u/quesoandcats

The static artillery is either just as good or better statwise than the mobile artillery, and like 2/3s-3/4s of the price. There are slight differences. AP and firepower (Abbotts are 4/4, static is 3/3), assault/counterattack (Towed arty is 1 point better than mechanized in each, though weirdly the static 105s have a better counterattack than the static 155s, while the SPGs both have the same value) and the max battery size for the towed arty is 6 instead of 8.

The fearless veteran 105 batteries with commando crews also look interesting. They're only an extra 2 points over the standard static 105s

I got the free sprue in July's WGI and want to pad my zombies out into a full horde!

I want to read the full documents to learn more about the infiltration tactics Garrison mentioned, but I don't know how to find them.

I'm watching a documentary called "9/11: Four Flights" that discusses the timeline of events onboard each plane that day, and Daniel Lewin's story is featured prominently in the segment on American Flight 11 (the first plane to be hijacked). His family is interviewed and they talk about how he must have known what was going on because he spoke Arabic and previously served in an elite Israeli military commando unit, Sayeret Matkal, so he would have tried to fight back.

I don't know how to say this without sounding disrespectful, but most of what his family says seems to be based on their impressions of how Danny would have acted ("I believe he would have tried to stop the hijacking", "I feel like he must have known those young Arab men were plotting something", "He was trained to kill with his bare hands, there's no way he didn't try to intervene"), rather than eyewitness accounts or evidence.

One family member cites Betty Ong's phone call with American's reservations desk in which she mentions "a man in business class" being stabbed by the hijackers as evidence that Danny tried to fight back. But he wasn't the only man in business class that day, so how do we know that he was the man who was stabbed? Did Ong mention his seat number?

I understand that forensic examination of the planes after the fact would have been basically impossible, and that the only way eyewitness accounts would have gotten off the plane was through Ong or other passengers who called people on the ground to tell them about the hijacking. But I'm curious to know whether the narrative around Daniel Lewin is supported by secondary evidence, like a phone call or piece of wreckage that survived the crash, or is it supposition based on his background and where he was seated in the plane? (Directly in front of one of the hijackers)

Move off to the side or better yet, talk and walk

The temptation to plop 56 M48s onto the board for 112 points is difficult to resist.

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For support units, I assume you'd want a mortar unit or two for smoke, and some sort of heavier arty to suppress enemy infantry? Is there a way to make this list somewhat viable or is strictly a "just for fun" idea?

The link is to an r/WeirdWings post about the whole deranged plan.

They were going to use rocket boosters pointed forward to help the plane do a very short landing in the soccer stadium across from the embassy. Then they'd use more rockets facing the rear to take off again and fly the hostages out of the country. Flawless plan!

The one time they tested this the aircraft was destroyed in a massive conflagration, the video is in the WeirdWings post (the crew made it out okay). But even that didn't kill the program, and they were gearing up for another attempt when Reagan beat Carter and the Iranians freed the hostages after Reagan was sworn in.