apparently from some new US military manual on Russian doctrine

  • Alaskaball [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    4 months ago

    I’m assuming this is on relatively even ground looking at the contour lines with gentle hills depicting a two/three-pronged attack where the main elements of the OPFOR (Red) focusing on taking the hills in the lower center of the map with a brigade sized mechanized force with supporting tank, recon, self-propelled anti-tank, etc forces hell bent on taking the hills filled with BLUFOR (Blue) mechanized companies so as to emplace self-propelled gun platoons and companies on elevated terrain and conduct fire support (dangerously close to the front lines) during the operation.

    The southern supporting attack at minimum being composed of a mechanized company acting as skirmishers to kick out what looks like a BLUFOR recon company with the intent of establishing a southern picket with anti-air missile support and some MLRS artillery supporting fire. By the looks of it the MLRS is supposed to launch its ordinance in support of the main attack on the BLUFOR positions ahead of the assault.

    The northern supporting attack follows the road with skirmishing forces offroad sending a too light force to try and emplace a brigade sized mechanized force with multiple supporting companies. Why the hell you’d have drones and electronic warfare equipped helicopters running missions in an area with anti-air, i couldn’t tell you. It’s also relying on infiltrated light infantry striking the northern forces from the rear to disorientate the defending BLUFOR. a bit too ambitious imo.

    They also want the main attack to pierce through and attempt to encircle two brigades while meeting up with infiltrated forces that’re emplacing other BLUFOR groups to do a bold encircling maneuver.

    This strikes me as super fucking risky and prone to getting too many soldiers killed on the attacking side.