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Exploit in terms of core functions mean use the opportunity created. Realise the benefit of the strike. It may well mean withdraw.

Pursuit is risky at the tactical level, which is why the Russians...

@ I am not trying to suggest that anti-armour ambushes have not been historically successful, but that is not the point. As you say right time and place, so ensuring you have the freedom of action to...

I concur. I was referring to decisive action at the tactical level, without which you tend to loose lots of folks, though you may win the war.

I do think that Georgia could exhaust Russia by...

Infantry attempting tank killing is actually well covered in concept terms. The Soviets developed the Corps level Machine Gun Artillery Battalions, and you also have the all the English and Simpkin...

..and Spike more so. The video is a bit out of date, but the FO guidance is just scary.

I have been shown a video from the Lebanon where they flew the missile over a village to hit a rocket...

About 3 hours ago, Sky News just had a phone interview with their man in Gori, standing next to a Russian Tank. Ain't the information age great!

Dear G*d! Not something I would ever want to try. A 10-man "deep operations squad." :eek:

Good romantic punchy stuff, but can't see how on earth you'd make it work in practice. If nothing else,...

The weapons are certainly an issue. Some UK MBTs took 12 + hits from RPGs when doing "raids" into Basra. The poor quality of both enemy troops and equipment was explicitly noted in the post...

I not only concur but applaud your observation. It is exactly this point I tried to present to the Royal Thai Army. A couple of points are worth expanding.

a.) Tanks are fire support. They can...

We have large amounts of Gruzynim living here in Israel. Popular culture puts them on the "don't F**K with" list, along with the Kurds.

Basically every Gruzinit has brothers intent on protecting...

Considering that military historians and operational analysts are still debating WW2 actions where we have a wealth of info, and there is still considerable debate over recent operations such as...

I'm not sure that is an accurate judgement. The Georgians, like everyone else are hostages to the pre-conflict start positions, and political constraints. We won't know the truth for a couple of...