Re: [GZG] [brushfire] Final Summary [long] [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

On 10/10/06, Ryan Gill <rmgill@mindspring.com> wrote:
> At 10:51 PM -0700 10/9/06, Michael Llaneza wrote:
> >John Atkinson wrote:
> >
> >>OK, if you put metal plates in the middle of a hardball road, it
> >>doesn't look like mines to me.  It looks like metal plates in the
> >>middle of a hardball road.	I'm a Combat Engineer with almost 2
years
> >>in combat, not a Russian conscript private driving a tank I can't
see
> >>out of.
> >>
> >
> >I think the problem here was the player being
> >too specific about what his troops were doing.
> >Instead of ordering a fake minefield and letting
> >the sergeants (in the form of the inimitable Mr.
> >Robertson) handle it, Laserlight got specific.
>
> Even so, John's got LOTS of experience dealing
> with nuisance/fake mine fields. And if it's not
> covered with medium and heavy weapons fire it's
> pointless.
>
> He's been de-IED'ing parts of Iraq for a while
> now and he's on his second tour. Wanna make him
> sweat? Put a fake mine field right in front of a
> hidden real one mixed with chemical mines, Off
> route mines and sentry guns covering the
> approaches. Then put artillery on the board with
> priority orders to hit that TRP on orders from
> observers who are also spotting and controlling
> remote fired long range top attack missiles.
> That'll get his attention and make him break a
> sweat while he clears the mine fields while under
> fire, concealed by his own smoke screens and
> brews coffee at the same time... ;-)

I decline to comment on the mental picture that brought up.

Like I said, there are ways to make a hoax IED that look plausible.
Throwing plain metal plates in the road isn't one of them.  And I'm
not discussing the 'right' way to do things in an open forum.

John
-- 
"Thousands of Sarmatians, Thousands of Franks, we've slain them again
and again.  We're looking for thousands of Persians."
--Vita Aureliani
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