Andy I do believe you are correct. I seem to remember working an
APACHE LONGBOW (AH-64D) behind enemy lines on a scouting and interdiction op. It had taken some light ground fire that was starting to suppress the crew, so I figured that while I still had "control" of it I'd find a safe place to set it down.
I took a couple of turns to bring the "
morale" up on the crew which worked. I remember that after being on the ground for
3 to 4 turns, it'd be ready to lift off again with enough ammo left to extract it via "
terrain masking" back to my lines and resupply on my next turn.
Well the
AI had other ideas, on it's intervening turn when from across the clearing comes an
ATGW, as they say "
So much for the plans of Mice and Men". Obviously an
ATGW Team moving forward to join the main battle just happened upon the clearing with this beautiful target just sitting there.
CHANCE don't we talk about that a lot out here?
I
really believe and act upon that belief, when you're operating with more than a couple of troop carrying helos, you should (
I do.)
seriously give thought to getting yourself at least one or
better a pair of
Armed Scout or
AH helos to lead the way and find a path through. Also once you land your assault troops they have some added "
organic" fire support for as long as they can stay on station.
I've harped on this for
many many years now, but, all those assets will be wasted if the player
cannot be patient enough to "
terrain mask" those helos for as long as possible until they arrive at the "
LZ" to
start your mission.
Nothing is achieved easily without you being willing to
work hard in
achieving your goal. Terrain masking can be hard work, it's
time consuming and it requires you to "
remember where you've been to get where you want to go", if you follow my meaning here.
But that's
RL/RW tactics that have proven their worth over
decades of combat helicopter operations.
Alright might get some tank news in or I just might
sit on my donkey and enjoy the my weekend, only time will tell.
Artillery on the backside of a hill against helos,
really, I might have to target one I know is lurking there, who knows I might even hit something of value if
CHANCE allows like the
AI HQ group!!
Good Night!!
Regards,
Pat
