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Re: [SG] Artillery

From: "Laserlight" <laserlight@q...>
Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 20:36:04 -0400
Subject: Re: [SG] Artillery

> Yeah.  They may be pretty bad at it, but they do love
> it.

Well, they can't be *that* bad.  A coalition of Egypt and Saudi took
over the entire Middle East and North Africa, including Iran and Iraq,
neither of which you'd expect to roll over without a fight.  Given
that we're talking about 150 years in the future, they could be pretty
tough.

> Of course, IFed artillery doctrine also centralizes
> fireplans and holds authority to call for fire
> somewhat above the platoon level.  This also makes for
> lack of flexibility.

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