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German Recon Battalions and their use

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 3:01 am
by KG Erwin
Here's a good article, written by historian Bryan Perrett: http://www.geocities.com/desertfox1891/ ... taktik.htm


This leads to a question: the scale of SPWaW doesn't lend itself to the concept of "deep reconnaisance" by motorized or foot elements, so, are recon elements a vital part of your forces, or simply cannon fodder to scope out your opponents?

RE: German Recon Battalions and their use

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 4:29 am
by 264rifle
I believe it was Patton who said that reconnaisance troops were supposed to go down a road till they got blown up and then report back, or something to that effect.[;)]

RE: German Recon Battalions and their use

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 12:32 pm
by Warrior
Nice article.

RE: German Recon Battalions and their use

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 3:05 pm
by brador
Talk about breaking down the intriquicies of reconnaisance! An interesting article.