Originally Posted by kilroy0097

Zatar Wetlands: Air Cavalry.

onemanwreckingcrew, myself, fligsnurt, R.M.S.13 and a few others did this to mixed results depending greatly on the team organization.

We were able to do a few strategies that were very effective and would be ideal for a team that is organized enough to move up and take forward points. I have modified a couple to take advantage of current .756 benefits.

1. Blackhawk with one Pilot, one SL, one Heavy AT, one Light AT and 2 Engineers. Ideally pilot will be on TS to speak with Squad Leader and you can add another Engineer or a Marksman into the squad.

Strategy: Securing central area that can be defended by 2 Squads easily. Control central airspace and ability to move about the map. Slows down advancement of MEC forces drastically. This allows Airstrip and Village to be taken as well as Oil Refinery.

Tactics: Blackhawk and crew fly to Center Point Hill immediately. Backhawk drops of squad and supply box.
Engineers set mines on all entrances up to hill. Place C4 and blow all TOW emplacements. They then rearm on supply box. HAT and LAT fire on incoming armor and APCs also resupplying from supply box. Pilot immediately leaves the area and goes back to carrier to recharge supply box. Comes back and drops second supply box. Flag should be captured by then and you drop a bunker. Center spawn area on map and ability to take out all armor traveling near the hill. All TOW emplacements respawn after a bit as USMC and you can man those as well. You also have a nice central AA emplacement to take out all helicopters in range.

Effect: If all western cap points are captured and if Village and Oil Refinery are defended correctly you then have an advancing offensive force that can attack Natural Gas Station without worry of losing rear flags. Farm is useless unless all other flags are taken and all USMC forces can concentrate their entire strength on keeping MEC in their mainbase. Repeated attacks on Farm at the beginning of the round serve to only draw minimal forces to it or delay MEC coming out of main base momentarily. Rarely has a single squad been able to do any significant damage while defending Farm.

2. Air or Fast Vehicle Sabotage mission.

Strategy: To slow down US or MEC advancement by destroying bridges and placing mines on all land bridges. This operation needs to be done quickly and immediately upon map start and requires an extremely organized squad or two squads.

Tactics: Blackhawk with pilot, one SL, one HAT, 3-4 Eng. Same configuration for MEC with Vodnik as transport. Travel quickly to forward travel areas placing C4 on bridges and blowing them and placing mines on roads or ground bridges across rivers. Resupply done from supply box on Blackhawk or arms caches from Vodniks. This tactic is easier for US as they only have 2 bridges and 2 land bridges in forward areas to take care of. The MEC has 3 bridges and 3 land bridges to take care of. US areas to destroy/mine are the land bridge leading from Natural Gas Station to Center Hill and the Bridge from Natural Gas to Center Hill. Also the land bridge from Farm to Center Hill must be mined and the Bridge leading from Natural Gas to Oil Refinery that is South of Center Hill. MEC have to destroy both bridges from Village going west and the Bridge coming South that is north of Center Hill. As well as mine all land bridges in those areas.

Effect: By doing this you slow down all advancement outside a certain area. You can then contain the enemy to a certain area of the map. You will not be able to contain APCs as they can swim but all other vehicles must go these routes. Swimming APCs are very slow and should be easy targets for HAT and Armor that come later on.

Both of these strategies are not guaranteed and may or may not succeed depending on skill and organization of either team. It requires quick action, great organization of the operational squad as well as quick advancement of each team. Center Hill may be held if Bunker is successfully built and at least two squads are defending it. It offers the team a bit more time to move up. The same strategy could be conducted by MEC team with Vodniks however they must be followed up by a Command Truck. The effect is the same either way. Control of air space and jumping point for attack on either side of the map. Sabotage Operation is less likely to succeed with intelligent skilled players on the other team. If they are quick they can prevent this tactic forcing your sabotage team to retreat to Center Hill and attempt the first strategy listed or to booby trap traveled areas closer to Village and Oil Refinery.

Quick reaction and having a Plan B is needed in these strategies. Only well organized squads and/or training in these tactics multiple times will result in beneficial outcomes. Your normal pub game with the common disorganization will most likely not take full advantage of these tactics and will only serve to piss off the squad attempting these.