Re: [SG2] Cover Penetration Question for all you Armour Experts

--- "Imre A. Szabo" <ias@sprintmail.com> wrote:
> > Do you have any earthly idea how long that would
> > take??
> 
> You did not specify a time requirement.  If you're
> the Iraqi's and you've
> got the U.S. threatening to invade, you've got
> plenty of time while the U.S.
> builds up to invade.

Sure.  

They tried that.  You know what happened?  You were
paying attention when the US drove two corps around
their right flank, right?
 
> Most fortifications take time to build.  Look at
> Verdun, Metz, etc.  You
> plan these thing in advance.	Modern example, South
> Korea.

You're assuming that your enemy is stupid enough to
attack them head-on.  Not a good plan unless your
terrain is as restricted as South Korea.  And even
then, such prior planning allows your enemy to get
beautiful satellite imagery pinpointing down to a 10
digit grid exactally where each one of your spiffy
tanker graves are located.

You loose, when attack aviation or artillery paste
every one of your tanker graves at H-Hour. 
 
> > No, the way to create fighting positions for armor
> is
> > digging holes, not creating parapets.
> 
> Assuming the terrain you are in allows you the
> luxury of digging down
> instead of building up.  There are a lot of place in
> the world where digging
> down won't work.  Examples, most river delta's
> (including the one in Iraq),
> half of Florida, about a third of the Leningrad
> Oblast, the Pripet Marshes,
> etc, etc, etc.

When was the last time someone drove tanks into
marshes in the first place, much less planned a
deliberate defense around armored formations in
marshlands?

John

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