Logistics is the ball and chain of armoured warfare. The army with the smartest dress uniform will lose. What gets you promoted from one rank gets you killed in the next rank. A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow. If orders can be misunderstood, they have been.
Tracer works both ways.
If the enemy is in range, so are you. War is like love. To triumph, you must make contact. Karl von Clausewitz Never reinforce failure. Failure reinforces itself.