AT-ATs, Gulf War, was Re: The GZG Digest V1 #672

dadams@parracity.nsw.gov.au wrote:

> If you are palying Imperial, buy ortillery and lots of it. There is a
reason 
> the good guys have those snazzy Star Destroyers.

There was a reason why Lord Vader had to send in ground troops to
capture the Hoth base, too... he couldn't bombard it because of the
shield generator :-/

> Unfortunately DSII has the propblem of hadling high tech weapon 
> systems. Yes they do cost more than the metho-powered tin can, but a
> High tech army will fight rings arround a low tech army (The Gulf War
is > a clasic example, and the tech was not that different between the
Iraqis > and Allies).

In the Gulf War, the Allies had Superior FCs and COnfident
Regular/Veteran units with leadership 1-2. Oh, and massive aerospace
support, and quite a lot of artillery :-/

Most of the Iraqi forces had Basic FCs (in the cases their hardware
rated higher - ie, Enhanced - their training and doctrine didn't allow
them to use it), SHaken Green units (with a smattering of Regular) with
leadership 2-3. Mostly 3. And no effective artillery or air support, of
course.

I think DSII would get the outcome of such a fight reasonably right -
particularly if you let the Iraqi forces be as surprised by the ground
assault as they were historically (with many tank crews camping well
away from their tanks, and thus not manning their tanks when the enemy
arrived..) <g>

Regards,

Oerjan Ohlson
oerjan.ohlson@telia.com

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