OPSSG&Waylander I certainly matches well with what I have read. Thermals were not widespread during training.
Take a look how things often look along most important connection between central Europe/Germany and Italy.
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BTW about hearing. I always wondered why there was no widespread "listening equipment". This things are great. For a listening post just plug in one of these[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvP0OlfXaSU"]high-tech gadgets[/ame]
Anyway given how much things we had to carry + the bodyarmor... You had to emit alot of humid heat. On the other a widespread wide-meshy net of OPs and LPs up on the hills and mountains would see moving AFV (or cars ) often from 30 klicks or more with the right equipment.
I would have feared that and especially well-directed and observed heavy indirect fire. In our mountains you usually have quite a lot of slopes, broken ground, built-up areas, cover through vegetation, choke points etc along the main axis of advance. In short a rather nighmarish situation for any tank. Even then chances are high that the tanks get a hail of Panzerfausts and some Milan before they know that drove into an ambush. Heavy use of ISR assets, especially UAV and heavy precise firepower would have been the way to go.If they have to move in relatively open terrain they may very well get a programmable 120mm HE ontop of their squad from a tank 2 klicks away which they haven't even seen before it fires.
Take a look how things often look along most important connection between central Europe/Germany and Italy.
Photo
Topo
BTW about hearing. I always wondered why there was no widespread "listening equipment". This things are great. For a listening post just plug in one of these[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvP0OlfXaSU"]high-tech gadgets[/ame]
Anyway given how much things we had to carry + the bodyarmor... You had to emit alot of humid heat. On the other a widespread wide-meshy net of OPs and LPs up on the hills and mountains would see moving AFV (or cars ) often from 30 klicks or more with the right equipment.
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