Fiddle's Green

[Panther Al]

Thats not the same at all Bobcat:

What you are forgetting to take into account is how the two are meant to be used according to doctrine.

Strykers - For Better of For Worse, is getting placed in the same realm as Mech Inf. Yes, about everyone knows A Stryker isn't up the same threat levels that a Brad is, but the Stryker is (sorta)Armoured, so it will get used to project Force on Force despite what everyone knows. Thats just the way things are, and why going heavy on Stryker Brigades in the amounts like we are is a mistake in my opinion.

Helo's are anything but. Airmobile is a term that needs to be payed attention to: Helo's are the penultimate battle taxi. No one, even the most die hard rabid Airmobile fan, ever will allow an Air Assault unit to fly into the face of built up mechanized forces. Just Won't Happen. Because, on this, you are right: Troop Carrying Helo's flying into the FEBA are called Skeet for a reason. Helo units fly to the immediate rear of the area where the troops are needed, and then dismount them so they can advance to the FEBA on foot. Else, they are used to bypass organized forces and deposited in a rear area - again, where there are few if any forces that can play duck hunter.

Attack Helo's also don't play in your face force on force: They scoot, peek, and then shoot. The Hide. They Duck. They stay out of sigh and out of mind until its time to take the ambush shot. Again, not at all what a Stryker does.

Agian, No One will ever even think of pushing a company, battalion, or even brigade of the 101st into a fight the same way they would Brads, or even Strykers. Apples and Oranges.