RE: [GZG] [brushfire] Final Summary [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

	I think you did nearly everything right with the information I
gave.
In hindsight, I did need to give you at least 1 more unit back to give
your
forces some depth (your actual infantry casualties were light; but you
didn't have enough to keep Hudak's infantry off or do the necessary
urban
legwork).  There were also a lot of GMS/IAVRs flying around.

	Including HQ, I had down immediate availability of 3 IFVs, 1
tank, 3
AFVs (already in ambush) and 2 mortar AFVs.  Certainly not enough to
continue forward momentum until field repairs (poss 1 tank and 1 IFV) or
replacements gave you more help (which wasn't far away, but you didn't
know
that).

	I agree that I didn't give you enough forces as attacker (or
accurate enough intel to make the best use of your forces).  Infantry vs
tanks/armoured cav is certainly a lot harder to balance than it looks,
esp.
in an urban setting.

If I do this again, I'm going to need to put a lot more thought into the
scenario and tweaking available forces.

Brendan
'Neath Southern Skies
http://home.pacific.net.au/~southernsk/

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Behalf Of John Atkinson
> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 3:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [GZG] [brushfire] Final Summary [long] [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
> 
> On 10/9/06, Robertson, Brendan wrote:
> 
> >	   If John had chosen to consolidate and move onto K, it 
> > *probably* would have been an easy run due to:
> > 1.	Active Satellite recon showing exactly where Hudak troops were 
> > moving; 2.	Scouts having located the ambushing tanks; 3.  Armoured 
> > vehicles in open terrain vs infantry; 4.  Most of Hudak's PA being 
> > rendered ineffective by that last fight.
> > There was always the random factor; including Hudak was 
> laying ambush 
> > sections of 30-40 round metal plates on chokepoint road 
> sections and 
> > other sneaky infantry tricks.
> 
> Here's the problem.
> 
> The way I read it, I had one tank and 2 IFVs (with 
> understrength scratch squads in them) to continue the attack, 
> plus a short scout platoon which isn't intended for a 
> straight-up fight.  Going up against dug-in infantry I 
> assumed that I'd hit an ambush based on the fact that in the 
> combat resolution as I was reading it, Hudak's troops 
> invariably got the drop on mine.  Some cav troopers they 
> turned out to be--asleep at the switch each and every time a 
> fight started.  So I'd be out another vehicle or two before I 
> even started to inflict casualties.
> 
> I also, based on GM communications, pretty much figured that 
> if Hudak's guys were dismounted, then they wouldn't be picked 
> up by satellite at all.
> 
> What would be the point?  You want a fight to the death, hire 
> some berserks.
> 
> As far as I can see, I should have absolutely refused the 
> mission on day 1.  If I had both scout platoons and all my 
> armor, it would have been a whole different ball-game.  I 
> would have been able to screen off that southern town and 
> bypass it completely, and had enough firepower to get into a 
> fight without suffering catastrophic losses.
> I also would have had the ability to maintain a reserve 
> without reducing my main body to the point that it couldn't 
> defend itself.
> 
> In my book, it goes down as a case of stupidity on my part 
> for underestimating how bad the initial situation was and 
> reacting accordingly.  An armored cavalry troop should not 
> accept being bastardized and then sent into urban operations.
> 
> As for the intel brief I got, it was entirely wrong in every 
> particular, which is why I went into that damned town in the 
> first place.
> 
> John

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