Jeffrey D Myers
Senior Member
Figured out that Steve Dethlefsen was in the same Marine Task Force as my brother-in-law in taking back Kuwait City....
Edit: From re-reading HOB#1.
Edit: From re-reading HOB#1.
It wasn't TF Taro, was it? (I was in 3rd Marines. We ended up at the Kuwait airport.)Figured out that Steve Dethlefsen was in the same Marine Task Force as my brother-in-law in taking back Kuwait City....
Steve was in Task Force Ritter, which included 7th Marines. I'll double check with my bro-in-law to verify which regiment he was in.It wasn't TF Taro, was it? (I was in 3rd Marines. We ended up at the Kuwait airport.)
Memories are a bit hazy at this point, but think it was TF Ripper. Good golly, that was a long time ago! Oh, and Semper Fi to your brother-in-law!Steve was in Task Force Ritter, which included 7th Marines. I'll double check with my bro-in-law to verify which regiment he was in.
Edit: I know that he was deployed to Somalia, so pretty sure he was in 7th Marines.
Thanks, and back to you! Yes, Ripper it is (need that second and third cup of coffee)!Memories are a bit hazy at this point, but think it was TF Ripper. Good golly, that was a long time ago! Oh, and Semper Fi to your brother-in-law!
Nice!Today I've punched some Finns from Hakka and imprisoned them in Plano. I've also set up and solitaire played a turn from Mazek Fire Brigade. With all the concealment counters, maybe not the best scenario for solitaire, but given its reputation I wanted to see how it plays. BTW, I've often said: "I've never found a use for ATR." Well, in these early war scenarios, the Poles got an immobilization with the ATR on turn one. Yippee!
Great to do with a Hero!Nice!
RE: Use of ATRs ... my opponents often lug an ATR to the highest point and interdict me out to 12 hexes
I had several guys tell me that this is the primary use. I was happy to see the armor factor of 1 on those early war tanks. I rolled the TK number on a hull hit and scored my first EVER effective use of an ATR - darn shame that it was playing solitaire.Nice!
RE: Use of ATRs ... my opponents often lug an ATR to the highest point and interdict me out to 12 hexes
Perhaps this will make it less memorable to you, but I'll bet your opponent never forgets it!I rolled the TK number on a hull hit and scored my first EVER effective use of an ATR - darn shame that it was playing solitaire.
Wow. You need to play more scenarios.I've often said: "I've never found a use for ATR."
It would have meant a lot more to me if my opponent weren't such a poor player.Perhaps this will make it less memorable to you, but I'll bet your opponent never forgets it!
Amen! (I'm still a noob.)Wow. You need to play more scenarios.
The reaching out is the real candy, because it is not just limited to the Hero+ATR but because the Hero can bestow his Heroic DRM also to other units being part of his firegroup. Makes that German MMG (range 12) combined with a -1 Leader so much more shiny!If nothing else (and there's plenty else), the equation "Hero + ATR" always equals "awesome". Turns your hero from a 1-4-9 into a 1-12-9. As the jingle says, reach out and touch someone.