Vendi,

Your idea is tactically sound. You would want one more support person with each one providing flanking cover and recon personnel providing over watch (anti-snipers and to take out engineers as they make themselves known.)

You would also want more than one tank (3 if possible) with each covering a certain kill area (9-12, 12-3 and one rear guard. A few FAV and or APC (2).

Ideally you would want air cover available also.

On a different subject since I (Dragon Kinjite) have had the pleasure of playing a few scenarioes with you (Dragon Kinjite) - how do I set up voice capability? It would be nice to be able to use it which would make for better unit cohesion.

Look forward to your reply and to seeing on the server.

Originally Posted by Vendi

I like to come up with tactic ideas that could be fun and, if carried out right, very successful. Problem is, all too often it doesn't work out so easily in game.

This idea centers around combining the teamwork of armor and infantry. Yeah yeah seems simple to start with but let me give you a picture of what's going on right now: Players grab armor and go on single man killing sprees (Myself included), which usually end in the destruction of a valuable team asset. Meanwhile infantry teams are left on the ground to fend for themselves against overwhelming odds.
Alternatively, i've seen some cool full-armor squads work together well, but these mostly work for pushing the line between flags, and working in open-areas. They are not very successful at hopping on a flag and creating a new spawn point. They also do not have the versatility to get down into the cover areas and take out pesky enginners.


I really want to encourage squad leaders to work WITH vehicles. I'm not just talking about sending a squaddie back to grab a vehicle and use it till he blows up. I mean actively involve the piece of equipment in their tactics. Work to protect the vehicle, and use it to protect yourself. What is that saying? The whole is greater than the sum of the parts... something like that.
All too often the most a squad works with a vehicle consists of orders of "Move here and kill that, but dont go too far from us" or "Protect this flag". Trust me, you can do much better.


Just the other day on Suez Canal, my squad really incorporated a tank into its operations. We had three engineers, two assaults (me included) and a support man for ammunition and cover fire. One of the enginners hopped in the tank, and instead of working to single handedly destroy armor while the infantry moved in on enemy infantry alone, the two parts of the squad created, for the lack of a better term, a symbiotic relationship. Let me give you a few examples, each of which will illustrate a different benefit of the dichotomy (Right word?)...
When advancing, we used the tank as mobile cover. I mean, come on a 70 ton platform provides some serious protection. This allowed my squad to move across areas where we'd normally be mowed down. Advance on flags with minimal casualties, most of which were revivable. And when I say "used as cover" I mean literally we ran or sprinted behind/alongside it. I'm not talking about "cover fire" where the tank shells from behind as we run up in front. Using armor as physical cover, if i'm not mistaken, is a practice used in real life tactics especially in urban combat. I think we could learn a lesson here.
Once, an enemy jeep roared towards us. Upon spotting the tank, the crew bailed - fortunately for them of course, seeing as how moments later a shell plowed into the vehicle. Now, the infantry in the squad shone. Myself, the other medic and the support man went out and cleaned up the 3 engineers who popped out of the jeep. These guys could have done some serious damage to our armor.
Another instance, we were engaged by a battle walker. Being proficient in the walker, I know its advantage over the tank at close distances. When the battle started the infantry spread out of the way into nearby cover, close enough to watch what was going on but not in the way and causing unnecesary ticket loss. The tank and walker dueled, my engineers repaired and fired off the occasional rocket when the tank was at full health, the walker went down! Sure enough, during the battle us infantry in the squad had spotted some RDX recon making a move for the engineer and tank. We did them a favor and put them out of their misery.
Im not even going to try to describe how nice it was to assault a flag with my squad working like this...


Im hoping you can see some of the advantages now. Maybe all it takes is a different way of looking at armor, but some thoughtful minds could come up with incredible combinations.