraqi militia).  :)

> For expanded reading on US Army simulations and their flaws and
> strengths  read Robert Leonards:" The Art of Manuever."

That's a really interesting book, which points up a lot of flaws in how
people view battlefields.

John M. Atkinson


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