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Post by hefferman1 on Sept 19, 2012 8:54:12 GMT -5
Here is an article about gear failure in Afghanistan. I think the real issue is not gear failure, but too much gear leads to failure in Afghanistan. www.reocities.com/usarmyafghangearproblems/"We had extreme difficulty moving with all our weight. If our movement would have been to relieve a unit in contact or a time sensitive mission we would not have been able to move in a timely manner. It took us 8 hours to move 5 clicks. [Editor that's less than 1 mph]" "Equipment wise, our greatest shortcomings were optics and organic or direct support long-range weapons. After the initial fight all our targets were at a minimum of 1500m all the way out to as far as you could see. Our 60[mm] and 81[mm]'s accounted for most of the kills. Next was a Canadian Sniper team with a MacMillian .50 cal [sniper rifle]. They got kills all the way out to 2500m. " We comeback to being able to move and hit the enemy and then get out of Dodge. Ranges will be shortened in much of America, the Plains out West being an exception. A combination of both short range and long range weapons to engage the enemy and to limit his movement. All guerrilla warfare is about deception, movement, and hitting the enemy only when it is advantageous. To do that you have to be able to outmaneuver the enemy. If we go as heavy as the other side in body armor and equipment, we will lose the advantage of maneuver, and the ability to choose our place to fight and terrain that is advantageous for the fight.
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Post by hefferman1 on Sept 19, 2012 8:57:52 GMT -5
Remember can the comfort items, to go lite weight. It will be important to be able to move.
It is better to be uncomfortable and alive, then a comfortable corpse.
Plain talk is easy understood, and that is as plainas it gets.
Go lite, and move, or get killed.
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Post by tuntaverntactical on Sept 20, 2012 9:45:21 GMT -5
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