majog Wrote:So how does an assault change from close combat? If you argument is that it is just a fire fight does not selecting all stacked units at a time and having them fire do the same thing? If not how is it different? Also in your example why would the units need to move at all to reflect that? Why do then the need to surround a unit first?
Because units get surrounded all the time in warfare!
Large Examples: Bastogne, Stalingrad
Medium Examples: 1st Battalion, 141st Infantry, 36th Infantry, Vosages Mountains October 1944.
2nd Parachute Battalion, 1st British Airborne Arnhem, Sept 1944.
'B' Company of the 2/24th, Rourke's Drift, Natal, South Africa, January 1879.
Small Scale: Every single piece of war footage ever shot showing soldiers emerging from a bunker, house, etc hands raised in surrender
Every single piece of war footage showing a man portable flamethrower being used. The US M2 had a 33 meter range. The German Flammenwerfer 35 had a 30 meter range. Japanese Type 93 & Type 100 had a 30 meter range.
Every single piece of footage showing a soldier throwing a hand grenade. They generally where a 50 meter or less weapon.
For crying out loud I can't believe all the complaining about surrounding units. You don't like getting surrounded then take steps to prevent it.
Again units from the squad to army have gotten surrounded as long as there has been warfare.
Enough already.
Thanx!
Hawk
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