Observations of a Radar Soldier

[Suhiir]

defrag, your above comment reminds me of something I heard back in the 70's...

Seems a young Soviet officer (or officer cadet) complained that the biggest problem with countering American doctrine was the Americans didn't even follow their own doctrine

[daferg]

You are very correct. I think, I say again....I think the Germans in WW2 said the same thing.

The Warsaw Pacts way of thinking on artillery was very different than the American or Ally way of thinking. It was told to me this way: You are a Warsaw Pact commander and you have three separate attacks under way and all three are asking for artillery. One attack has come to a standstill and another is retreating. The third is gaining ground but is suffering murderous losses. Who do you give artillery support to? The Warsaw Pact way of thinking is only the attack that is gaining ground will get artillery support. It is the only one that is achieving its objectives. The Allied way of thinking may be to provide support to each of the three attacks. The Warsaw Pact seldom rewarded failure.