Originally Posted by
Cornish Jack
From the apparent sound source (we seldom have good enough vis to see them) the 'playpen' seems to be close overhead. I'm a little bemused at the perceived need for such tactics - much that is published suggests that visual contact has little, or no, place in modern fighter combat. Is all this 'multi shoot down sight unseen' capability just a myth ?
Infantry can call in fire support from aircraft, tanks, artillery. They carry anti-tank weapons, machine guns and rifles. At the end of the day, they likely still carry a bayonet or a knife, potentially both, and they train in un-armed combat.