hilamobster13 Posted November 14, 2001 Share Posted November 14, 2001 hi guys i dont know if any of you know about a delayed pincer attack? it goes like this:1. arrange in asemi circle 2. get the enemy to come to the center of the circle and3. close thecircle up, and keep tightening it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilamobster13 Posted November 14, 2001 Author Share Posted November 14, 2001 also , there isalittle thing called abroken arrow charge i just found out about:1. get your units into 3 paralell lines 2. charge the enemy.3. when you are just on there range border, take the 2 outside lines and go to the left & right flanks of the enemy, while the middle line charges.4. send the outside lines in to attack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quoudam72 Posted November 14, 2001 Share Posted November 14, 2001 This sounds like infantry formations for infantry rushes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemafakei Posted November 14, 2001 Share Posted November 14, 2001 That it does. And it would be quite difficult to pull off to any significant advantage, depending greatly on situation. Vehicles are not maneuverable enough, and inf'y die too quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThopterFanatic Posted November 15, 2001 Share Posted November 15, 2001 That strategy might work in WWII but I doubt it works in Emperor. There are too many good anti-infantry or anti-vehicle units for it to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilamobster13 Posted November 17, 2001 Author Share Posted November 17, 2001 Â Â Â Â Â Â the 1st is a defensive strategy used with light vehicles, example: red alert 1 light tank srategy or humvee.the second is again either an infantry or light vehicle attack, and the whole purpose is to make it harder for your enemy to kill. Â and make your infys or tanks more effective. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilamobster13 Posted November 17, 2001 Author Share Posted November 17, 2001      by the way, why are the moving sentence buttons and other such  fun things gone from the board post reply thing, but not the private message thing?  oh, and FYI those are both real russian tank strategys.       Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gobalopper Posted November 17, 2001 Share Posted November 17, 2001 Because they annoy me. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemafakei Posted November 17, 2001 Share Posted November 17, 2001 Yes!They're gone!No more epilepsy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilamobster13 Posted November 19, 2001 Author Share Posted November 19, 2001 well, lets get back to the original discussion. Â we don't want anything similar to my first thread to happen again, do we?(damn this i-mac space button....) Â i'm typing from my school, so i have to use an i-mac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virtugon Posted November 20, 2001 Share Posted November 20, 2001 The germans used this strategy to in WW2. But then came Patton and blasted the germans away! Â ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilamobster13 Posted November 25, 2001 Author Share Posted November 25, 2001 who said you could talk?! >:( oh and fyi the germans pincer attack just consisted of hitting them on both sides at the same time. crude, but effective.the MY cpincer attack was used by atilla the hun, and he damn near conquered the world, the only reason he didnt is because his girlfriend betrayed him by poison.stupid keyboard and its undersized keys!!! >:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ordos45 Posted November 26, 2001 Share Posted November 26, 2001 Yes, but Attila had no tanks, no aircraft, no missiles, no guns, no computers, no etc.Also Attila didn't nearly conquer the world, he nearly conquered the known world. Â He never even made it to what is now called the American COntinents aka North and South America. Â Yes he was brilliant for his time, but in an age of advanced weapons any flanking stategy has multiple weaknesses. Â I know I seem like I'm putting you down but I'm just a little cranky tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilamobster13 Posted November 27, 2001 Author Share Posted November 27, 2001 true, but when i referr to the world, the american continents weren't know yet, so i figured with your genius minds(you have to be somewhat of a genius to understand the dune books)you would take that into consideration.  also,   although the latter statement may be true, the strategys are still effective in their basic idea, which is to confuse a human enemy, not a computer or nuclear missile. plus, the russians changed his strategy slightly so it could be used with their tank squadrons. and gob, why didn't you take off the move button in the private messages? poeple keep sending me messages that i cannot read because they are glowing black and  moving across the screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilamobster13 Posted November 28, 2001 Author Share Posted November 28, 2001 i have a new strategy:get allot of your aircraft together in a group(12-25)send them towards the enemy at 1 specific thingy at the end of their basedestroy it, and scatter the aircraft into attacking several different targets.this MAY confuse the enemy if they have poor aaa formation, but if they are really good, be cautious. it helps (if they are really good) to deploy a super weapon during the attack(especially chaos lightning) Â >:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilamobster13 Posted November 30, 2001 Author Share Posted November 30, 2001 also, the delayed pincer strategy would work very well with terror drones in ra2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemafakei Posted November 30, 2001 Share Posted November 30, 2001 And Leeches, therefore in Emp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilamobster13 Posted November 30, 2001 Author Share Posted November 30, 2001 right you are! ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemafakei Posted November 30, 2001 Share Posted November 30, 2001 It would work when ambushing Hk 'delegations' with laser tanks, as once the circle is closed, the Deviators can do tonnes of damage by selfnuking a devestator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilamobster13 Posted November 30, 2001 Author Share Posted November 30, 2001 please restate that with slightly higher level vocabulary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exatreide Posted November 30, 2001 Share Posted November 30, 2001 The whole pincer attack has many weaknesses.1. it takes many tanks to pull it off successfully.2. Stop flooding this thread.3. The enemy dose not come out to meet your forces,4.there is alwas the chance of the enemy hitting your flanks.What i like to do is the good old anti-Zulu  strategybuild 10-20 Mont. things arrange them in 2 or 3 parallel lines have the monts in the front spread out far enough to allow the monts in the back to move forward. when the enemy attacks. have the first line fire. While there reloading move the second line up ahead of the first line and fire. then the monts behind them will move ahead and fire. This works very well against infantry and tanks. It keeps the enemy under constant pressure while pushing them back. make sure to have enough support units to cover your flanks and enough air defense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilamobster13 Posted December 2, 2001 Author Share Posted December 2, 2001 ex im not even going to get mad. i will explain some things, however:1. you can use it as an ambush strategy or as an offensive strategy, plus, it seems to work in napoleon( i mean about enemys charging the center)2. if you use it right the enemy won't know to hit your flanks, or you could just take 1 or 2 units, turn them around, and use them against the flank-marauders.3. i'm not flooding the thread, it just takes too long to modify4. you can use as little as 5 tanks in this attack, depending on the size of your enemy:ratio of death =1 of yours/3 of theirs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted December 2, 2001 Share Posted December 2, 2001 Use minos as defensive structures, same with kobras. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted December 2, 2001 Share Posted December 2, 2001 the arrow is like the zulu bull technique.but one party goes behind and ther are 4 partys.see picture         O           O          O                               O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilamobster13 Posted December 3, 2001 Author Share Posted December 3, 2001 i think your zulu bull charge or whatever is the one that the broken arrow charge is derived from. it was used during world war I and II. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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