Replying to a message of Adam Flinton to Monte Davis:

 AF> From: "Adam Flinton" 

 AF> "Monte Davis"  wrote in message
 AF> news:653u7v44qs1kl5r5v8bb3fq1lklttk99jr{at}4ax.com...
 >> "Adam Flinton"  wrote:
 >> 
 >>> How come no airmobility?... how come no sudden jumps?
 >>> 
 >>> At the mo it's a fairly std armoured/mechanized thrust.
 >> 
 >> Yesterday the 101st Airborne/Air Assault got its forward fuel/ordnance
 >> base set up -- sounded like roughly halfway from the border to
 >> Baghdad. So I would now expect a lot more Apache action and sudden
 >> company-sized "appearances" in awkward places. 

 AF> Yup. OK. However a fair chunk of the last few years (e.g. the whole
 AF> design of the C17 & the procurement of LAV/Stryker vehicles) was to
 AF> get real solid forces into places where the enemy never though they'd
 AF> appear. i.e it's one thing to suddenly have a flight of apache or
 AF> some airborne troops arrive at your door. It's another to suddenly
 AF> find a reasonable number of Main battle tanks (e.g. M1'es or
 AF> Challengers) & infantry fighting vehicles (e.g. Bradleys or Warriors)
 AF> knocking.

 AF> We have captured C17 capable strips.

A C17 may be able to handle a Bradley, but it takes a C-5 to tote an Abrams.

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