RE: 35th Rifle Batallion

This was my take:
Platoon Scale

HQ with
Command Stand

HHC with
1 Recon AC
1 Recon Infantry stand
1 Engineer stand
1 Support stand
1 Attack VTOL

A Company with
Command Stand
3 Infantry stands
1 Weapons/Mortar stand

B Company with
Command Stand
3 Infantry stands
1 Weapons/Mortar stand

C Company with
Command Stand
3 Infantry stands
1 Weapons/Mortar stand

D Company with
Command AC
3 AC
1 SP Weapons/Mortar

Squad Scale

HQ with
Command group

HHC with
2 Recon APC
2 Recon Infantry groups
3 Engineer groups
3 Support groups
2 Attack VTOL

A Company with
Command group
3 Infantry Platoons with
	Command group
	3 Infantry groups
1 Weapons/Mortar Platoon with
4 Weapons/Mortar teams

B Company with
Command group
3 Infantry Platoons with
	Command group
	3 Infantry groups
1 Weapons/Mortar Platoon with
4 Weapons/Mortar teams
C Company with
Command group
3 Infantry Platoons with
	Command group
	3 Infantry groups
1 Weapons/Mortar Platoon with
4 Weapons/Mortar teams
D Company with
Command group
APC
3 Platoons (Mech) with
	Command AC
3 AC
1 SP Weapons/Mortar Platoon
4  SP Weapons/Mortars

Sub-unit Organizations

Command Group
Officer
RTO/Runner
Sensor Technician
Senior NCO

Infantry Group
NCO
Rifleman
Rifleman
Rifleman
Rifleman
SAW Gunner

Recon Infantry Group
NCO
Rifleman
Rifleman
Rifleman
Rifleman
Rifleman

Weapons/Mortar Group
NCO
Gunner
Loader
Loader
Gunner
Loader
Loader

Engineer Group
NCO
Engineer
Engineer
Engineer
Engineer
SAW Gunner

Support Group
Officer
NCO
Technician
Technician
Technician
Technician

Michael Brown

-----Original Message-----
From:	donald maddox
Sent:	Thursday, May 24, 2001 1:47 PM
To:	gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
Subject:	35th Rifle Batallion

 << File: ATT00000.htm >> Note:  Hypothetical elements are in
parenthesis.

Headquarters Detachment
    No detail given

3xRifle Companies
    Headquarters Detachment
	Commander, Executive Officer, Company Sergeant, Clerk, 2xCommo 
personnel, acquisitions clerk, 2xcooks
    3xRifle Platoons
	Platoon Headquarters
	    Platoon leader, Platoon Sergeant, (RTO)
	2xSections
	    Squad Leader
	    5xRiflemen
	    88mm Recoiless Rifle gunner w/ SMG
	    AG w/ SMG and 20 88mm rounds
	    GPMG gunner
	    AG w/ SMG
	    3xLMG gunners
    Mortar Platoon
	    3x105mm mortar (note:  Frequently more were acquired)
Light Attack Company
    Headquarters element
	No details discussed, hypothetically 2-3 Cadillacs/Slicks
    3xLight Attack Platoons
	4xCadillacs mixed 30mm and 90mm.  (Probably 1 90mm per platoon)
	4xSlicks: 3xmachine gun slicks, 1xmortar slicks
    Mortar Platoon
	(3x)160mm Mortar "busses"
Reconaissance Platoon
    No details given
Engineer Platoon
    No details given--presumably same organization as infantry platoons
Transportation Platoon
    No details given
Aviation Platoon
    4xLight Transport VTOLs

The brigade organization given for the Suid-Afrika operations was as
follows:
HHC (including 4-man biochemical team)
3xRifle Batallions
1xLight Attack Batallion
Artillery Battery
Construction Engineer Company
Ground Attack squadron
'several' Heavy Transportation squadrons
Cadre for locally raised batallions
Police (Military, Civil, and Special)

The mission of Rifle batallions is essentially peacemaking:  Imperial
planets 
whose corporate masters have lost control of the situation.  Their
opposition 
is frequently guerilla or other irregular forces with high motivation,
but 
little training or heavy weapons.  As such, this organization is not
very 
suitable for a Dirtside game.

>From a Stargrunt perspective, there are several notable traits.

The sections are large--13 man, larger than practically any organization
since 
the widespread adoption of automatic weapons.  These squads have no less
than 4 
sustained fire automatic weapons.  The firepower dice is d12, d10, 3xd8
(6 
rifles, 1 GPMG, 3 LMGs) plus possibly the 88mm for another d8.	This is
due to 
the need for extremely dispersed operations:  Frequently in the book, a
single 
section holds a position (or attacks it) by itself with minimal support.

Platoons have only 2 sections.	This has reduced flexibility.  Generally
this 
is compensated for by the extensive firepower of those sections.

The entire brigade is designed for ease of transportability across
interstellar 
space.	Most of the troops travel in suspended animation, and only the
Heavy 
Transport VTOLs and mortar vehicles are larger than size 2.

The batallion is extremely short on heavy anti-armor weapons, but most 
opponents don't have any heavy armor.  The 88mms are mostly used in 
street-fighting to knock out positions in buildings.

Extensive use is made of prepared defenses, including a variety of
mines.	In 
fact, one minefield has two layers.  There is a top layer of "pebble
mines"	 
(presumably scatterable surface-laid ones) and a buried layer of mines
which 
are inert until activated by radio signal.

The biochemical team has several tasks, including synthesizing skunk
musk (for 
riot control applications) and actually cooking a plague.

Postulated Vehicle Stats:

Slick:
    Size 2
    Armor 2
    CFE
    HiMob Wheeled
    Extra APSW
Mortar Slick
    Size 2
    Armor 2
    CFE
    HiMob Wheeled
    Light Artillery Piece  Note:  This is turret-mounted and used as a
direct 
fire weapon, not as an artillery piece.

Cadillac
    Size 2
    Armor 2
    CFE
    HiMob Wheeled
    Superior FiCon
    RFAC/2 or HVC/3 Turreted

Mortar Bus
    Size 3
    Armor 2
    CFE
    HiMob Wheeled
    Medium Artillery Piece

Reference: A Small Colonial War, by Robert Frezza
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345362004/qid%3D990734290/104-13
5551  
0-8471131

John M. Atkinson