Re: Posleen/HymnB4Battle Figures?

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

>   - Emplaced defenses like mines, booby traps, etc
> are exceedingly 
> effective against Posleen formations due to amazing
> stupidity.
>   - Area fire effects are exceedingly effective
> against Posleen 
> formations due to their closely bunched nature.

Here's the problem with the Posleen:  There are a LOT
of non-LOS methods of taking out God-King floaters
that would IRL mean that they would be more or less a
nuisance, not a force capable of conquering most of
the planet.

Hornet Wide Area Munitions 
http://www.wood.army.mil/tsm/hornet.htm
http://www.periscope1.com/demo/weapons/landmine/antitank/w0004548.html
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/m93.htm

With a minor modification to targeting software, a
Hornet gauntlet could ripe the entire C2 structure out
of a Posleen force in seconds.	Without any
casualties.

SADARM submunitions and STAFF main battle tank rounds
would also be hideously effective.

Mr. Ringo is an excellent writer, but he's an Light
Infantryman of 20 years ago and doesn't really grok
how the modern battlefield works.

John

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