[Lt. Ketch]

Thanks, Valo. I always try to have mortars in my group and this will give them something productive to do.

C_of_Red,

Originally Posted by c_of_red

No silver bullets Lt. Ketch. What works in one game won't in the next. I can even say what worked last turn might not work this turn.

I realize this. Heaven knows how many times I've pulled something off to have it blow up in my face the next time. I looking for some of the things that players do for variety's sake, more than for a silver bullet.

If you want a 'rule of thumb', Overwatch.

Good rule of thumb. This is something that I certainly need to work on. Thanks for a good step by step on having it happen.

I have an ambush post somewhere ( Blitz, I think) and I'll try for a synopsis her.

Thanks for the run down. It is a good refreasher. I use 3E the most. Needless to say, I go through my fair share of smoke gernades

Remember loading and unloading burns MP's equal to the units men ever time, so it affects how far you can go in a turn.

I knew that load/unload burned MP but didn't know how much. Thank you for this info.

The only way I can think of to completely avoid being ambushed is to find an opponent that promises not to set any. Or a FNG that doesn't know how. If you do, promise to share them?

Sorry, no promises. But at times I consider myself in this catagory.

The key is to not panic, get thru the moment and take advantage of it.

I don't know how many are fimilar with Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker Guide to the Galaxy, but your advice is proven in the series. Not that anybody ever follows it, but it's good advice none the less. Thank you.

For anybody else that would like to contribute, I'm looking for ideas and what people are doing out there, not the proverbial cure all. My tactic was to avoid playing MBT all together to avoid the heartache and grief that comes from this, but seeing as it's just too tempting to avoid playing, I have taken to fielding only a few MBTs and other vicheals or playing eras that don't have ATGMs. My current PBEM opponent will tell you when we're done with this game that his T-55s walked all over my infantry company because I didn't have much to counter them. So I am turning to the educated, experienced, and formitable combatants of the forum for what has worked for them.