Stryker platoon

[DRG]

Originally Posted by Airborne Rifles

the company has crews to operate the dismounted 60mm mortars OR the Stryker-mounted 120s, and the battalion mortar platoon can man the dismounted 81s OR the 120s, but not both at the same time.

Now...this is something I wanted to "fix" as well the old LMC Spt 04 H formation had a Stryker, an 81 mm mortar and 2 120mm M1129's. The problem with that for the game is the 81 mm mortars will not auto-load into the Stryker making it a bit sloppy for a human player as they always have to load it manually but the real problem is if you don't manually deploy everything the game will place the troops in the formation out of sequence to the carriers skipping the 81 mm mortar and you end up with the last carrier in the coy empty and the 81 mm mortar on foot and it always seemed odd there would be a dismounted mortar mixed in with SP mortars and a organization chart I saw recently showed just two 1129's...no foot mortar so I changed that plt to 2 m1129s.....so is that wrong ?

[FASTBOAT TOUGH]

Don I don't know how extensive your work is going to be in reorganizing those TO&E's but the following from official source shows the direction the USA is taking to reorganize their Scout formations by 2020. As you will see the process is already underway from 2005 to present. The IBCT Sqdn. seems to be the only one still in transition due to vehicle replacement and capabilities.
http://www.benning.army.mil/armor/eA...SEP/Lowry.html

Also from a very recent version of FM-3-21.11 Chapter 1
SBCT infantry rifle company organization. This includes TO&E Chart.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...-21-11/c01.htm



I'll cease and desist now until I hear something back. Your in good hands with "Airborne Rifles" I should think.

Regards,
Pat

[Airborne Rifles]

Originally Posted by DRG

Now...this is something I wanted to "fix" as well the old LMC Spt 04 H formation had a Stryker, an 81 mm mortar and 2 120mm M1129's. The problem with that for the game is the 81 mm mortars will not auto-load into the Stryker making it a bit sloppy for a human player as they always have to load it manually but the real problem is if you don't manually deploy everything the game will place the troops in the formation out of sequence to the carriers skipping the 81 mm mortar and you end up with the last carrier in the coy empty and the 81 mm mortar on foot and it always seemed odd there would be a dismounted mortar mixed in with SP mortars and a organization chart I saw recently showed just two 1129's...no foot mortar so I changed that plt to 2 m1129s.....so is that wrong ?

Don, two M1129s with no foot mortar is correct. The 60s are there so the company can fight dismounted if need be. Same with the 81s in the battalion mortar platoon. The idea of a Stryker unit is that you have the "boots on the ground" of a full light infantry formation PLUS the mobility of the Stryker. Manpower wise they're big formations, but not big enough to man both kinds of mortar systems at once.

Side note, ten 120mm mortars in a Stryker battalion is an impressive amount of firepower.

[DRG]

Originally Posted by Airborne Rifles

Don, two M1129s with no foot mortar is correct. The 60s are there so the company can fight dismounted if need be. Same with the 81s in the battalion mortar platoon. The idea of a Stryker unit is that you have the "boots on the ground" of a full light infantry formation PLUS the mobility of the Stryker. Manpower wise they're big formations, but not big enough to man both kinds of mortar systems at once.

Side note, ten 120mm mortars in a Stryker battalion is an impressive amount of firepower.

I have corrected the mortar formation.

I have also been a bit " creative " with one of the platoons.

F791 is a standard Lt Mech Co -AT platoon a human player can buy but if a Lt Mech Co -AT was bought you'd get two of those and one that cannot be bought individually........Lt Mech Pl -AT* ( F798)

F791 has a 6 man . (2 MMG) section and that's been the "standard"

F798 now has two 3 man (1 MMG) sections...same number of men, same number of MMG's but a touch more deployment flexibility

Don