After recently looking at a sci-fi website it struck me that for some reason people are convinced that there will be leg infantry in the future. Leg infantry...
... Environment and terrain chiefly, just like it has always been and imo always will be. The death of the infantry has long been argued as inevitable, I don't...
... . In the news, the pictures of patrols in Iraq and Afghanistan still show grunts walking around a hummer. I am no expert, but even in an age of stealth...
Hi Dan, It seems to me that it is often difficult to detach ourselves from the present to think about the future. Environment and terrain are not going to...
But this is now Arthur, and the need to hold ground is only that time between conducting movement. There is no equilibrium to be reached between systems...
IMO, the future of infantry is Battledress. You have your mobility and endurance, but you also have ground-holding. Are grav-belters infantry or air-force?...
Seems like there are considerations that have not yet been addressed in this thread. Moving military forces, of any kind, is known as power projection. ...
I may have misunderstood whether Arthur was referring to Traveller or war as a 'game'. However, if there is no need to hold positions because everyone is...
Hi Richard, Some good points made, but I note you are very 'attack' focused in your appraisal of the use of Infantry. Truth is as the attacking arm of any ...
Sure, most planets will have local grunts for defensive purposes. My focus was more on the types of units that would be utilized for what are commonly...
Another question is what do you want to do with the territory when you've won it? If all 'your' people are in orbit and all 'their' people are on the surface,...
... I got beaten to it, your approach at managing the planet strikes at the very heart of why you invaded. Its unlikely you will achieve your goals by...
Lots of variables here. My focus has been on the tactical issues, you're talking about the strategic stuff. My closest historical example would be England...
I figure my reply to the other poster addressed your first note. As far as special ops troops used for "guard duty" being no longer worthy of the name, I'll...
Matt, With all due respect it is not the "Infantry's primary job is to take & hold ground." It is true that infantry is the only combat arm that can hold a...
Any planet that had grunts for defensive purposes would also have the knowledge that the best form of defence is attack :) Ultimately one does not wipe out a...
But those are called security personnel, not combat infantry. Even where they are nominally 'troops' like the Wehrmacht security divisions, all they do is...
And as I see it by extension and infantry that become guard/security personnel are no longer worthy of being called infantry either. Regardless of uniforms and...
Rick, I never thought of NATO ready forces as being on guard duty in Germany. The US troops were there to provide a capability, not to restrain German...
What's in a name? I agree that in future warfare 'infantry' will be motorised. However, the usage of terms like 'motorised infantry' is only necessary to...
Hi Greg Been an interesting thread so far, if somehwat positional in places. I have to return to the first entry though and ensure that it is clearly stated...
Greg, Guard duty implies defending or securing something. NATO forces in Europe during the Cold War were definitely guarding against Warsaw Pact moves to...
I agree, but dispersion in the age of precision targeting looses meaning also. I can see the individual soldier packing his/her own ECM package :) Dispersion...
Mark, you are right. I do not want to get into semantics. Particularly since the K'kree are all 'cavalry' :) Yes Traveller is a game of science fiction, but...
Hmmm, I don't like to argue with those that have been there done that, but my guess is that the Regiment's artillery would have had maps of the other side, and...
Time for some education it would seem. 1) The 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment at the time was basically a heavy brigade. In other words roughly 1/3 of a...
"I see no value for "leg infantry" in our current reality. Too slow, unable to carry enough logistics for modern combat, too easy to by-pass, and too fragile....
Thanks for making most of my point Jake. ;-) Mech Infantry/serious combined arms, yes. Pure "leg infantry" no. Leg, to me means they have no integral...
1) What is there worth fighting over? Especially in a future-time scenario? People, resources Michael Brown mwsaber6@msn From: Richard Cox Sent: Tuesday,...
Actually the 82nd, the 101st, the 173rd BCT, and several more IBCTs are all what you describe as Leg Infantry, not even enough wheels to move the unit. And we...
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