Am 07.03.2013 um 14:48 schrieb Johannes Trimmel <[email protected]>:
> > Mines with a longer reach will need better IFF capabilities and propably also > communication with each other. > > If you build a big minefield and half of it blows the first deer that comes > out of the wood to really small pieces, things have not gone as planned. > My understanding of the purpose of land mines is that they are used to channel ground troops onto particular pathes or to slow down their approach. Therefore I was told that mine fields always have to be marked with yellow ribbon and signs "Danger! Mine Field!". On my comment that this would warn the enemy and would render the mine field useless, I got the response: "We will always have yellow ribbon and warning signs, but if we will have always enough mines can be doubted. And it does not matter if there are really hundreds of mines, or none, the field has to be searched thoroughly - and it takes longest to find mines that are not there. So it will slow them down or they have to go another way." - Mission accomplished … I also understand that land mines are sometimes used as means to terrorize the civilian population, and that some doctrines take them as part of the defense of a location. For the latter purpose I would think that automated guns would be the better option. -- Thomas Thrien Allemagne Geo 51° 28' 12" N 7° 32' 17" E Es heißt, der Klügere gibt nach. Doch wenn die Klügeren immer nachgeben, dann passiert nur noch, was die Dummen wollen … Of course it has a meaning when a black cat crosses your way from left to right … It means, that the cat, coming from your left, wants to go somewhere right from you ... _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
