Demolition Team (coop16) Takistan
8 Aug 18
Objectives: Destroy 3x ammo caches in three villages.
General Scheme of Maneuver
Phase 1
Insertion to Objective 1 (northern village) by 4x Humvee
Phase 2
Break in and clearance of Village 1 and blow Cache 1
Phase 3
Break in and clearance of Village 2 and blow Cache 2
Phase 4
Break in and clearance of Village 3 and blow Cache 3
Phase 5
Extraction back to airfield.
ORBAT
Command (Alpha) x4
Bravo x4 + .50 Cal
Charlie x4
Delta x1 + AI + .50 Cal
(designated initial Fire support and overwatch)
Execution
Phase 1
Heading W Delta peeled off north to high ground. Main force encountered enemy outpost, halted and engaged and mostly neutralised the position. Main force then flanked north around outpost to Objective 1.
Good: Good speedy movement of convoy without wasting time. Good navigation from squad leaders and drivers. Halted at a ridgeline to engaged outpost provided good cover.
Improves: I prob shoud have given an "action on" contact in vehicles in the orders, eg if contact front to fan out into wedge or line rater than stay in single file.
Phase 2
Break into Village 1 from E under covering fire from Delta on high ground to the N. Drove right up to buildings at edge of village. Insertion point (IP) was still hot from a few stragglers from outpost to the rear. Bravo tasked to clear northern buildings and Charlie tasked to clear southern buildings using main road as a control line. Bravo insertion position was a bit exposed so they pulled back to Charlie under smoke to then move into village. Alpha remained at IP to deal with rear oupost position and act as a reserve.
I think a couple died here. Bravo and Charlie successfully cleared house to house, blew the cache and returned to IP. Delta ran out of .50 cal ammo here, then moved to high ground to the N of Objective 2.
Good: Good speedy house to house clearing.
Improves: We didn't totally clear the Outpost so we still were receiving fire from there. But I didn't want to waste more time and ammo on it. Also the break-in was a bit gung-ho, and especially Bravo was exposed. We should pick and designate specific buildings to drive to for best cover.
Phase 3
Main force flanked N around Objective 1 to high ground N of Objective 2 and regrouped there with Delta. All callsigns engaged and attrited enemy at Objective 2 from high ground for a while. Bravo tasked to move down to village and start clearing/looking for cache. They received fire from remaining enemy in bunkers on the road etween the objectives 1 and 2. Alpha engaged right bunker with M136 and Charlie engaged right bunker with 84mm HE and HEDP, neutralising both.Enemy flanked our overwatch position to the right and we had close contact from dead ground to our right. Bravo found cache and blew it.
Good: Good use of HE (M136 and Carl Gustav) to neutralise bunkers. Good coord between teams and reporting in of targets/enemy squads.
Improves: We need to watch our flanks and rear, as enemy flanked us right close. Squad leaders ensure to designate tasks to certain individuals to watch L and R flanks and rear, and not all get focussed on front target.
Phase 3.5
Charlie + Delta moved to new position W of Objective 3 on high ground and commenced engagement of Obj 3. Alpha extracted Bravo by vehicle. My crappy driving and navigation led us between Charlie and the Enemy position so we were in a bit of crossfire and I think I heard some RPGs whistling overhead...
Good: Good comms by Charlie to inform us to get out of that area.
Improves: Pick a better route... and again "actions on contact" in vehicles would have helped to get us to safety quicker and avoid confusion...
Phase 4
Charlie + Delta + Alpha remain in loc engaging enemy in Objective 3. Bravo tasked to move E to occupy high ground N of Objective 3. Charlie identified large squad moving along road into Objective 3 from E. Bravo ambushed enemy squad but I think were contacted themselves from a different direction and moved into the village without notifying anyone else and thus copped some friendly fire. Charlie tasked to move to village and clear W buildings (Delta absorbed into Charlie) and Bravo to clear E buildings, Alpha in overwatch.. Enemy Mi-8 then paradropped reinforcements right on top of Charlie in the village. Charlie grabbed OPFOR weapons and some vests. All paratroops neutralised, cache found and blown.
Good: Good volume of fire and quick neutralisation of paratroops. Good notification that some friendlies were using OPFOR weapons to others.
Improves: Blue on blue: moving callsign needs to inform command and/or other callsigns when moving into an engagement area. Individuals beware if you pick up enemy vest or clothing you look like the enemy! Sputnik requires retraining on lawnmower vs chopper ID.
Phase 5
Bravo extracted back to their high ground. Charlie abandoned humvee and comandeered 2x UAZs and regrouped with Alpha, then mainforce regrouped with Bravo on their hill and then everyone rolled back to RTB successfully for mission success.
Good: Quick smooth extraction rolling through RVs without having to stop.
Improves: I didn't like abandoning the humvee and .50 cal - we should have blown it at least but it was end of mission...
General observations:
We should have redistributed some demolitions so both teams had some. Good comms between teams generally, but please ensure to keep giving very short sitreps (number of men, ammo state if you're low) and locstats (position) of your team - it saves the commander having to ask all the time. Good clearance of airwaves when there was contact and good reporting of targets. We should also consistently mark cleared buildings like Bravo did on the map. I think the report lines and RV worked ok except my drawing skills are a bit crap... and finally again sorry to Alpha I should have tasked you guys more into some more action, eg probably the last objective I could have sent you instead of Charlie in or split you guys up to reinforce the other teams. So we should be aware of more and use the ACE split/join teams functions. Thanks to everyone and the mission maker Dalken, I had fun and think I gained a few more battlescars to my face...
Please feel free to add to or correct the above, like to hear from others.
8 Aug 18
Objectives: Destroy 3x ammo caches in three villages.
General Scheme of Maneuver
Phase 1
Insertion to Objective 1 (northern village) by 4x Humvee
Phase 2
Break in and clearance of Village 1 and blow Cache 1
Phase 3
Break in and clearance of Village 2 and blow Cache 2
Phase 4
Break in and clearance of Village 3 and blow Cache 3
Phase 5
Extraction back to airfield.
ORBAT
Command (Alpha) x4
Bravo x4 + .50 Cal
Charlie x4
Delta x1 + AI + .50 Cal
(designated initial Fire support and overwatch)
Execution
Phase 1
Heading W Delta peeled off north to high ground. Main force encountered enemy outpost, halted and engaged and mostly neutralised the position. Main force then flanked north around outpost to Objective 1.
Good: Good speedy movement of convoy without wasting time. Good navigation from squad leaders and drivers. Halted at a ridgeline to engaged outpost provided good cover.
Improves: I prob shoud have given an "action on" contact in vehicles in the orders, eg if contact front to fan out into wedge or line rater than stay in single file.
Phase 2
Break into Village 1 from E under covering fire from Delta on high ground to the N. Drove right up to buildings at edge of village. Insertion point (IP) was still hot from a few stragglers from outpost to the rear. Bravo tasked to clear northern buildings and Charlie tasked to clear southern buildings using main road as a control line. Bravo insertion position was a bit exposed so they pulled back to Charlie under smoke to then move into village. Alpha remained at IP to deal with rear oupost position and act as a reserve.
I think a couple died here. Bravo and Charlie successfully cleared house to house, blew the cache and returned to IP. Delta ran out of .50 cal ammo here, then moved to high ground to the N of Objective 2.
Good: Good speedy house to house clearing.
Improves: We didn't totally clear the Outpost so we still were receiving fire from there. But I didn't want to waste more time and ammo on it. Also the break-in was a bit gung-ho, and especially Bravo was exposed. We should pick and designate specific buildings to drive to for best cover.
Phase 3
Main force flanked N around Objective 1 to high ground N of Objective 2 and regrouped there with Delta. All callsigns engaged and attrited enemy at Objective 2 from high ground for a while. Bravo tasked to move down to village and start clearing/looking for cache. They received fire from remaining enemy in bunkers on the road etween the objectives 1 and 2. Alpha engaged right bunker with M136 and Charlie engaged right bunker with 84mm HE and HEDP, neutralising both.Enemy flanked our overwatch position to the right and we had close contact from dead ground to our right. Bravo found cache and blew it.
Good: Good use of HE (M136 and Carl Gustav) to neutralise bunkers. Good coord between teams and reporting in of targets/enemy squads.
Improves: We need to watch our flanks and rear, as enemy flanked us right close. Squad leaders ensure to designate tasks to certain individuals to watch L and R flanks and rear, and not all get focussed on front target.
Phase 3.5
Charlie + Delta moved to new position W of Objective 3 on high ground and commenced engagement of Obj 3. Alpha extracted Bravo by vehicle. My crappy driving and navigation led us between Charlie and the Enemy position so we were in a bit of crossfire and I think I heard some RPGs whistling overhead...
Good: Good comms by Charlie to inform us to get out of that area.
Improves: Pick a better route... and again "actions on contact" in vehicles would have helped to get us to safety quicker and avoid confusion...
Phase 4
Charlie + Delta + Alpha remain in loc engaging enemy in Objective 3. Bravo tasked to move E to occupy high ground N of Objective 3. Charlie identified large squad moving along road into Objective 3 from E. Bravo ambushed enemy squad but I think were contacted themselves from a different direction and moved into the village without notifying anyone else and thus copped some friendly fire. Charlie tasked to move to village and clear W buildings (Delta absorbed into Charlie) and Bravo to clear E buildings, Alpha in overwatch.. Enemy Mi-8 then paradropped reinforcements right on top of Charlie in the village. Charlie grabbed OPFOR weapons and some vests. All paratroops neutralised, cache found and blown.
Good: Good volume of fire and quick neutralisation of paratroops. Good notification that some friendlies were using OPFOR weapons to others.
Improves: Blue on blue: moving callsign needs to inform command and/or other callsigns when moving into an engagement area. Individuals beware if you pick up enemy vest or clothing you look like the enemy! Sputnik requires retraining on lawnmower vs chopper ID.
Phase 5
Bravo extracted back to their high ground. Charlie abandoned humvee and comandeered 2x UAZs and regrouped with Alpha, then mainforce regrouped with Bravo on their hill and then everyone rolled back to RTB successfully for mission success.
Good: Quick smooth extraction rolling through RVs without having to stop.
Improves: I didn't like abandoning the humvee and .50 cal - we should have blown it at least but it was end of mission...
General observations:
We should have redistributed some demolitions so both teams had some. Good comms between teams generally, but please ensure to keep giving very short sitreps (number of men, ammo state if you're low) and locstats (position) of your team - it saves the commander having to ask all the time. Good clearance of airwaves when there was contact and good reporting of targets. We should also consistently mark cleared buildings like Bravo did on the map. I think the report lines and RV worked ok except my drawing skills are a bit crap... and finally again sorry to Alpha I should have tasked you guys more into some more action, eg probably the last objective I could have sent you instead of Charlie in or split you guys up to reinforce the other teams. So we should be aware of more and use the ACE split/join teams functions. Thanks to everyone and the mission maker Dalken, I had fun and think I gained a few more battlescars to my face...
Please feel free to add to or correct the above, like to hear from others.
Marto