The GZG Digest V2 #1376

> Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 10:27:30 -0500
Actually the first terror throw should be made by the ADA. ADA is not part of
the unit it is defending but is attached to the unit To expect it to go to the
front line and fire over the sites at ground targets would make it the first
target taken out. While this is going on who is doing the ADA's mission of
defending against air attacks? What has happened to

the organic artillery (light, medium and heavy mortars and Infantry Guns in
the unit) and the dedicated and on call artillery that is supposed to do this
job?

The only exception to this is the 88 mm AA in the German army which required a
direct order by Rommel (France 1940) in a desperate situation and then over
time became a standard. Even then the 88 mm AA was setup defensively and
engaged it's target at long range (it was a very large target compared to a
towed AT gun).