Guest Guest Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 deleted per user request 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undead reindeer cavalry Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 yeah serious kilotonnage was predicted during the early era. here's one way they would have used 600 kilotons on a divisional sector: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undead reindeer cavalry Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 later Cold War era sample nuke allocation for a corps: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willow00 Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Very interesting! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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undead reindeer cavalry Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 At least they think they will be on the offense. ) heh yes. not very likely What's the radii of those circles? Looks like two 10 or 20kT weapons to completely destroy a front line infantry bn in foxholes. that map isn't in scale, it's just to give an idea. yes it was calculated it would take one or two 20kt strikes to take an infantry battalion ouf of the game, though because of issues related to the employment of nukes (e.g. takes time to fire, limited accuracy) the number of actual strikes would likely be higher. these types of massive strike plans belong to the early era. already back in those days military found in their trials (exercises like Sagebrush and Carte Blanche) that purely tactical battlefield use of nukes was not really all that feasible. even with very limited conflict areas, in just a couple of days, you would end up calling hundreds of strikes with the total yield calculated in megatons. the effects of such "tactical" fires would equal strategic nuclear warfare. this lead to higher sensitivity towards nuclear escalation and the likelihood of all sorts of gentlemen's deals with restricted nuke usage. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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