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The Eagle and the Dragon
”When the war of the giants is over, the war of the pygmies will begin.”
"Rangers lead the way."

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The Platoon [+]

Premise: We are playing as members of a US Army Ranger Platoon, part of a larger Company, conducting combat operations in Northeastern Afghanistan. In combat with Jundallah al-Afghani, we are in the middle of the hotspot that could potentially boil-over into a WW3 scenario. This roleplay will be highly mature and hold a lot of gore, fowl language, and suggestive materials. Realism is extremely high, and technorealism as well as realistic strategies and etiquette is expected (ask me or any other member for aid if you need it!).

Rules: Standard Rules, etc, blablabla. Just use polite etiquette, please.

Character Sheets: Waiting for AT LEAST two interested players for a character sheet to be made. I will possibly be playing the Platoon Leader, as well as members of Jundallah and other hostile forces as a GM Tool (however, I may surrender the PL position to a highly experienced military professional if one presents themselves).

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The Eagle and the Dragon
”When the war of the giants is over, the war of the pygmies will begin.”
"Rangers lead the way."

News Clippings [+]

The Platoon [+]

Our Deployment So Far... [+]

Interesting Stuff [+]

QUOTED FROM GUNTHER: "The terrain in Northern Afghanistan is mostly mountainous terrain. Light Infantry is better suited for mountains and wooded terrain. Use your Mech and armor forces in the low open terrain. But when fighting against insurgents, you are better of going with a Light/heavy mix. This means, a Light Infantry Battalion supported by an Armor Company or Mech Company to be used as a Quick Reaction Force (QRF). The Mech and Armor can react and move to a hot spot faster than light infantry. In a Mechanized Infantry Battalion, each vehicle has one or two vehicle radios, with channel hopping capabilities. This SINGCAR radios all hop to the same radio frequencies every fraction of a second. They may have forty channels that they all change to at the same time. For someone with the proper encryption codes dialed into their SINGCARs radio, they can hear the conversation. For someone who does not have the encryption codes which are called Signals Operating Instructions or its acronym, SOI, they cannot hear a thing. You need all 40 channels to listen in. When the Platoon leader dismounts, he has a Radio Telephone Operator who carries a man portable version of the SINGCARs radio. The Platoon Leader, Platoon Sergeant, Section Sergeants and Squad Leaders all carry a Platoon Radio which is the size of your smart phone. These simple communication devices have a range of less than 1200 meters. The Man portable radio has a range of less than 8Km and the vehicle radios have a range much further.

The Army uses Communications Nets to relay information up and down the chain of command. Each Platoon has its own frequency which they operate on a dedicated radio inside their vehicles and on their squad radios. The Company has its own frequency which the CO, XO, 1SG, Supply SGT, and three platoon leaders listen in on. The Platoon Leader's track has a platoon radio and a company radio. This way, the PL can listen to Platoon chatter as well as the Company Commander. The Battalion has its own frequency which all the primary staff, the TOC, ALOC, and maneuver company commanders listen in on. So the company commander has two radios; one for the company net and one for the battalion net. The SOI changes every 24 hours.

Units speak to each other using call signs. They use a Pro Word to designate a unit and a two-digit number to denote a specific position within the unit. If a Company's pro word is Dagger, the Company Commander would be Dagger zero six or Dagger-06. The XO is Dagger 07, the 1SG is Dagger 05. Each platoon will have a proword based on the company's proword. 1st Platoon may be White Dagger, 2nd platoon is blue dagger and third platoon is red dagger. The PL would be 06, the PSG would be 05. Each squad leader or section leader would be 01, 02, 03 and 04. The FO would have a different proword and numberical designation. These numbers and prowords change every 24 hours with the change in the SOI. For an RP, you may want to stick to the same prowords and numerical designations throughout just to make it easy on yourself. admittedly, I do that.

The Platoon Leader, who may have a Forward Observer Team (Target Acquisition) with him, has three radios at this disposal. The first is the squad radios that operate on the platoon net (frequency). This is the vehicle radio or the small radio they use when dismounted. The second radio is on the Company net (Frequency). This is the vehicle radio or the man portable radio is RTO carries with him when they dismount. The third radio is the Fire Support Net which is carried by the FO's RTO. This radio operates on his a different net (frequency). The FO can turn to the Battalion mortar platoon's net (4x 120mm Mortars), but his default net is the one owned by the Fire Direction Center (FDC) at the Artillery Battery supporting the Mech Infantry Battalion. The FDC receives calls for fire from Forward Observers, platoon leaders, Company Commanders, Scouts or anyone else who authorized to be on his net. The battalion commander will prioritize the use of Field Artillery assets depending on the situation and this will be spelled out in the Operations Order. One company will be designated as the main effort. The main effort of any operation will receive priority of fires. Likewise, the Brigade Commander sets a main effort for the brigade op. If there are four maneuver battalions in the brigade, then only one of them receives priority of fires. This does not mean that a Supporting effort cannot call in fires. If the main effort is not calling in fires, the supporting effort can and the FDC will respond.

An Infantry Company can defend a Battle Position, Defend in depth, Defend a Strong point, conduct an attack or conduct dismounted patrolling. They may also be used to conduct Cavalry Scout missions like Guard, Screen and Reconnaissance and Surveillance (R&S). Those are usually decentralized execution, meaning platoons operate independently of one another."

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