12-21-2016, 02:08 AM
(12-20-2016, 10:00 PM)Variable Wrote: 2. GPS are never used regularly. Although always carried in the operators backpack or vest, it's highly uncommon to use it to reach the objective. GPS receivers are there mainly for... being lost. Operators learn the terrain and their objective before embarking on the mission and never rely on GPS for navigation which are used as backup.
That may be true, but for one, we aren't operators, and secondly, we don't have year long training.
I know that in the German army, the team leader always has one. The team leader's harness has a front pouch that can be unzipped and it drops down into a 90 degree angle, like a small table attached to the wall. This pouch contains a tablet GPS receiver. The team leader can even draw on this tablet like we do on our maps, and the data is transmitted to other groups in the area, including vehicles.
Similar to this, though not quite, but you get the idea: