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Re: Most underrated merc?[message #262766]
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Thu, 16 September 2010 14:33
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BunsLoucipherThat's called "leap-frogging", not "running for cover".
Never heard that before, I don't even have a clue how to translate it.
where are you from - your army is still using muskets? :devilaugh: looky-looky
edith: yeah mr. k this wiki-article is horrible, but they admit it
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Re: Most underrated merc?[message #262873]
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Fri, 17 September 2010 17:21
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Right the lacked artillery and THATSWY made that concept.
Btw a certain Rudel took out an entire Russian tankdivision, several airplanes and ships with his lousy StuKa. Very unefective in deed.
wikipediaRudel flew 2,530 combat missions claiming a total of 2,000 targets destroyed; including 800 vehicles, 519 tanks, 150 artillery pieces, a destroyer, two cruisers, one Soviet battleship (the Marat), 70 landing craft, 4 armored trains, several bridges and nine aircraft which he shot down
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Re: Most underrated merc?[message #262931]
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Sat, 18 September 2010 00:46
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Oh my... an isolated remark on a name of a tactical maneuver sparked an entire discussion on World War II Watch out, guys... it's my favourite topic, so don't tempt me
Anyway, guys, Buns is right. "Gefecht der verbundenen Waffen" is simply a Combined Arms doctrine. Even Wikipedia has it right. All you talk about regarding cooperation between land forces and CAS units are just examples of how this doctrine was used in battle.
On a general note: German Army was at the forefront of military science at the time (we're talking inter-war and WWII times), so they eagerly tested many concepts of using their fighting units. The Spanish campaign alone brought Wehrmacht forward by quite a few years - nearly all "blitzkrieg" tactics were field-tested there. It was there that the famous "88s" got used against tanks for the first time. The Stuka was also tested there. Sadly, terror raids against cities - somebody mentioned Guernica - also caught the testing train (prior to Guernica, no city was substantially damaged by airplane bombardment). When we look at the history of how WWII was fought, we have to admit that many techniques, tactics, doctrines and ways of conducting combat operations were invented by Germans. The "leap-frogging" tactic, though only later named as such in the US Army, was also intensively taught by German military instructors.
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Re: Most underrated merc?[message #331203]
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Tue, 11 March 2014 20:47
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Ira is free, and you can't beat the name ("If you stay, Deirdranna's soldiers, if you stay, you'll never ever beat the IRA!").
Razor and Haywire combo neatly. Throw in Fidel, and watch them put the fun in functional massacre.
Bringe Schaufel, nuff said.
I'd mention Grunty, Steroid, Bull, Igor, too ... if they were underrated in the first place. I mean, seriously, whosoever underestimated them, ever? Everybody knows they're funky.
Hitman is a bit underpriced, too. He never complains about anything. He does his job, no questions asked. That's what hitmen do, Ace.
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