Re: [GZG] [DS] A real world battlegroup

[Ground Zero Games <jon@xxxxxxx>]

Title: Re: [GZG] [DS] A real world battlegroup

> I have just
> been reading "Dusty Warriors" by Richard Holmes which
> describes the actions of 1st Battaltion Princess Of Wales Royal
> Regiment in Al Amarah in 2004. One aspect that might be interesting to
> the dirtside players on the list is the difference between their
> theoretical Table of Organistion and Equipment and the one they
> actually fought with.
> 1 PWRR is an
> armoured role infantry battalion so their theoretical TO&E is
> something like this:
> Headquarters
> > Signals Platoon
> > Light Aid Detachment
> > Intelligence Platoon
> > Medical Section
> 3 armoured
> infantry companies (A, B and C) each with:
> > 2 warriors (command
> > variant)
> > 2 warriors (for the REME section)
> > 3 FV432 tracked APCs (1 for the REME, 1 for the CSM, 1 as an
> > ambulance)
> > 3 platoons each of 4 warriors
> A support
> company (Y) with:
> > 6x81mm mortar
> > 6 MILAN firing posts
> > Reconnaissance platoon (8 Sabre CVR(T))
> > Sniper platoon
> When the
> battalion deployed to Iraq;the following changes were made:

• A Company was detached as the brigade reserve.
• B Company was detached to another battlegroup.
• A company of 1st Royal Welch Fusiliers was attached equipped with 13 Saxon wheeled APCs.
• A squadron of the Queen's Royal Lancers was attached equipped with 14 Challenger 2 MBTs.
• 1 platoon of the Lowland Regiment attached to Y Company equipped with armoured land rovers.
• K battery Royal Horse Artillery (mortar location radar) was attached.

> For those of
> you who are not familiar with current British army equipment a Warrior
> is a tracked infantry fighting vehicle with a 30mm cannon and a 7.62mm
> coax MG. Each Warrior has a driver, a gunner, a commander and 7
> infantry dismounts. A Sabre is effectively a tracked armoured car
> "Combat Vehicle Reconnaisance (Tracked)" with a 30mm cannon
> and a 7.62mm coax MG. An FV432 is effectively a box on tracks similar
> to an M113. Challenger 2 is the current main British Army tank
> equipped with a 120mm gun. A Saxon is a wheeled APC with enough armour
> to keep out splinters based on truck parts.

The Iraqis were firing exploding truck parts....??!?

(Just had to get that one in before anyone else did.....)   ;-)

Seriously, very useful stuff - thanks Chris!

Jon (GZG)

>
> All of which
> shows that you can justify just about any combination of kit and call
> it a mission tailored battle group although I find that I like to have
> some basic idea of the kind of resources the base of the battle group
> has as well as what the next level up can provide as
> support.
> Of course
> this is a pretty asymetrical conflict with the opposition equipped
> basically as light infantry with RPGs, AKs and Mortars, on the other
> hand one of the C Company Warrior drivers was Johnson Beharry - who
> got the VC.
> Chris
> Downes-Ward
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