Jetpilot86 said:
Thanks. I was trying to figure out what was supposed to happen, the plan, vs the s***show that occurred. Appreciate the explanation.
Eliminatus post above me must have occurred while I had a response open. He is spot on correct in that violence of action from the main maneuvering unit alone should have been enough to overwhelm the trench in a matter of seconds. Ideally they would have been in two fire groups; we used to call em A team B team 3-5 soldiers each taking turns bounding forward in short burst so you don't shoot each other in the back like the orcs were doing or about to do. Volume of fire high enough it sounds like multiple weapons on full auto, unlike here where there is a pop here and there. Not sure why the orcs with the RPGs (it looked more like our AT4 not sure what they call theirs) were moving forward they could have stayed back several hundred meters. The one shot they did get off at 2:15ish where the white smoke in the trees above the trench is a good shot not sure if it was aimed that way or happened because he was getting shot but I would have been aiming at the trees right behind the trench 3-5' above working to turn the trees into shrapnel over the trench. He was about to get off another shot but the direct hit with arty killed him and nobody picked it up but it could have also been damaged. The 4 man flanking team on the right with some cover & concealment did nothing and it didn't even appear the ukes fired in their direction though it could have been missed when drone was zoomed out.
There is one grenade that goes off about 10-15M in front of the trench and I suspect that was from the Ukes.
Would love to see video of what occurred before and after. How did they get so close and why don't the Ukes have a trench or foxhole on the right side of the T intersection of treeline to observe movement on that side.
Also what happened to the wounded orc at end who just stood up and said **** it I am going to unload on the trench until they kill me, which they probably did.
I know we gave Ukrainians 10s of thousands of claymores if not hundreds of thousands. They should have been employed up and down the treelines and right in front of the trenches. They are FORCE multipliers especially when your just 2-3 dudes trying to survive an assault like that.
