Guest Pillar Posted January 31, 2001 Share Posted January 31, 2001 Perhaps. Just to be clear, where do you think my main body is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CavScout Posted January 31, 2001 Share Posted January 31, 2001 Somewhere on the map? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pillar Posted January 31, 2001 Share Posted January 31, 2001 Yes. OK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CavScout Posted January 31, 2001 Share Posted January 31, 2001 My point being scouts conduct reconnaissance forward of other friendly forces to provide current, accurate information about the enemy, terrain, weather, and physical resources within a specified area of operations. This provides the follow-on forces with an opportunity to maneuver freely and rapidly to their objective. Scouts keep the follow-on forces from being surprised or interrupted, and they prevent these forces from losing men and equipment along the way to the objective. A screening force provides early warning to the main body and impedes and harasses the enemy with direct and indirect fires. Within its capabilities and based on the commander’s guidance, it destroys enemy reconnaissance units in coordination with other combat elements. Screening missions, which are defensive in nature, provide the protected force with the lowest level of protection of any security mission. They are conducted to the front, flanks, and rear of a stationary force and to the flanks and rear of a moving force. The screening force normally operates within the range of the supporting artillery. A guard force is deployed over a narrower front than is a screening force. It accomplishes all the tasks of a screening force, with the additional task of preventing enemy ground observation of and direct fire against the main body. A guard force reconnoiters, attacks, defends, and delays as necessary to accomplish its mission. It normally operates within the range of the supporting artillery. A covering force accomplishes all the tasks of screening and guard forces to deceive, disrupt, and destroy enemy forces. The key distinction of the cover mission is that the force operates apart from the main body to allow early development of the situation. Unlike screening or guard forces, a covering force is tactically self-contained; it is normally a reinforced separate brigade or cavalry regiment. It is organized with sufficient CS and CSS assets to operate independent of the main body. Because the covering force (or a portion of it) can be decisively engaged by an enemy force, it must have sufficient combat power to effectively engage the enemy. What describes your method more? [This message has been edited by CavScout (edited 01-31-2001).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flipper Posted January 31, 2001 Share Posted January 31, 2001 why no three man team's with machine pistol's ala close combat or did they make those up?.....as for the discussion about scout's well if you are using a sharp shooter chances are it will die without much return in the way of info, half squads last longer but inevitbly break but probabnly your best bet. I think this issue need's to be clarefied by BTS as to what was SOP during the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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