DF85 Recon Helicopters

[CptCav]

When the Expansion for NGP'85 was done, I had talked with Glenn about recon helicopters and their doctrinal employment versus the way the were be used in the game. Doctrinally, recon helicopters work in conjunction with the attack helicopters to find targets that the attack helicopters can engage; however, many players would use them to fly around behind enemy lines finding the enemy artillery to be engaged with aircraft. This was creating a situation, especially for the WarPac player who had more vulnerable towed guns, that the artillery would be quickly eliminated from the scene. Or, they would be used in other non-doctrinal ways.

As the recon helicopters would normally be used with attack helicopters it was decided that it was not necessary to represent them, which would take away the non-doctrinal use issues.

Regards,
CptCav