GHQ miniatures used in the military

[jb]

Gentlemen,



More and more actions are taking place within the rear and support areas, behind the front lines, away from the heavy weapons, armor, and air assets. Wargamers don't want to hear this... they want to reenact the glory days of the massed metal cavalry charges, which most doubt will ever happen again, but those of us that have to deal with training current military operatives must work with what we have... and where the fighting is right now isn't where most of you on this forum want it to be.

In addition... There are people at DOD whose sole job is to try to plan for what future wars will look like. While it is a wonderful thought to believe the participants on this forum could join the ranks of those individuals I don't believe I qualify, but thanks for the vote of confidence in the rest of forum users who may very well qualify. I sincerely look forward to their comments and leadership in this area.

Will
ComOpsCtr

...I would like to elaborate on several things here. Will,I believe you are right about the statement that most or All actions are taking place behind the "lines",if any lines truly exist. The reason is because we have the big masive formations to field. Our "enemies" just can't deal with it. so what do you do. Right ,insurgence. No big secrect.I have thought about this for a long time,years as a matter of fact years. After the 91 war,who would be stupid enough to go to the field against an army that is a generation behind in tech.
With this thought we still need to maintain our field army,and to keep the technology forefront. If only to make sure someone with a generation old army doesn't run us over.
So GHQ lets keep the "new ones" coming,even if it is speculation on stats,after all I have been speculating for years on the "new" vehicle stats...
As for discussing "other" things about this subject,I do have other things to say but they are not for public

[mmi80]

I bought my first micro armor in the mid 70's down in Gulf Port MS. ! package each of M-4's, M-3's, Panthers and Tigers.
My first experience with wargaming was when I was a MS IV Cadet at a Military Junior College in 79/80. We were introduced to Dun Kempf after we did US and Soviet tactics. I did well enough in the book part to have the "Honor" of being the US armor heavy team Commander. I had 12 M-60A1's a Mech platoon in M-113's two TOW sections and some mortars with off board Artillery. I faced a reinforced mech Battalion T-62, BMP, BRDM and all that other stuff. Needless to say it didn't end well for the home team. I learned how fast the Soviets moved and how lethal their artilley was. You couldn't kill them fast enough. I was hooked after that I amassed over a BDE worth of stuff then like an idiot gave it away...... but that's another story.

[Theodore]

I got into GHQ back in the late 80s while I was at Fort Bragg. As we were preparing to deploy to Desert Storm my CO had me mount some of the vehicles for identification. The miniatures are so much more effective than the flashcards of vehicle line drawings.