Quote Originally Posted by SethB View Post
Ken, you almost sound like you'd like mortars...

From my perspective the longer range decreases the number of time that you need to displace to support a movement.

In the schoolhouse we simulated an assault in which the mortars were rarely able to support the maneuver element because they couldn't keep up.

That's why these things work best in systems...
Count me in on mortars.

Great angle of fire for trenchs and streets. Good MINIMUM range and good MINIMUM safe distance.

Why could the mortars not keep up.

1. 81mms or 120mms?

2. A section of 2 or 3 in supporting one company? Make bigger sections (4 is a good number). Allows you to bound sections and still support. Or get battalion to take some of the load.

3. Wrong vehicle platform? Still running around with a 113 Family-of-Vehicle chassis? Pick a better one, Strip the turret off a Brad and you solve a bit of that problem. Or, pick another chassis all togther.

Way back at the beginning, I was cross-aatched as a tanker to a mech Co. One of the best things I liked about it was the ability to get fire support from the company mortar section with only the Co Cdr saying yes or no. Man it was great.