Short AAR: THE BREACH (second try)
After I didn't use my air and arty assets very well the first time, I decided to revisit this scenario and try to do better.
After finding out (through the manual) that I had UAVs at my disposal, I set them to hold fire and used them to scout the enemy positions. After finding the enemy's ADA vehicles and arty batteries, I used my arty to take out these units beginning with ADA. After ADA was gone, my UAVs knocked out a few arty vehicles until their ammo was depleted.
As the skies were now quite friendly, my Apaches and Thunderbolts came in and really beat up the enemy forces. After almost two hours of prep arty and air strikes, my ground forces finally were sent in. They managed to secure their objectives without a shot fired.
A question to the pros: It took me two hours to reach the objectives after the first shot at the DMZ was fired. Would you say that this was way too long or is it ok to pound the enemy for that amount of time before sending in the grunts?!
I couldn't find a time limit or something like that in the OPORD so I took my time
The results were as follows: (sorry, but I couldn't get the txt file to display correctly; the first digit is starting and the second is ending strength of the above unit)
Enemy Starting and Ending Combat Power:
Vehicle Type
Starting
Ending
AT Team (RPG-7)
10
2
MG Team (PKM)
6
1
Type 63A Amphib Tank
16
0
BMP-1 IFV
6
0
SOF Team (NK)
6
6
Artillery Battery FDC (NK)
2
0
Mi-17 Hip Multipurpose Helo
4
0
SU-39
4
0
MD-500 (NK)
4
0
SA-11 Gadfly SP ADA
4
0
M1985 152mm Towed Artillery
12
0
M1990 30mm Gatling (ADA)
3
0
Friendly Starting and Ending Combat Power:
Vehicle Type
Starting
Ending
SK Fire Team (Mech Dismount)
3
3
Dismount Rifle Sqd (US-ROK)
7
7
Weapons Sqd (US)
5
5
Dragon Team (SK)
7
7
M1A3 Tank SEP
23
23
M2A3 IFV Bradley
13
13
M3A3 CFV
4
4
M6 Linebacker
8
8
M1064 120mm Mortar Carrier
4
4
M-7 FIST-V
3
3
M58 Smoke Carrier 'Wolf'
4
4
M113A3 Sapper APC
4
4
M1114 HMMWV Scout (HMG)
3
2
M1077 PLS-E
2
2
PLS Flatrack (IF Ammo)
2
2
M109A6 155mm SP Paladin
6
6
M992 FAASV
12
12
AH-64D Apache Longbow
8
7
K9 155mm SP 'Thunder'
6
6
K200A1 KIFV
4
4
BMP3 IFV (SK)
4
3
M1 Grizzly Breaching Vehicle
4
4
K2 MBT
4
3
K277A1 FDC (SK)
2
2
M4 C2 Vehicle FDC
2
2
Dismount Scout Team (US-ROK)
4
4
M1A3 Tank SEP (Plow)
7
7
MQ-9B Predator UAV (Armed)
3
3
T80U MBT
3
3
T-80U MBT (Plow)
1
1
OA-10 Thunderbolt II
4
3
Take care,
Arno
After I didn't use my air and arty assets very well the first time, I decided to revisit this scenario and try to do better.
After finding out (through the manual) that I had UAVs at my disposal, I set them to hold fire and used them to scout the enemy positions. After finding the enemy's ADA vehicles and arty batteries, I used my arty to take out these units beginning with ADA. After ADA was gone, my UAVs knocked out a few arty vehicles until their ammo was depleted.
As the skies were now quite friendly, my Apaches and Thunderbolts came in and really beat up the enemy forces. After almost two hours of prep arty and air strikes, my ground forces finally were sent in. They managed to secure their objectives without a shot fired.
A question to the pros: It took me two hours to reach the objectives after the first shot at the DMZ was fired. Would you say that this was way too long or is it ok to pound the enemy for that amount of time before sending in the grunts?!
I couldn't find a time limit or something like that in the OPORD so I took my time
The results were as follows: (sorry, but I couldn't get the txt file to display correctly; the first digit is starting and the second is ending strength of the above unit)
Enemy Starting and Ending Combat Power:
Vehicle Type
Starting
Ending
AT Team (RPG-7)
10
2
MG Team (PKM)
6
1
Type 63A Amphib Tank
16
0
BMP-1 IFV
6
0
SOF Team (NK)
6
6
Artillery Battery FDC (NK)
2
0
Mi-17 Hip Multipurpose Helo
4
0
SU-39
4
0
MD-500 (NK)
4
0
SA-11 Gadfly SP ADA
4
0
M1985 152mm Towed Artillery
12
0
M1990 30mm Gatling (ADA)
3
0
Friendly Starting and Ending Combat Power:
Vehicle Type
Starting
Ending
SK Fire Team (Mech Dismount)
3
3
Dismount Rifle Sqd (US-ROK)
7
7
Weapons Sqd (US)
5
5
Dragon Team (SK)
7
7
M1A3 Tank SEP
23
23
M2A3 IFV Bradley
13
13
M3A3 CFV
4
4
M6 Linebacker
8
8
M1064 120mm Mortar Carrier
4
4
M-7 FIST-V
3
3
M58 Smoke Carrier 'Wolf'
4
4
M113A3 Sapper APC
4
4
M1114 HMMWV Scout (HMG)
3
2
M1077 PLS-E
2
2
PLS Flatrack (IF Ammo)
2
2
M109A6 155mm SP Paladin
6
6
M992 FAASV
12
12
AH-64D Apache Longbow
8
7
K9 155mm SP 'Thunder'
6
6
K200A1 KIFV
4
4
BMP3 IFV (SK)
4
3
M1 Grizzly Breaching Vehicle
4
4
K2 MBT
4
3
K277A1 FDC (SK)
2
2
M4 C2 Vehicle FDC
2
2
Dismount Scout Team (US-ROK)
4
4
M1A3 Tank SEP (Plow)
7
7
MQ-9B Predator UAV (Armed)
3
3
T80U MBT
3
3
T-80U MBT (Plow)
1
1
OA-10 Thunderbolt II
4
3
Take care,
Arno