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Maul · Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 16

I'm digging through jvgfanatic's unit faq and I see this. I don't remember seeing it IG. Is this ground to air?

JVGFanatic · Posted: Jul Mon 18, 2005 10:16 am Post subject:

A = Attack
A1 = Attack/Counterattack.

And no, by the numbers it's surface attack but without my key I can't be certain. I also think it has an area effect. Working off memory (and lack of a key to the chart) there...

SemperFi2382 · Posted: Jul Mon 18, 2005 1:29 pm Post subject: Re: What unit is this?

DanielRuoss · Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 103 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL

All hail the ATACMS!!! Twisted Evil

I love this baby! Use 3 or 4 of these beauties with a supply vehicle and you can hold off most any attack. This frees up my air units and air-mobile infantry to tear ass around the map causing all kinds of havoc. I love it! I love it! I love it! Very Happy

SemperFi2382 · Posted: Jul Thu 21, 2005 8:54 am Post subject:

Maul · Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 16

smaug_the_dragon · Joined: 10 Apr 2005 Posts: 36

This is a great weapon but there are some caveats. It is vulnerable to any type of fire, so you want to use it's full firing range, or a have a screen of SAMS of one sort or another. I park them on cities so they can regenerate each turn. I also have good recon to fully utilize that 12-hex range. An F-18 recon plane works great, but well worth it. Otherwise you can't kill what you can't see. Sad

SemperFi2382 · Posted: Jul Thu 21, 2005 1:51 pm Post subject:

Arpeegy · Guest

This is the U.S. long range missile system (if I am remembering correctly). It can fire 12 hexes away and damages adjacent hexes. An amazing weapon but it does require a good recon unit and an awesome supply system. I generally park mine in cities close to the front to give support and keep the unit in constant supply. They are pricey so be selective where you place them because they fall easy prey to helicopters.

Two to four of these units can stop almost any frontline assault.

katana · Joined: 16 Jul 2005 Posts: 15

i don't really park them near the city. i use 2 or 3 supply trucks to create a supply line from the city to the ATACMS

Blowed up REAL good! · Guest

I LOVE the ATACMS!!!
(tooooo good though...smells like cheating, but that hasn't stopped me from using it yet Smile

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Instead of using recon units though, I usually go for early acquisition of a well forward facility on the route I expect the enemy to come at me on.
When possible, at least two facilities away is preferred.

When the enemy sends in a forward capture unit, I can easily destroy it....which seems to always prompt the enemy to come to the city in force.....and then it is party time!

Curiosity killed the cat.
I HATE that saying ('cause I love cats), but it makes a fine point anyhow.

irashunal · Guest

ATACMs rule. An 'atac' is a masta-MLRS rocket artillery. I was in the army in an MLRS unit and the 'atac's were the double barreled death vehicles of the rocket artillery series.

BTW> THE BEST SCENARIO for ATACM deployment: put a supply truck in a city and put an atac on either side, put standard artillery to the front and a patriot (hawk or both) in the back. If anything gets close to the group it won't be strong enough to take much out.

But just in case have an undeployed atac/etc in the background that can drive up and 'join' units to any damaged units in the ring. This may lower their experience level but you won't have to undeploy ever. And you can just drive the backup units to another city to resupply them.

SemperFi2382 · Posted: Aug Mon 08, 2005 9:21 pm Post subject: Re: Hey-al Yeah!