Peace Mission 2005

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M1Tanker

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rommel said:
Well, i think that the paratrooper are still useful, they're vulnerable during the descent and to anykind of armor attack, but they can act as light infantry, doing hit and run, they don't have any heavy equipement, so they main job is dirupt and confuse the ennemy command chain, for exemple, you are defending a combat zone,the ennemy just drop some paras behind and on you, there's some ennemy heavy unit preparing to attack from the front, what will you do ?? Send the armor to crush the para and let the infantry defend against the heavy unit or attack with infantry and defend with your armor ?? If u send infantry to fight, there's a chance your infantry will be deafeated or sustained heavy losses, but if u send ur tank, what will u do if the ennemy units pierces ur main defence line ??? Your armors are fighting against para, u cannot just take them out of the fight like this, so it's confusing the ennemy and opening a second "front". Or you can always drop them far back to cut the supply line like bridges and main road or even, take the ennemy airport !
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I'm wandering a little off topic here, but back when I was in school and we were getting assigned branches (avation, armor, infantry, chem, etc) the guys who were happiest were the light infantry guys. They have the worst life but are the most important element on the battlefield.

It took me a while to get over my cavalry pride and realize my whole job on the battlefield was to support infantry. Artillery can't hold terrain. Helos can't hold terrain, tanks can't hold terrain, and personnel clerks can't hold terrain (or do much of anything well, it seems).

Parachute infantry is still a great idea. Assuming there is air superiority, air dropped infantry can secure vital terrain much faster than mech, motorized, or (my thier knees rest in peace) leg infantry. The shock value of quick seizure more than makes up for the added vunerability of the parachute drop.

Armor sure is nice when you're getting shot at though :eek:

Tanky
 
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M1Tanker said:
I'm wandering a little off topic here, but back when I was in school and we were getting assigned branches (avation, armor, infantry, chem, etc) the guys who were happiest were the light infantry guys. They have the worst life but are the most important element on the battlefield.

It took me a while to get over my cavalry pride and realize my whole job on the battlefield was to support infantry. Artillery can't hold terrain. Helos can't hold terrain, tanks can't hold terrain, and personnel clerks can't hold terrain (or do much of anything well, it seems).

Parachute infantry is still a great idea. Assuming there is air superiority, air dropped infantry can secure vital terrain much faster than mech, motorized, or (my thier knees rest in peace) leg infantry. The shock value of quick seizure more than makes up for the added vunerability of the parachute drop.

Armor sure is nice when you're getting shot at though :eek:

Tanky
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I totally agree with Tanky, did you heard before that the Infantry is the Queen of the Battlefield ?? The infantry force is the workhorse of an army, only us, infantry, we can defend a position, we can take a building, we can clear a bunker or ambush an ennemy convoy, because we are the most versatile force in a army, infantry can do everything and and we need to react much more faster than a tank crew for exemple,and paratrooper is like dropping an elite light infantry force behind the ennemy, can you immagine how dommage we could done ??

BTW, Tanky, we said foot infantry, not leg infantry
 
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rommel said:
I totally agree with Tanky, did you heard before that the Infantry is the Queen of the Battlefield ?? The infantry force is the workhorse of an army, only us, infantry, we can defend a position, we can take a building, we can clear a bunker or ambush an ennemy convoy, because we are the most versatile force in a army, infantry can do everything and and we need to react much more faster than a tank crew for exemple,and paratrooper is like dropping an elite light infantry force behind the ennemy, can you immagine how dommage we could done ??
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well like we finnish artillery mens say, infantry moves, artillery destroyes...
 
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I like chopper infantry more than paratroops. They are faster, and have more firepower per area. But then you are using a lot of planes, and most of the time, you can't carry vehicles. (Even though I don't think vehicles are paratroops are very useful either, the IFV sucks......)

I would use paratroops if the target is big and will also use large armored vehicles if I am to take a logistical route.
 
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Obcession

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Also with chopper inserted infantry you can move out when the chopper arrives at the insertion point, but with paras you need to gather a reasonable number of men before carrying out your mission. Chopper inserted infantry also can be extracted, while paratroopers wait to be relieved. And you can't just drop your paras ontop of your objective, because it's usually heavily guarded. With choppers you can get reasonably close to the objective.
 
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sino52C

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I don't see anything wrong with a division size airmobile troops such as the 101, if you have enough helicopters.

you can use a small number of paratroopers, I think they are less vulnerable than helicopters if used properly.
 
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Obcession

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Well yes, there is nothing wrong with a division sized air assault unit, but the merits are still those of chopper insertion. Yes, you can do a small scale paratrooper drop, but the merits are still those of paratrooper insertion.
 
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