Comments on: Russian Tactics

By: Buckethead

Buckethead — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:20:42 +0000

Borepatch, one of Isegoria’s earlier excerpts says that the Soviets were masters at infiltration. So which of our opponents were using Soviet doctrine?

My uncle was a Marine machine gunner who did exactly that against the Chinese. I think the real distinction between the NoKos and the ChiComs is that the Chinese had more troops. Their infiltration at the very start was significant — with strategic surprise — but less so afterwards.

By: Isegoria

Isegoria — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:08:50 +0000

Was it obvious when we were facing Red Chinese and when we were facing North Koreans?

Anyway, the second-hand stories I’d heard involved firing machine-guns at hordes of Red Chinese until the guns overheated, then calling in “danger close” artillery and air support, while praying for the best.

By: Borepatch

Borepatch — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 01:54:58 +0000

Actually, it was the North Koreans who used Soviet doctrine, and who suffered immense losses doing it. The Chinese used infiltration tactics which caused much more trouble for the American Army.