#4024140 - 10/18/14 04:40 PM
OBJ Snake, or the Implicit Protection of Movement (ArmA 3)
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J. F. C. Fuller's three essentials in fighting, move, strike and protect, seemingly can't be executed at the same time. An army moving can't strike before being deployed and is more vulnerable to be struck because its defenses are not prepared. This is single player game play from a custom-made mission in ArmA 3. A squad of regular, light infantry (my command) has to clear OBJ Snake, a rebel-held observation post. Two other squads and a light reconnaissance vehicle are in support.
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#4024141 - 10/18/14 04:42 PM
Re: OBJ Snake, or the Implicit Protection of Movement (ArmA 3)
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In Fighting by Minutes, Robert Leonhard argues that the three essentials of fighting are not totally exclusive. An army on the move and in search of the enemy has less defensive liabilities, as the enemy will have the simultaneous problems of predicting an upcoming strike and getting itself into position to attack or defend. The rebel observation post is somewhere up that escarpment. Our light armor over watches our climb towards the objective.
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#4024156 - 10/18/14 04:51 PM
Re: OBJ Snake, or the Implicit Protection of Movement (ArmA 3)
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I vividly remember my first Steel Beasts ProPE online battle. Somebody had a watch which he started the very instant of contact and would command us out of our recently found battle position after couple of minutes. Enemy artillery rained on those who didn't move. On the move, you tend to be protected to a certain extent. Just make sure that you don't overextend the implicit protection bestowed by your own movement, like I did at the objective.
I should have learned my lesson by now.
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#4024502 - 10/19/14 06:11 PM
Re: OBJ Snake, or the Implicit Protection of Movement (ArmA 3)
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Thanks for reading, man.
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