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by HobG
Mon Dec 03, 2018 3:18 pm
Forum: Armored Brigade
Topic: What might be the best plan for 78~82s games for NATO?
Replies: 11
Views: 417

RE: What might be the best plan for 78~82s games for NATO?

<r> You can use infantry ATGM teams in the mix. They're harder to deal with direct fires at long ranges and immune to ATGM. You may have to smoke some of the enemy so they won't take part in the fight, use air or what have you. But the entire point is to mass more firepower than the other guy <I><s ...
by HobG
Mon Dec 03, 2018 1:55 pm
Forum: Armored Brigade
Topic: What might be the best plan for 78~82s games for NATO?
Replies: 11
Views: 417

RE: What might be the best plan for 78~82s games for NATO?

<t> I find the standard methodical leapfrogging plan with smoke works nicely if your enemy is willing to be completely passive. <br/>
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- scout carefully to locate the center of gravity of enemy defenses<br/>
- smoke them up<br/>
- drive lots of stand-off units into good firing positions ...
by HobG
Thu Nov 22, 2018 2:58 am
Forum: Armored Brigade
Topic: what is the best use of the different units?
Replies: 16
Views: 362

RE: what is the best use of the different units?

<t> The recon company is an interesting beast. You should have the full complement if you intend to use historical tactics. Otherwise a platoon of dismounted infantry will have to do. We already know that infantry can slowly creep very close to enemy without being seen, especially in favorable ...
by HobG
Wed Nov 21, 2018 3:53 pm
Forum: Armored Brigade
Topic: what is the best use of the different units?
Replies: 16
Views: 362

RE: what is the best use of the different units?

<r> I was going to link fire paragraph order wikipage here, but the forum ate my post. Look it up, it's a convenient way to make sure you don't forget anything and consider everything important. Last two paragraphs are rarely needed in games of this scale but since we're all grognards here...<br ...
by HobG
Tue Nov 20, 2018 9:50 pm
Forum: Armored Brigade
Topic: what is the best use of the different units?
Replies: 16
Views: 362

RE: what is the best use of the different units?

<t> The first thing you should probably get accustomed to is that ranges are massive. Tanks can fire practically anywhere on a smaller map. Thus, you don't need to drive everyone into fist fight range to shoot at them. Instead you can have your tanks half a kilometer or more back to make them ...

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