Re: [DSII] Dozy question re: Command/Communications

--- Ryan Gill <rmgill@mindspring.com> wrote:

> Hmm? Royal Marine Commandos were all over Normandy.
> So were several 
> other Commando units that the British trained (Free
> French for 
> example) on the Eastern Edge of the British Beaches.
> Additionally, 
> wouldn't the Rangers that assaulted Pont du Hoc be
> considered 
> commandos?

Ah, but the Rangers were engaged in a legitemate SOF
operation:  Climbing a cliff to kill at close range
artillerymen who were not expecting or prepared for
close combat.  Makes for a boring DSII game:  Either
your guys get up the cliff and chew the gunners to
tiny bits, or they slip and break their necks.

Put those same Rangers up against Panzers?  Fish food.
 Every time Rangers were used for conventional
assaults, they took heavier casualties than a
conventional unit would have in the same circumstances
because they are not trained, organized, or equipped
to go toe-to-toe slugging it out with line units.  
 
John

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