But I bet he wished he had. 
Busy little go-carts. Hard to hit the speedy little buggers, but not impossible.
222s killed one BA-10 as it approached the southern hill and VHs. (Big, wide open spaces with almost no cover on this map.) The remainder of the AC platoon pinned it's partner down and allowed a MC platoon to surround the AC and pop the crew. That crew is no more.
More 222s pile onto the center hill, killing another BA-10 and scattering Soviet crews to the wind with sprays of 20mm.
A Motorcycle squad finishes off a BA-10 crew in the north as other platoon elements begin their northern flanking maneuvers.
An LAS 762 takes long shot and kills yet another BA-10, as a platoon of 222s harry several other ACs in the same area.
Any reinforcements will avail you not. Your artillery will be gone within three turns.
Surrender, and I'll allow you to keep your sword.
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