Jefffar wrote:Unfortunately for the germans while the underlings were as thorough and systematic in their planing as any teutonic individual could be, the leadership seemed to be making it up as they went along.
I strongly beleive that one of the things that cost germany the war was letting Htler have a say in the weapon, tank and aircraft design processes.
That and his habit of helping allies who didn't really ever do anything to help him.
that and the fact that Germany actualy had several private armies all at the same time all wanting their own gear, and the fact that while they had captured severl factories they never quite got around to haveing them all produced standardiesed gear.
I saw the result of a GPS guided artellery shell. After a ~20 mile flight, it hit 6 feet away from the center of the target circle. While this was a prototype test, the main problem the company saw was expense--even with full production it would cost several grand per shell.
well, when you compare it to the expense of running close air support missions or using missiles, a couple thousand isn't that bad. Especially if you get a more rapid response. Still, even an unguided mortar round is worth keeping around.
Yeah, how many thousand dollars of fuel will an F-16 burn while on station?
One of th ebig reasons the mortars haven't been used so much lately is all the fighting is restricted by extrme collateral damage considerations. The troops need to target a specific house, not a block. Without that sexy "precision guided" tag, the trops don't think they can call in a mortar strike without being accused of a war crime.
At least if they ask for the zoomie todo it, and he hits a school, it's the zoomie who faces the courts-martial.
