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Bättre du för talan för Art på forumet Johansson. Jag litar på dig .
Hoppsan, då får jag försöka att inte göra dig besviken.
Jag nämnde flexibilitet tidigare. Nu tänkte jag göra ett litet utlägg om varför det är så viktigt. Framtidens artbekämpning kommer mestadels bestå av små separerade mål. Alltså inte många stora mål där en kraftig nedläggning av eld är nödvändig.
Det följande är något jag skrev på ett engelsktspråkigt forum för ett tag sen. Kanske borde översätta det till svenska men jag har inte tid just nu. Ber om ursäkt för lite kass översättning till engelska av uttryck osv. Nå:
"Let me add an example from the exercise I mentioned earlier to further demonstrate why this is an important capability.
The battallion is in place. The forward artillery observers report in a enemy infantry group apprently on reconaissance. Request permisson to use indirect fire against them. Cleared, one platoon of two howitzers swings into position.
Then a second report comes in, UAVs have detected a platoon of three BMPs.
Third report, a second platoon of three BMPs has now been detected.
One howitzer platoon is targeted at each of the enemy platoons.
The first platoon has opened fire with airburst grenades aginst the recon group. Six grenades maximum is what is needed to take them out. Simoultaneously, the second and third howitzer platoons have opened fire with BONUS anti-armour grenades against the BMP platoons. One grenade from each of the howitzers is all that is needed. All targets have been taken out in a matter of four minutes from the first report. Still one howitzer company was available throughout all of this to effectuate at more targets had they appeared.
Now let's look at what could have happened without the ability to use the platoons individually.
When the first report comes in one platoon is swung into position. No difference there. When the second and third report comes in a decision has to be made.
Only one target can be fired upon at a time so the battallion staff is trying to decide which one and requests more information about where the units are going. A minute passes by.
Now more reports get in.
The recon group is going up a hill from where they will be able to see our logistics company and possible guide indirect fire against.
The first BMP platoon is going straight towards our close protection company, MechInf with MT-LBs.
Worse, the second one has swung towards west and the battallion staff.
Still worse is the realisation that by the time you have taken out one of them the other will have gotten so close to our own units that we can't use indirect fire against them.
A quick decision is made, the battallion staff is the most vulnerable, fire against the platoon coming towards it. The platoon is taken out.
The MechInf company has already gotten the word and has gotten one platoon rolling to meet the second BMP platoon, the rest of the MT-LB platoons are scrambling to get underway.
The first MT-LB platoon encounters the BMPs, before the soldiers can disembark and use their AT-4s one BMP hits an MT-LB and kills everyone aboard. The two other BMPs are taken out but not before two more of our soldiers are killed and another two wounded.
The artillery observers and the logistics company is given the order to engage the recon group themselves.
Too late, grenades start falling on the company. Before it stops 56 soldiers have died and 38 vehicles are destroyed. Many more are wounded.
This is but one of many scenarios that you can bring up as an example. One thing is certain though. Without this capability more people will die in combat than otherwise, not just directly but also in later engagements when our own combat capability has been degraded and heavier losses is a fact."