Leading scouting/counter-scouting theorists

[William F. Owen]

Several forms of Reconnaissance:
-Map
-Aerial
-Route
-Area
-Zone

-Map = part of the normal planning process
-Aerial = aircraft sortie, tasked by at least formation
-Route = again, part of the planning process
-Area = to what end?
-Zone = as above.

Mike, I do accept that you have gain access to information about the terrain, (and even the population) but that is pretty much a given. My point, (poorly made perhaps) is that "Reconnaissance" has bloomed into something it was never meant to be. I think there is a blind spot when it comes to asking how much information do you want to feed the staff beast, and how much time and effort do you want to expend doing it, for no actual proof that it is actually making things better.

In the "Dicta Wilf" Formation I still have no good reason to allocate forces to something we call "Reconnaissance." - Surveillance and Observation, yes!