The 28th Infantry Division

[Legbreaker]

Originally Posted by kiltedguard

Where does it cover the 28th as a tactical reserve?

Nowhere. It's just an assumption on my part based purely on the apparently offensively active 11th ACR and 3rd Armoured Divisions compared to the 28th ID - it's as good a theory as any I suppose....
For all we know, the 28th was virtually wiped out by the nuke strike(s) it suffered in 1997 and was simply incapable of anything beyond absorbing replacements and reorganising what little it had left of itself.

[kiltedguard]

This is all good stuff, but I want to read a little more on the organization of the units. I've been reading more on the operational theories for the employment of forces had we fought the war in Europe that we had prepared for for so long. I'm going to go back and read the source material again as well to try and get a handle on unit movement a bit better. I know that during the fear of possible Nuke attack, they dispersed the formations of the different units. It was either that or risk the annihilation that you mentioned. The risk to this was, if you were near the line....you diluted your defensive/offensive capabilities....so you were more at risk of being dispersed or destroyed by larger enemy formations.

[WallShadow]

Originally Posted by Legbreaker

For all we know, the 28th was virtually wiped out by the nuke strike(s) it suffered in 1997 and was simply incapable of anything beyond absorbing replacements and reorganising what little it had left of itself.

Very similar to the condition it was in after being minced in the meatgrinder of the assault on the Huertgen Forest in WW2, which is why they were resting and recuperating in the quiet zone in front of the Ardennes at the time of the Bulge offensive. Wrong place, wrong time, bad luck, questionable command-and I'm not just pointing at General Cota, either.

Anyone else notice, in the general overview of the future history of the world of T2K, that history seems to be doing a lot of repeating?

[Legbreaker]

Easier to do that than try writing a whole new war history several years long...
GDW staff were churning out truckloads of material at the time so it's no surprise really they cut a few corners here and there where they thought original details weren't all that necessary.

With that in mind, we might cut a few corners ourselves and take some inspiration from the past too.

[James Langham]

Originally Posted by Legbreaker

Easier to do that than try writing a whole new war history several years long...
GDW staff were churning out truckloads of material at the time so it's no surprise really they cut a few corners here and there where they thought original details weren't all that necessary.

With that in mind, we might cut a few corners ourselves and take some inspiration from the past too.

I will second that, there are no end of bits I have reused.