I am enjoying TacOps a great deal and am beginning to slog my way through some of the smaller scenarios.
My question is this: how does a US rifle platoon do recon? I am playing the "Team Krempp" scenarion wherein a US rifle platoon (3 inf sqds, 2 MG teams, 2 ATGM teams, and a 81mm mortar carrier) has to clear the enemy off some high ground overlooking a town. Leaving the warm, cozy confines of the town immediately exposes them to arty fire, as you would imagine.
While I am not just looking for help in this one instance, I am more interested in the SOP for this type of situation. Are rifle platoons equipped to act independently like this in the real world? I find it hard to believe that SOP would send the infantry out in the open to flush out the bad guys from their hiding places, taking heavy casualties in the process.
I plan on ordering the good Major's Military Reference CD in hopes that this question and all of my other ones are addressed.
Thanks,
Jim