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1980's US Tank Company info - Embis - 08-28-2018 I am designing a scenario for a 1980's Soviets against Nato game set during the early days of a Soviet invasion of West Germany. In lightly wooded undulating terrain, what sort of frontage would a US army Tank Company be expected to cover? I have a sketch map which gives me the approximate positions of all the elements but there is no scale so I cant be confident my map is going to be scaled correctly. If I have an idea of what distance a Tank company in a defensive posture might be spread over I can make more sense of the scale of my map. I had some US Army field manuals once, cant find the dam things now! RE: 1980's US Tank Company info - Embis - 08-29-2018 Ah. . Found my Field manuals.. RE: 1980's US Tank Company info - geoff - 08-29-2018 With 2 armored platoons and 2 mech inf. squads on line I imagine it would be about 250-500 meters? With the rest of the forces behind that line for depth and manuever. RE: 1980's US Tank Company info - fastphil - 08-29-2018 (08-29-2018, 06:18 AM)geoff Wrote: With 2 armored platoons and 2 mech inf. squads on line I imagine it would be about 250-500 meters? With the rest of the forces behind that line for depth and manuever. That would all depend on terrain , the LOS, engineering works, the expected opposing forces, the supporting elements and the mission. RE: 1980's US Tank Company info - Embis - 08-29-2018 Thanks for your replies. I suppose there is no "straight" answer, I just wanted some broad guidance, I haven't found anything in the FM that illuminates me so far. |
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