River crossing battle tactics

[Imp]

I was refering to TOS-1s which are more infantry & light armour killers than the Smerch mentioned but fires block LOS if get enough going even for TI units.

[Mobhack]

Originally Posted by Imp

I was refering to TOS-1s which are more infantry & light armour killers than the Smerch mentioned but fires block LOS if get enough going even for TI units.

I had forgotten the possibility of using incendiary weapons as possible thermal blockers as a tactic - nice idea!.

Sufficient depth of fire hexes does work like smoke against these vision devices. (I forget if it is 3 hexes of large fires or 4?).

Enemy would have to go through the firewall, or at least into it to see through. This could be a warming experience!.

If you have these in MRL deliverable form then you can build up a patch of fire that the hi-tech adversary will find inconvenient. It may need a few doses to get the firewall deep enough to be reliable. Air napalm is more variable (you would need a lot of napalm planes, and they are subject to AAA - some air forces do have access to bombers with multiple FAE or napalm, but these get laid in a single strip - so 3 such runs would have to be done in parallel to make a useful firewall (?)).

Problem would be if the fire area has to be placed somewhere that you may want to eventually cross (esp if you will need to use dismounts there!).

So "Imp's firewall" is a limited usage tactic, but possibly useful in the right circumstances.

Cheers
Andy