TG Internal Scrimmage
Kashan Desert
US Team Battle Plan


Roster

Squad 1: MECHANIZED

SL: |TG-6th| RandyShugart
SM: |TG-6th|FerrisBeuller, |TG|Zoors, |TG-6th|Steiner, **OPEN **

Assets: All APCs are reserved for this squad.


Squad 2: ASSAULT

SL: BigGaayAl
SM: |TG-E1st|CrawlingEye, |TG-E1st|Jevski, |TG-E1st|Disciple, Sabre_Tooth_Tigger

Assets: 1xHAT kit, 1xMANPAD kit available for this squad at all times


Squad 3: VILLAGE

SL: |TG-6th|TheGreatNardini
SM: |TG-6th|Cappy, Red, |TG|Zaboo, |TG-X|Cola88, |TG-6th|TheSkudDestroyer

Assets: 1xHAT kit, 1xMANPAD kit available for this squad at all times


Squad 4: ARMOR I

SL: NerdyDodge
SM: A.Wickens, AFSoccer, MasterJack, StevieRay

Assets: 2xAbrahms, 1xMobileAA


Squad 5: ARMOR II

SL: Fuzzhead
SM: Dornhos, <1sk>Headshot, KittyKatNub, Warlab

Assets: 2xAbrahms, 1xMobileAA



Squad 6: CAS

SL: Cpt.Rat_Bastard
SM: Liquid.Watcher

Assets: A-10, F-16


Squad 7: AIR CAV

SL: OldDirti

Assets: Blackhawks, LittleBird


Squad 8: ENGINEER

SL: |TG-6th|DickBlonov
SM: |TG-X|Elwenil

Assets: CO trucks, humvees


Overview

We will take advantage of our proximity to South Village to fight a delaying action at that flag for as long as possible to allow us to gain control of the bunker complex and force the MEC to commit as many heavy assets as possible to the south. I want to dictate the terms of the battle to the MEC on this one, so we are going to force them to immediately alter their plans (I hope) and react to our strong defense of South Village. We will seize the initiative in this fight and hold it.

The plan will have 4 separate phases that will be enacted and are described below.

Phase I

Objective:

The goal for Phase I is to disrupt the MEC advance on South Village and prevent them from capping it for as long as possible. It must not fall into MEC hands prior to us capturing North Village for us to be successful during the scrimmage. If we are a little lucky, we can get the bunkers captured or at least establish as strong foothold there prior to their taking South Village.



Plan: South Village

We are going to commit several armored assets and a couple of squads to defending South Village during Phase I.

I want the following squads to spawn at South Village:

Squad 1 – MECHANIZED
Squad 3 – VILLAGE

Squad 1 will get two squad members into the APC and immediately transport Squad 3 to the ambush site depicted. The APC should deploy it’s ammo and position itself off to the side of the road in a position where it can ambush any CO trucks approaching South Village.

The SL of Squad 1 and his two remaining squad members shall establish a rally point for the squad in a protected position and await the arrival of the CO truck from US Outpost to construct a fire base. It is imperative to deploy an AA position from the firebase in a position where it can be used with effect against any transport choppers that attempt to approach South Village.

Squad 3 will deploy en masse to the ambush site and deploy their rally there. I suggest that members of the squad spawn as either engineers or riflemen with ammo (plus a medic) and grab their specialty kits from the rally after they dismount the APC near the ambush site.

Squad 3 is to hold their position for as long as possible, ambushing any enemy CO vehicles and supporting the APC. They should fall back to village if their position is overrun, using the fire base as their spawn point. There will be a H-AT kit and a MANPAD kit available from the firebase for Squad 3.


Plan: US Outpost

I want the following squads to spawn at US Outpost:

Squad 4 – ARMOR I
Squad 5 – ARMOR II
Squad 6 – CAS
Squad 8 – Engineer

The idea is to get as many of our armor assets out of US Outpost as possible and get them in to the field. If we don’t make use of all of them initially they will most likely sit and not be used as it is going to be difficult to get back to them later.

With that in mind, and the fact that our jets will not spawn for the first 20 minutes of the match, I am assigning both APCs at US Outpost to the CAS squad to help support the effort at South Village and provide over-watch. Yep, I want 1-man APCs. Get yourselves in the hills above South Village and provide overwatch. If either one or both are still working when we need you elsewhere, we’ll give them to Squad 1 as reserves.

Squad 4 and Squad 5 shall take their 4 tanks north to assist in the capture of North Village and engage and destroy the MEC armor. This will not be an easy assignment as the MEC may very well bring all 4 tanks to the North Village on their initial deployment. You can have your extra squad members either spawn with you as engineers or wait it out at the airfield for the mobile AA to spawn in – your call as SL.

Squad 8 will spawn both engineers. One will take the CO truck to South Village to allow us to construct a fire base and the other will drive one of the 2 humvees to South Village. Once there they will assist in the construction of the fire base before moving on to their next assignment. Once the fire base is built, the engineers will leave immediately in their humvee to the north to assist our tanks.


Plan: Airfield

I want the following to spawn at the airfield

Squad 2 – ASSAULT
Squad 7 – AIR CAV
CO

Squad 2 will take the H-AT assigned to them and their CO truck (pick one) and deploy as far to the north as they can to avoid MEC armor. It will be tricky, but the goal is to get your squad into the bunker complex via the east entrance and establish a fire base in the designated position. If for whatever reason we fail in this portion of the plan, Squad 2 is to respawn at the airfield, regroup, and take a second CO truck to assault North Village if it has not been capped already.

Squad 7 is going to be bored until the blackhawks spawn. He’ll be pretty busy after that.

I will be deploying our CP and getting ready to move a CO truck to North Village for phase 2.

Phase II

Objective:

Once we have disrupted the initial MEC push in to South Village, taken out the enemy armor to the north, and, hopefully, establish a fire base in the bunkers, we will begin the second phase of our plan.

The objective of Phase II is to capture North Village and do it ASAP, and get reinforcements into the bunkers. We also hope to get our planes in the air and at the same time deny the enemy the usage of the airspace over the bunkers.



Plan:

We will start this phase by beginning a partial withdrawal from South Village. Squad 3 will use one of the humvees that spawn on the fire base there as transport. I need Squad 3 to destroy our fire base at South Village before withdrawing, as we will be constructing a new one in the hills to the east of the bunkers. The AA emplacement at South Village must also be destroyed – this is critical!

Squad 1 will continue to defend South Village with their APC(s) to the best of their ability until ordered to withdraw by the CO.

Squad 2 will attempt to establish control of the bunker complex. This will seem like a daunting task, but my hope is that our initial delaying action and the size of the forces committed to defending South Village will cause the MEC team to have to overcompensate by withdrawing a squad or two toward South Village to assist in taking it. If things get really hairy there, I will have Squad 1 abandon South Village entirely and just spawn on the fire base at the bunkers to assist in assaulting the bunkers.

At North Village, Squad 3 (VILLAGE) will move in to capture with the assistance of our armor. Squad 8 (ENGINEERS) will repair our tanks and get them ready to move back into the field to watch over the bunker complex.

Squad 4 and Squad 5 will mop up the enemy armor and assist in taking North Village. Once combat has ceased, they will get repairs from Squad 8.

The CO will bring a CO truck to North Village to construct our first bunker so the tanks can re-arm before deploying to their next area of coverage.

The last phase of this plan is probably the most important. I will need the AIR CAV squad to help us establish a fire base at the designated location in the hills overlooking the bunkers from the east. I have scouted the area and the map showing it’s location is provided. We will use the ability to build using 2 supply crates to accomplish this. Since we have only 1 pilot in AIR CAV we will need to get started while we are still capping North Village. Hopefully the timing is right so that AIR CAV can pick up squad 3 from North Village on the second trip to the fire base location.

This fire base will be used to help us control the air space over the bunkers as we will be deploying an AA position once it is constructed. Squad 3 will move from this position to the bunkers to assist in taking down both of those flags once completed. There will be a Spec Ops kit reserved for one member of Squad 3 from this fire base to assist in spotting enemy armor assets for CAS if so desired by the SL, otherwise we will not have a designated spotter and this will be left to the individual SL who need CAS.

Once the objectives for Phase 2 are met and CAS is airborne we begin Phase 3.


Phase III

Objective:

During Phase III we will take control of the skies and capture the bunkers flags as the MEC forces are scattered trying to compensate for our holding South Village.



The red circles are my lame attempt to show AA coverage. The idea is to cut the map in half at least and give our aircraft a safe orbit zone on the north half of the map so that they are close to where all of the action is going to be.

Plan

If everything goes perfectly, which I’m 100% positive it will not, Squad 1 will still be fighting a desperate delaying action at South Village. By this time, the MEC armor reinforcements will probably get close to spawning at their airfield. Regardless, I want Squad 1 to continue their defense/delay until they have either been taken out or we are in a position to have them begin capping the flag.

The armor will move into position to defend the bunkers from counter-assault by MEC armor and to assist our infantry that will be slugging it out with the MEC infantry for control of those bunkers. I would like Squad 4’s tanks to provide over-watch on the bunkers from the west while Squad 5’s tanks also take up position on the west side of the bunkers and protecting the south flank of Squad 4’s tanks, watching for MEC armor reinforcements. We’ll have to see how our initial armor engagements go and what we have left for tanks.

Regardless of the armor over-watch, if we have one, it is going to be up to Squad 2 and Squad 3 to get in to the bunkers to begin taking control. We will play this by ear, but ideally both squads will work together to neutralize one bunker and then we will move one of the two out to the other bunker while the other defends. If Squad 1 has been driven off of South Village they will bring an APC from the airfield to assist in taking the bunkers.

Hopefully by now our mobile AA has spawned. Squads 4 and 5 will have their squad member designated for the mobile AA retrieve the vehicles and bring them to position to cover the tanks and bunkers where the can also be protected by the tanks.

The engineer squad will be available to repair tanks, but we also are going to want them to get over to MEC Outpost to ensure that there aren’t any assets remaining there for the MEC to use. Hopefully they’ve left some toys behind for the engineers to experiment on. They may have a bunker constructed there, so we will scout for that as well and take it out if possible.

Ideally, we’d like to be able to capture both bunkers without usage of our JDAM. I’d like to save that to drop on either South Village or MEC outpost. The remainder of the match we will play by ear and react to the situations as they present themselves.


Here's more

Ok, here's the bottom line. We've all played this map about ten thousand times. We know what it takes to win. The only part of the plan I am adamant about us sticking to is the defense of South Village. I want to mess them up badly in the first 5 minutes of the map, and committing forces to stop them from even getting close and bringing 3 APCs into the area to fight should be overwhelming to them. If we can get them off balance and off their plan right from the get-go then we will mop them up - I'm extremely confident in that. I have confidence in our tank crews to get the job done on their initial wave and get control of the map for us to go to work in those first 20 minutes. After that, we'll play it by ear and see how things develop. I'm extremely confident in everyone's ability to play and play smartly, so I feel if I just stay out of your way and let you do what you do, we'll win.