SkiTroops

[AngryDeemon1]

What are the advantages of ski troops? The disadvantages?


Are they more vulnerable to machinegun fire? less likely to go prone/in cover?


Thanx in advance

[Belisarius]

Well, for one thing they're faster than regular infantry in snow. :p

[challenge]

He went on a rant about ski troops in one thread that had me laughing. Seems he doesn't hink they're worth much. I haven't used them, but that may change soon because one of my Core units is heading into the Russian winter.

What do they do for you besides moving faster in snow?

[Supervisor]

They won't clear mines!!!!!!

[Belisarius]

Oh yeah, they won't assault either.

(think our green-skinned friend got that point through in his thread...)

[Supervisor]

Forgot about that one.

[Capt. Pixel]

They make pretty good 'road bumps'. (Kinda like Soviet Militia) :rolleyes:

[AbsntMndedProf]

An interesting side-bar to this discussion, when I set up a campaign with the U.S. Army against the Germans starting in June, 1944, I get a D-Day battle to start, and the Germans almost always have ski troops on the beaches. (Is there such a thing as sand skis?):D

Eric Maietta

[rbrunsman]

There are rock skis, or early season, or east coast skiing skis;), if you like. In college I had a brand new pair and on my first run in November I went over a rock and ripped a hole in the bottom all the way down to the base. On the bright side, I had myself a new pair of rock/sand/mud skis.

[Goblin]

SKI TROOPS!?!?


Goblin:mad: