Re: Scouts.....

--- Tomb <tomb@dreammechanics.com> wrote:

> A cavalry scout force is sent to recce a route -
> their orders are to
> recce a route across the board for possible later
> follow on of main
> force elements. Force uses a few CFVs, some scout
> fireteam sized scout
> dismounts. Perhaps one of the CFVs really bears an
> engineering team.
> Maybe one IFV contains Intel/Translator types. 

Probably the Engineers would be attached additional to
the scouts.  Depends on your force structures.	But
the US Army is playing around a lot with Engineer
scouts because 19Ds are too stupid to do proper
obstacle recon.  Perhaps a jeep accompanying the CFVs?
 (Which is how my current BN does it).

> Objective (scout force): Scout the route. Determine
> any mobility issues
> (perhaps examine a bridge near the town and survey
> the town for
> occupancy, check out the area for mines. If
> encounter enemy force, recce
> the enemy to determine force levels, get
> instructions from higher up.
> Support requests handled as support assets are
> available. Medevac
> available. 

Just to make things fun, give 'em an ROE!  No shooting
civillians until they take fire, no targeting
civillian buildings until you verify military use.

> Objective (partisans): Kill the enemy scouts and
> maybe the enemy won't
> come to your town in force. 

Yes, they will.  But the partisans probably aren't
native to this villiage so they don't care.  :)
 
> improvised AT weapons (satchel charges, molotovs,

Treat as IAVR, close range band only?

This scenario depends a lot on what your CFVs are and
your doctrine.	NRE, this would be closest to a scout
platoon out of the Regimental Recon Troop.  Their
orders would be to break contact and drop indirect all
over the place to cover it.  Oh, and they'd bring the
Light Tank section along with it.  It might also be
interesting to run this with a BN Scout platoon--6
jeeps, 6 teams of infantry, and 8 gravbikes.

John

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