Tactics and methods of the ESU Red banne

The ESU Red Banner Fleet (ESURBF) is around 8200 points. It consist 7	
Capital ships. The Superdreadnougth USS Ho Sin, Fleet Carrier USS
Admiral   
Kosnetzov, Attack Carrier USS Keiv, Battledreadnought USS Sverdlov,   
Battleship USS Potomkin,Battlecruiser USS Kirov and the Auxilery Carrier
  
Crimson Midget. I don' propose to list all the cruiser and escorts I
will   
compile an e-mail which the design of the ships in the near future.
There	
is a cruiser squdron of assorted types. There is the missile squadron, a
  
frigate squdron, and last, the penal corvette/scout squadron armed with 
 
scatter packs.

My general battletactic is to form up the fleet on the table top with
two   
wave gun armed capital ships on the flanks. The carriers in the centre	

with assorted escorts. The remaining capital ships distributed in the	
battleline. The missile squadron is in front along with the penal   
squadron.

My general tactic is to close with the enemy. The penal squadron closes 
 
with one enemy ship, the survivors firing all the submunition packs into
  
it. The missile squadron is general armed with EMP missiles if fighting 
 
NSL (he uses armour not shields), otherwise assorted mix. They are fired
  
at a range of less the 36 inches. I try to saturate the enemies PDAFs
and   
ADAFS.	As the range close I try to envelop the oposing fleet so that
the   
wave gun capitalships fire enfiled down the oposing group. My fighter	
tactics are to use a mix of interceptors and torpedo fighters. I leave	

these with my fleet so as to provide myself with extra fire power when	

the battle gets to close order.

Well there you have the  'trade' secrets of the ESURBF. I know they can 
 
be beaten and I do vary them, but they only really work well on a table 
 
top were you have artificially fixed flanks. A variation for the floor
is   
to fire missiles from the flanks forcing the enemy to scatter or evade
in   
towards the centre and play as usual.

Well they will coutmartial me for this!

Simon Campbell-Smith
aka Grand Admiral Simonov
ESU Red Banner Fleet

PS I can't type