Quote Originally Posted by Uesugi Kenshin
It'd be interesting if hills, which dominated the battlefield for millenia, were now disadvantageous, but I think they still offer some key advantages, for example I think it's much easier to shoot down at people than up at them, and it is certainly much easier and quicker to move down a hill rather than up it. That and if the hill has some cliffs too anyone below one of the cliffs would be an excellent target.
Hills still provide advantages but in a different way compared to the old days. A defender actually wants to shoot up as its easier to spot and hit targets that are silhouettes which also explains why one wants to move in valleys. Crests are something to avoid or quickly cross if one cant avoid them.

Reverse slope defense is generally the best way of defending hills. Focusing more than an observation post and a few units on the forward slope just makes an easy target for an attacker's long range weapons. IIRC British infantry made short work of several Argentine bunkers (Goose Green?) using MILAN antitank missiles.


CBR