Re: DS2: Design questions of my own.

Glenn M Wilson wrote:

>Might work better there since those mountains are not, IIRC, so high as
>the ones in Afghanistan (No, I have not checked an atlas; No, this is
not
>my part of the world; Yes, I am definitely swagging on 14 year old
>memories.)  But I do remember that high elevations limited the lift of
>the Hinds and I don't remember that ever being a problem in helicopters
>fighting fires in Washington or Oregon.  But if I am wrong someone will
>point it out.	<grin>

Actually, for the most part, you're right.  The really tall West Coast 
Mountains are the Sierras, and they're well south of the zone of
conflict.

The only problem that poses a problem for Heliborne infantry ops is how 
forested the mouontains are, reducing the number of viable landing
zones.	
But that's probably not as big a deal as the altitude is.

Brian B2

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