Debriefing 14.07.2013

[sasha]

Ok, here is a briefing for sunday's session



First about lazer guided airstrikes tactics:

Terrain is important. Bare hills and mountains as in Takistan would favor this kind of assault (spotter can see target from almost any spot) while forested hills or flat forested plains as in Chernorussia make targeting extreemely difficult. Especially when target is moving. Spotter will spend lots of time in vain trying to get to good position only to find that he can see nothing valuable from there. And if he attempts to come closer enemy might easily spot him. And plains would be waiting for nothing at base or burning fuel in air.

So if you find yourself in woodlands - try in advance to find most open areas on map as far from target as possible and position yourself there (with targets confirmed and visible) before calling in airstrike, and make sure that your lazer mark doesn't hit treebranches or grass right at your face (or the bomb will fall on you rather then on target)

And if you have to defend against LGB threat - patrol all open areas leading to possible hideouts to find spotters, and move your armored staff away from visibility, or at least relocate it often. Enemy jets would spend enormous time and fuel in the air in vain, being called out every and again.



Second about our suppressive fire assaults:

we were quite good in taking enemy positions in PvP battles in Takistan ))) As in textbooks - suppressive base of fire and attacking assault team grenading last survivors hiding behind parapets.



Third about Evo:

When many players in game it might be good to have a commander sitting at forward farp. He should not be busy with fighting - he should be busy coordinating all teams - air, armored and inf. Surely it might be good to form up teams (as Arska did) to separate channels in order to avoid flood in global chat

Commanders should learn english command slang to be short and precise (i believe my english level is far from good for this case)

Last session showed that we can play decently - first town Lopatino and last town Krasnostav were taken very smartly and cooperatively (all others were still a messy all out battles). Especially at Krasnostav we owerwhelmed AO completely. Perfect pilots - Frost, Arska, Pavel and Drak, Daniel - won the skyes completely, and decimated all resistance on the ground. Armored force (me in LAV) was advancing right in time when enemy defences were suppressed from air. Also the same moment infantry - renz and others - were scouting in town killing static guns and cooperating with me to reach radio, which we easily demolished.

Anyway - the map we played is actually good for 20+ number of players. But my server can handle 12 ppl optimum (and Mo anyway has much lag). So I will again make changes to mission. Will make AI air presence less heavy (now Evo is too much focused on airbattle); will make AI armor presence less heavy (othervise we do not have any infantry vs infantry engagements which is a core of Arma.

[sasha]

Adding debriefing from yesterday's sessions:

Lesson 1
Pepper pot movement tactics looks very effective - when soldiers move to enemy held trenches seemingly in chaotic order, but in fact always about 50% of the team lays covering fire while other 50% move ahead. Best moment for soldier to move is when he sees that most of his buddies are in front of him and firing. And best moment to stop moving and began shooting is when you see that noone friendly is ahead of you. Essential is to spread the squad line in order to avoid friendly fire to backs. Grenading is very effective but do not do it all at once - someone should still watch enemy position with rifle

Lesson 2
Attacking enemy held village or town should be done by simple route. Either (if possible by terrain features) the squad occupies commanding height and constantly supress enemy, or all the squad moves by the main road. Main road is good because its easy to follow, noone gets lost, and commander is always in charge of his full squad, and soldiers can support each other and lay massive fire on spotted enemies. Otherwise if you choose some "smart" route you risk loosing ppl who get lost in a wood, or don't understand where to go in unknown terrain (as happend with us in first attempt to capture village). So, main lesson:

Lesson3
Be simple - its effective

[sasha]

I think I made a mistake in debriefing Lesson 2

When fighting against ppl its too dangerous to enter defended village by obvious approach, such as road. This can be done only if you have good covering group (mg or armored) or overwatch area (have visual over it to be sure that no strong organised ambush awaits you) or if you have limited time such as we had here: