Mercenary manpower requirements question

[Rick]

I'd also use 3-1, but with a 'scaling' factor on TLs - so TL10 facing TL12 counts a 1-1 ratio as being having a 120% numerical edge.

A scaling factor on troop experience/quality/leadership - definately has a major effect. Adding them all together with a scaling for TL might give some interesting results - highly motivated lower TL forces have beaten a higher TL force with lower motivation in our own history.

 

[phavoc]

We do indeed cite these sources of Fiction in the above mentioned publication, my co-author & I, yes. Quite useful for tickets, and "what to dos" when the ticket and mission go pear-shaped!

Thank you Mr. phavoc,

sincerely,

Daniel W Hammersley
US Army Infantry (Retired)
etc, etc, and so forth

I'm a redleg myself (artillery - MLRS). Never understood why you boys would walk to war when you can ride!

 

[DFW]

I'm a redleg myself (artillery - MLRS). Never understood why you boys would walk to war when you can ride!

That is one awesome weapon system.

I'm green with envy.

 

[phavoc]

I'm a redleg myself (artillery - MLRS). Never understood why you boys would walk to war when you can ride!

That is one awesome weapon system.

I'm green with envy.

It would have been nice to have ATACMS around when I was in. But we didn't get it, just the regular submunitions. Never even got to play with the mine-version. But I'm glad we never got the nuke rounds... Man... even just the one time we went to pull ammou out of war bunkers was a massive pain-in-the-ass... to have nukes involved would have been exceedingly annoying. My gun-bunny friends hated it (155 and 203mm).

It was fun to drive and tear up Fulda Gap in. 'Rads kinda hated us for tearing up their fields (and one dumbass did a pivot steer on cobblestones in the middle of a village... ever see what a 27ton tracked vehicle can do to cobblestones??).

Damn system is sooo easy to work though, and can really handled by just one person. But having three makes camo netting easier, and in wartime I don't mind the vehicle commander's head out of the hatch looking for people trying to kill us.

 

[zozotroll]

phavoc, where wre you in Fulda?I was 2/27 FA(155mm) stationed in Friedburg. Used to go up to Fulda all the time, our main misssion was to reenforce the 11th ACR.

And yes Nukes are a huge pain. I was special weapons for a while and the amount of detail you had to pay attention to was amazing. And mostly pointless. Does it reall matter how you hold a wrench?

Owen
SSG US Army Field Artillery (RET)

 

[phavoc]

phavoc, where wre you in Fulda?I was 2/27 FA(155mm) stationed in Friedburg. Used to go up to Fulda all the time, our main misssion was to reenforce the 11th ACR.

And yes Nukes are a huge pain. I was special weapons for a while and the amount of detail you had to pay attention to was amazing. And mostly pointless. Does it reall matter how you hold a wrench?

Owen
SSG US Army Field Artillery (RET)

I was in D'land from 86-88. We went to Fulda for our Bn ARTEP in, 87 I think. I was 2/77 FA out of Babenhausen.

We never played with anyone else while we were there. Most of my unit was tasked with counterbattery as our primary mission. We do have a huge advantage over you tube guys as far as being able to drop stell rain down on somebody. I thought it was pretty cool we could target a grid square with our entire ammo load (12 rounds) in 60 seconds, and then have the launcher stowed and getting the hell outa dodge in about 60 seconds. Thought that really obvious smoke trail made us easy to find for helo's and SU-25s.

 

[locarno24]

I'm a redleg myself (artillery - MLRS).

Ah. Suddenly the VLS missile fixation becomes clear!

 

[phavoc]

I'm a redleg myself (artillery - MLRS).

Ah. Suddenly the VLS missile fixation becomes clear!

Yar... I'm kinda familiar with the tech behind it... It's comforting to think that I at times I used to drive around in my HEMTT (w/trailer) on ice and going up/down hills with 30,000lbs of rockets on-board that could be set off with a 9-volt battery. At least I would have never felt a thing!

I'm still waiting for my FOG-M.... stoopid bean counters!

 

[Liam Devlin]

We do indeed cite these sources of Fiction in the above mentioned publication, my co-author & I, yes. Quite useful for tickets, and "what to dos" when the ticket and mission go pear-shaped!

Thank you Mr. phavoc,

sincerely,

Daniel W Hammersley
US Army Infantry (Retired)
etc, etc, and so forth

I'm a redleg myself (artillery - MLRS). Never understood why you boys would walk to war when you can ride!

You answered your own question--I never had to put up camou netting, worry about paying for cobblestones, or downed trees. Come in from the field, clean weapons & turn em in, wash the TA-50 gear at home with a garden hose, air dry. Enjoy the weekend, and back at 0530 Monday!

You have my respect however, I came to appreciate the receiving end of artillery, mortars, rockets, and such in Iraq. Yes, even the insurgent scratch built Rocket Arty Bongo-Bus. I did get to call a fire mission my 2nd night into Iraq and the 105 mailmen and I aced such a launcher truck and crew off a grid square. One of the better classes of EIB, "Calling for Fire", yessir.

 

[phavoc]

We do indeed cite these sources of Fiction in the above mentioned publication, my co-author & I, yes. Quite useful for tickets, and "what to dos" when the ticket and mission go pear-shaped!

Thank you Mr. phavoc,

sincerely,

Daniel W Hammersley
US Army Infantry (Retired)
etc, etc, and so forth

I'm a redleg myself (artillery - MLRS). Never understood why you boys would walk to war when you can ride!

You answered your own question--I never had to put up camou netting, worry about paying for cobblestones, or downed trees. Come in from the field, clean weapons & turn em in, wash the TA-50 gear at home with a garden hose, air dry. Enjoy the weekend, and back at 0530 Monday!

You have my respect however, I came to appreciate the receiving end of artillery, mortars, rockets, and such in Iraq. Yes, even the insurgent scratch built Rocket Arty Bongo-Bus. I did get to call a fire mission my 2nd night into Iraq and the 105 mailmen and I aced such a launcher truck and crew off a grid square. One of the better classes of EIB, "Calling for Fire", yessir.

My old units went to Iraq, but I was on reserve status for that (1st gulf war). But they never saw what they were shooting at, just coords on the fire control panel.

But man are they really pretty to watch at night.