Tropic Fury

It would be nice to see some Finnish Ski Troops. Or even Russian Ski troops, for that matter. Apparently both utilized fairly large ski formations in a sort of skirmishing role. It would be interesting to have their mobility through tall pines and scattered trees, wouldn't it?

To be a Fire Observation Officer was something of great responsibility and required a person to be able to make calculations while under fire. The dedicated FOO who was detached from an artillery battery had to adjust range and bearing for the guns if anything close to accuracy could be achieved. This had to be done from a datum point (his position). If a FOO was displaced, he would have to give the fire mission from scratch from his new position, and that would add a delay, especially if the fire was coming from the same Battery. That one spotter can't control the fire of several batteries at once probably mimicks the problems of radio-communications in WWII (i.e. the manportable ones at the time could not cater to several frequencies at once. In fact, most modern ones don't do this either). Of course, I could be wrong. If anyone could give better facts to correct my assumptions, I'd be more than happy to take the criticism.

I'm sure that in the modern sense that a Task Force is usually a battalion-sized organization that is semi-independant and is comprised of a headquarters of the host unit and several companies/batteries/troops/squadrons of varying combat arms. TF's are also known as Battle Groups. The reason I state a battalion-sized organization is that anything smaller would be unsustainable and anything larger would require a more formal headquarters and administrative structure. The current forces deployed in Bosnia are a series of independant Battle Groups/Task Forces from different nations controlling independant sectors. These structures seemed to be historically task-orientated within the overall operational plan of a division to gain tactical objectives. I may be wrong, but there doesn't seem to be a textbook definition of a Task Force.

Thanks for the info guys. I guess I have to do my homework on vehicle characteristics more often. I admit that I have been a little lazy lately with my Detailed Map Reconnaissance. One can always overlook those finer details. Kudos again to the realism of this game.

I enjoy this game for it's realism and historical accuracy. In fact, most small unit tactics of today were lessons learned from WWII. One of the first, most brutal, lessons was that an enemy who is worth his combat boots doesn't play by rules. Nor does he follow an established norm. That your opponent wasn't AI proves this. I think your opponent gave you a run for your money and that you proved the wiser at the end of the day. I may be a junior member, but I do know that in times of duress, the bad guys always do the dance of desparation to win. "Who dares, wins"

I'm an FNG at this game and have been playing with OJT the entire time. I cringe every time I see "Bogged In" because it eventually becomes "Immobilized", especially for the heavily-tracked vehicles (well duh). Does anyone have any suggestions as to what types of vehicles are more suited to damp-muddy terrain? I've noticed that the Puma is the only one that can get Bogged In and move on by the next turn.