Armdchair Posted September 27, 2000 Share Posted September 27, 2000 Why can't machine guns and bunkers set ambushes? Seems to me it would be much more realistic if they could; they would then be able to pin enemy units at close range. After all, bazookas are given this capability. Just wondering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crepitis Posted September 27, 2000 Share Posted September 27, 2000 Pill boxes and bunkers are pretty vulnerable at close range,from grenades bazookas and satchel charges.Maybe it makes sense to keep any atacking infantry at arms length. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armdchair Posted September 28, 2000 Author Share Posted September 28, 2000 I guess "close range" isn't what I mean so much as lethal range. In my various reading of combat accounts, from WWII & in Vietnam, bunker complexes were often discovered only after they opened up on US troops at a killing range, killing some outright and pinning the remainder under murderous fire. Defenders gained a dual advantage: 1) of being in prepared fortified defensive positions: and 2), being able to iniate combat,i.e., take offensive action via ambush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maastrictian Posted September 28, 2000 Share Posted September 28, 2000 My feeling is that AT teams were dispatched independently much more often than MG teams, which were normally kept with the platoon. Not sure if this is infact the case doctrine wise, but that is my impression. MG teams can target ambush markers as long as they are in command, so this shouldn't hinder you too much. --Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Michael emrys Posted September 28, 2000 Share Posted September 28, 2000 How about giving them a Hide order, Armdchair? Have you tried that? Michael [This message has been edited by Michael emrys (edited 09-27-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armdchair Posted September 28, 2000 Author Share Posted September 28, 2000 Well, I tried the " Hide" order and that didn't work out too well. It really doesn't operate the same as "Ambush". Using the "Hide" order you run the risk that Crepitis pointed out: of letting the enemy get dangerously close to your positions. I'm also not too sure of Wehrmacht doctrine but my impression was that they tended to use more independent MG teams & MG nests than Allied forces did because they were usually on the defensive, and to compensate for the lack of manpower with firepower. This would also have applied to understrength Allied forces on the defensive in say, the Bulge for instance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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