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Tue, 25 Apr 2000 02:42:15 GMT
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On Mon, 24 Apr 2000 15:55:42 GMT, Stephen F Roberts
<wubwub@wildlink.com> wrote:
> ...All the troopers would have a helmet comm, but you would still have chain of command
> and distraction. The average field guy does not want to be distracted with the assorted
> coordination chatter that would go on at 'command' frequencies, so would turn it off.
> He'll be told where to move and where to shoot by his comm-officer who, in turn, would get
> his guidance from someone 'upstream'. It is also likely that standard field guys would be
> shut out of command frequencies, since at times, generals have to send squads into certain
> death situations and its not good for morale to have the field guys hear their fate being
> discussed like that.
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> ...So the end effect would be the average fig would not be able to coordinate well with
> anyone outside of his squad. Multiple squads could all fire at the same thing, but only
> guys close to you or on your frequency would be able to hit the same place on that target
> to be able to add up and hurt it. (not to mention the squad has trained together, so know
> each other and act as 'one fig').
I suppose it depends on exactly how the comm system is set up. I
picture individual talk groups for each squad with the capability of
squads or larger groups to switch to a common talk group if initiated
by a higher authority. That is, one person sends out a code, and the
radios all switch to that common talk group automatically.
The commanders would be able to talk to the squads, but not on the
command channel, the squad would have a talk group number and the
commander would punch that up and talk. The members, or squad leader,
could either verbally OK it, or more likely, if they say a verbal
command into the microphone, using voice recognition, a data burst is
sent to the commanders computer that says the squad got the message.
Likewise other verbal commands could be set up so that they squad
leader, or any member, could call for air support, reinforcements, or
medevac without ever really talking to anyone. I'm sure the commanders
would have their own talk groups that the average troops couldn't use,
or even know about.
Depending on how far into the future conventional radio technology
goes, these would probably be some type of digital system, using
frequency hopping to avoid ECM. Mobile antenna sites, or other relay
vehicles, might be linked by laser instead of microwaves to extend
radio coverage on the battlefield. Medical information and location
might also automatically be relayed by the trooper's radio units.
Jeff Christner
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| Have you read "Starship Troopers"? Not the craptacular Paul Verhoeven movie, but the Heinlein novel? RAH goes into quite a bit of detail on how his cap troops are in communication with each other; basically the grunts have radios with one channel (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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| (...) ...All the troopers would have a helmet comm, but you would still have chain of command and distraction. The average field guy does not want to be distracted with the assorted coordination chatter that would go on at 'command' frequencies, so (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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