[Rate of ammo expenditure in close combat]

Originally posted by MikeyD:

Do we have anyone on the board who knows someone who's been in a truely hot situation (Vietnam, Korea, Somalia, Iraq) who can comment on ammo expenditure? I figure in a life-and-death situation you wouldn't be rationing your ammo just in case you might need it a half hour later.

But I may be wrong in that regard. A well documented major problem with U.S, troops in Europe was simply getting them to use their weapon during a battle! If you fire your weapon you open yourself up to

A: getting return fire from the enemy

B: getting friendly fire from panicy green troops around you

C: running out of ammo at precisely the wrong moment.

A LOT of post-war boot-camp training is dedicated to conditioning the men to actually use their weapons.

Are you talking about the SLA Marshall study on 'ratio of fire'? Because that study has since been proved to have been based on highly questionable methods that fatally flawed the study.

[Bradley As Military Commander]

Bradley's handling of the situation in the Aachen/Huertgen area in the late fall and early winter months of 1944 are not his finest moment. As several have said, the operations in Huertgen especially were wasteful and ill advised.

Still, for the most part, he did a sterling job.

[John D. Salt - about Roy Farran and CMAK SCENARIO IDEAS CONTINUED]

I'd like to see Troina and Gela. San Pietro would make a great scenerio. Plus, there's that one battle where a bunch of Rangers got trapped behind German lines near the Anzio beachead. Can any grog name it?

[The scale of CMAK battles compared to CMBB]

Well, the combat in Italy was quite fierce. That's what I'm looking forward to the most. It'll be tough to do right, do!