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Originally Posted by junk2drive

So, my previous comments are based on this. Bad tactics on my part? If the setup line is farther forward, I could spead out a little in Cachrov. Might not get caught as bad by arty or be able to keep moving away from the blast zone. Or should I let the enemy have Cachrov and retreat to Brodne?

You should try to hold both (keep a defensive line between the two with the L and R flanks anchored on the towns). Pact arty tactic is designed to prep any objectives or suspected enemy defensive positions. With 18 tubes of 122mm, besides the pre-targeted locations, anything that gets seen is going to stat to draw fire. This forces the US to keep on the move in a mobile defense to avoid the artillery BUT mobile defense is the Achilles heal of the M60/M113 task forces. In the earlier scenarios you are fighting the Czech which use the OT-64 and they are not a real threat (same as the BTR MRR in the Soviet Divisions) since they only have 12.7mm HMG's or so.

Once you get into the middle and later scenarios you will mostly be on the offense and will start to see the weakness of the M60's as being slow and weekly armored. Only the ability fire on the move and TTS (in limited visibility situations) gives them a chance, except by then you'll be facing Soviet BMP's with ATGM's.