Class Request - Supporting Arms

**MCpl Bloggins** · 05-23-2012, 01:11 PM

Game: Arma 2 w/ ACE & Acre
Class: Artillery, Close Air Support & Fast Air
Time: Evenings for North American players, perhaps a bit earlier to include European/UK.

Would love to get a good class on how calling artillery, close air & fast air works in this game. We were playing on Domination yesterday and it was an issue (until Dimitrius came in and sorted us all out

) that having any of these quickly would have helped complete the mission much more efficiently.

What's the proper format for calling stuff in to the FOO/JTAC, as a recce team member or squad/platoon leader? Then, what's the procedure the FOO/JTAC goes through within the game menus to actually make that happen?

Thanks in advance,
Bloggins

**LowSpeedHighDrag** · 05-23-2012, 02:37 PM

Hello MCpl Bloggins,

Thanks for the request. I will check with my schedule and get back to you ASAP.

Ideally I'd like to break these courses into smaller categories of their own. Due to depth and the time that is needed.

So you are mainly interested with forward observer (artillery), JTAC (fixed wing) correct?

Regards,
LowSpeedHighDrag
TGU-I

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**MCpl Bloggins** · 05-23-2012, 05:32 PM

Artillery is the primary one that I'm personally interested in. Main reason is that if we have a decent pilot, we can kind of rough the JTAC and CAS, but artillery is a whole other system that needs to be taught.

Not sure what others would like to see.

Regards,
Bloggins

**ZephyrDark** · 05-23-2012, 08:03 PM

For now, Bloggins, check out the Artillery guide in my signature. I have most of the information on regards to Indirect Fire Requests. If there's enough interest I'll see about re-reworking my courses to include the new ACE Mortars system. Chances are these new Indirect Fire Courses will be composed of several parts to lower the singular amount of commitment required as the previous instances have been quite long courses.

**MCpl Bloggins** · 05-23-2012, 10:38 PM

Thanks a bunch, mate.

**Charles Darwin** · 08-30-2012, 03:15 PM

I have plans of doing a series of 3 to 4 classes for fixed wing CAS this winter focusing mainly on the a-10

1. taking off, navigation, landing(including getting ArmA's settings correct for flying)
2. weapons familiarization(guns, rockets, cbu, mk82, gbu)
3. JTAC training(including a stationary a-10 in the air facing a target city that students will be moved into and then pick out targets based on a JTAC call)
4. Putting it all together(students pair off into groups and work together to call in/mark/destroy targets.

These classes will have a strict limit of 4 students per class and must be taken in order. This is based off prior experience with trying to cram all of this into one lesson, it just takes too long and there is too much interest so we end up with a ton of people who are all at different skill levels.

Joystick or gamepad will also be required.

**LiquidCommander** · 09-07-2012, 02:07 AM

If you like LowSpeed I have come across some documents regarding fire mission (artillery) and 9 line (Cas) for support if you are interested or I can make some documents

**LowSpeedHighDrag** · 09-07-2012, 07:59 AM

Hello LiquidCommander,

I already have those materials covered.
However, you can send me the links to them.

Thanks

**zilfondel** · 09-07-2012, 06:53 PM

I would be interested in the JTAC and artillery side myself.

Originally Posted by Charles Darwin

I have plans of doing a series of 3 to 4 classes for fixed wing CAS this winter focusing mainly on the a-10

1. taking off, navigation, landing(including getting ArmA's settings correct for flying)
2. weapons familiarization(guns, rockets, cbu, mk82, gbu)
3. JTAC training(including a stationary a-10 in the air facing a target city that students will be moved into and then pick out targets based on a JTAC call)
4. Putting it all together(students pair off into groups and work together to call in/mark/destroy targets.

These classes will have a strict limit of 4 students per class and must be taken in order. This is based off prior experience with trying to cram all of this into one lesson, it just takes too long and there is too much interest so we end up with a ton of people who are all at different skill levels.

Joystick or gamepad will also be required.

That would be great! And winter would work well for a lot of people, I think.

Have joystick, do travel.