MSgt Falconer

Unternehmen Kriegskätzchen Following the unmitigated disaster at Stalingrad the German forces have been forced back into The Ukraine. A bitter fighting retreat has seen Army Group South brought to its knees. In the haste to withdraw several smaller units are cut off and surrounded. One of these units is “Kampfgruppe Whelan”. A small unit of tanks and Panzergrenadiers. Kampfgruppe Whelans parent unit, the 23rd Panzer Division was recently supplied with the latest of German tank engineering, the mighty Tiger tank. Its 88mm gun able to knock out any other tank at ranges in excess of 2000 meters. Fighting a desperate battle against both the cold and the Red Army this small unit must fight its way across several kilometers of enemy territory to reach safety. Kampfgruppe Whelan Panzer VI “Kitten” Commander: Capt Whelan Gunner: HN Speirs Driver: HMC (FMF) Rivera Panzer IV “Bumblebee” Commander: HMC (FMF) Kakta Gunner: LCpl Wenner Driver: 2d Lt Netley SdKfz 251 Driver: Gunner/Commander: Panzergrenadiers Squad Leader (MP40): SSgt Songs Squad MG 1 (MG42): Cpl Frase Assistant MG 2 (Kar98k): Rifleman (Kar98k): Rifleman (Kar98k): Deputy Squad Leader (G43): SSgt Bohannon Squad MG 2 (MG42): SSgt Hague Assistant MG 2 (Kar98k): Rifleman (Kar98k): Marksman (Kar98k scoped): Cpl Torregrossa

ACHTUNG! The roster has seen some adjustments especially in regards to weapons issued and the organization of the Panzergrenadier squad. Historically a Panzergrenadier Squad was split into two fireteams, one led by the Squad leader and the other by the Deputy Squad leader (2IC). Each fireteam also possess an MG42 giving each fireteam a significant increase in firepower over the regular infantry squad. Each fireteam can thus support the other with machinegun fire. Research also seems to indicate that even the highly vaunted Panzergrenadiers were rarely able to field a full complement of the G43 rifle. The Kar98k was the primary rifle all the way until the end of the war and the Roster now reflects that, with G43s reserved for only a few soldiers. @Capt Whelan@SSgt Songsyou will still have a few extra MP40s in inventory to distribute as you see fit.

"Kampfgruppe Whelan" has two spare MP40 in inventory, to be issued at the discretion of the commander @Capt Whelan

Doable.

Unternehmen Theodoric - WWII German Paratrooper Funop With "Kampfgruppe Whelan" getting some well deserved R&R Im gonna take this opportunity to Fast Forward a bit to the Spring of 1942. Most of the Ukraine is in German hands with the exception of the Crimean Penninsula. The heavily defended Perekop Isthmus is holding up German forces tremendously. Following the barely avoided disaster on Crete the OKW stopped all future airborne operations until further notice. Now however an opportunity has presented itself. Recon units have discovered a gap in the Soviet air defenses and OKW reckon that a well placed airborne assault could crack the Isthmus wide open provided the Paratroopers can take out some key defensive installations. For this purpose the Paratroopers will be issued with the brand new FG42 rifles that look promising on paper but are in dire need of a proper field test. Half of Sturmgruppe Whelan will be issued with these new weapons. So people seemed to enjoy the WWII funop last Saturday so I figured we might continue for however long people feel like it. Switching up a bit from last time we shall be playing as German Paratroopers this time. Our goal will be to casue significant chaos in the rear of the nemy lines. Taking out key defensive installation such as AT, AA and AP obstacles. We will be operating entirely behind enemy lines with some very limited artillery support available from front line troops of "Sonderstab Krim" at the Perekop Isthmus. I will start of the Roster with just one Squad or "stick" but room can and will be made for all who are willing to attend. Initial time for this is around 1900EST follwoing 8321s Team Training on Saturday but adjustments can be made if a majority cannot attend at that time. Roster Sturmgruppe Whelan Squad Leader (FG42): Capt Whelan Squad Medic (MP40): HN Spiers Squad Machingunner (MG42): Capt Hart Assistant Gunner (Kar98k): SSgt Songs Assistant Squad Leader (FG42): HMC (FMF) Rivera Paratrooper (FG42): WOC Levorse Paratrooper (FG42): 2d Lt Netley Paratrooper (Kar98k Scoped): Sgt Mycka Paratrooper (Kar98k): SSgt Hague Paratrooper (MP40): LCpl Frase Luftwaffe forward observer: HMC (FMF) Kakta KG zbV Pilot: MAJ Brueske Mods https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=693153082 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=660460283

Normal 3d+the mods listed in original post. Im sure we can find you something to do.

Fighting in Afghanistan continues. ANA on the offensive again The recent increase in violence in Afghanistan has shown no signs of diminishing. On the contrary it has recently seen a rise in the Northern part of the country where the Afghan government has utterly collapsed. As reported earlier a militia calling themselves “the northern alliance”, emulating the Anti-Taliban militia of 1996-2001, have seized control of large areas and fought both Taliban and ISIS-A to a standstill. Now however a large number of significant firefights have been reported and rumors state that American soldiers were involved in several of them. Northern Alliance recon units have found several indicators of American involvement such as spent casings of NATO ammunition, videos and pictures found on bodies of Taliban and ISIS fighters and most damning of all, a testimony of one Mikhail Vaschenko, a well known international arms dealer who bragged quite vocally on social media about escaping an American ambush in Afghanistan. Mr Vaschenko was not willing to answer us when asked what he was doing in Afghanistan. Significant fighting has also occurred in Mazar-i-Sharif and Kandahar. ISIS-A terrorists attacked an ANA military outpost near Mazar-i-Sharif and managed to seize control of it. ANA forces fought for three straight days before regaining it, proving that despite their collapse in Iraq and Syria, ISIS still has teeth. Given its recent poor showing in combat the ANA has come under close scrutiny by both US Military advisors and the Afghan government. Finding significant faults and deeply rooted corruption in the higher echelons and wide spread discipline issues in the lower ranks. Preliminary numbers show that as many as 45% of ANA soldiers have moderate to severe issues with narcotics, primarily opioids such as Heroin. In an effort to combat this the Afghan government has handed the control of much of its recruiting and training system over to NATO specialists as part of the recently ramped up ISAF effort in the country. Afghan minister of defence Mahid Al-Foursi is reported to have said this step threatens “the independence of Afghanistan and its ability to maintain its own armed forces”. However when attempting to give a speech on this matter in the Afghan Parliament he was loudly booed and later that day dismissed from his office. His replacement, Bardi al-Ghota comes directly from the frontline where he commanded the 5th “Lions of Kandahar” Brigade of the ANA Proving its will to continue the fight against the resurgent Taliban the ANA conducted an offensive supported by American and British air forces that saw the Taliban largely driven out of Kandahar following a five day battle resulting in 18 ANA soldiers killed. Reported Taliban casualties were well over 200 but no absolute number has been published by the Afghan military. Experts have been reluctant to call this battle decisive just yet as the Taliban have proven to be able to bounce back from just about anything in the past. It remains to be seen if this new attempt at an ANA resurgence will succeed or simply peter out into nothing again. Men of the 3rd ANA Brigade having a well earned rest following the Battle for Kandahar Written by: Simon Tam Edited By: John Argentina

Courtesy of @SSgt Benson @Capt Hawkinsand myself doing unit stuff, probably - 2019, Colorized

The game this Saturday will require one aditional mod in the form of a map. On all other regards mods will be the same as last time. This is an attempt at looking into using some other maps than the ones that come with Iron Front. If it proves to problematic we will just revert to using the Iron Front maps for future missions. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=693153082

@Capt Whelan: Wait, are you telling me we can get all of command staff together to play golf, but not to have a command staff meeting???

@Capt Hart@SSgt Songs When they saw that there was an MG42 up for grabs.

WWII Funop Interest check. Autumn, 1941 Ukraine SSR Heeresgruppe Süd has driven Deep into The Ukranian SSR and decimated Red Army formations around Kiev Before proceeding towards the Eastern Ukraine and the Don River. The Autumn mud has however slowed the advance significantly with tanks and their massive supply collumns unable to move forward any further. In an attempt to ensure that the Red Army cannot regroup in Peace several light armor recon units are sent ahead of the bogged down Panzer Divisions with orders to find and disrupt Red Army formations in any way possible until such a time as the Tanks can get moving again. So there has been some talk lately about people wanting to do some WWII funops so I figured I would gauge interest at least. What I have in mind have us playing as a recon squad in the Panzer-AufklärungsAbteilung 4 in the early stages of Operation Barbarossa. Spearheading the advance into Ukraine by Heeresgruppe Süd. Our tasking would consist of agressive recon with the goal of destroying Red Army recon units, raiding enemy forward supply dumps, airfields and just generally be a thorne in the side of larger enemy formations. To this end we would primarily be using light armored vehicles such as: Sdkfz 222 Armored car SdKfz 234/1/2/3/4 SdKfz 251 Halftracks Mission would be squad sized initially but can ofcourse be expanded should interest prove high enough. players will be organized along the lines of the early war German Infantry Squad or "Gruppe" Squad Leader: (MP40, 9x 32rnd Magazines, Binoculars, Radio) Squad Machinegunner: (MG34, 4-6 ammo drums, 1x Luger P08/Walther P38) Squad Assistant Machinegunner: (All the MG ammo you can carry, 1x Handgun of choice, Binoculars) Ammunition Carrier: (Even more ammo, Kar98k, 8-10 clips) Squad Medic: (As much Medical gear as feasable, 1x Handgun of choice) Assistant Squad Leader: (Kar98k, 15-20 Clips, Bayonet, Binoculars) Rifleman x4 (Kar98k, 20 Clips, 4xHandgrenades, Bayonet) Vehicle crews would be dedicated to their role and join the Infantry Squad in the event that their vehicle is knocked out or runs out of fuel and/or ammunition. The Vehicles would be subordinate to the Squad Leader. This mission would run the 3dmrb modpack and then simply have the IFA3 mod on top of it for maximum simplicity. If you are interested in this kind of fun op, please post below to make your interest known and if we can get at least a squad and a vehicle for the first test run I will make a template available (read: Very kindly ask @MAJ Brueske to make one) Roster of the willing Gruppe 1 Squad Leader: Capt Whelan Squad Machinegunner: Capt Hart Squad Assistant Machinegunner: Cpl Seixeiro Ammunition Carrier: LCpl Frase Squad Medic: HN Speirs Assistant Squad Leader: SSgt Hague Rifleman 1: 2d Lt Netley Rifleman 2: LCpl Wenner Rifleman 3: Sgt Turk Rifleman 4: OPEN SdKfz 222 Commander: HMC (FMF) Kakta Gunner: Sgt Mycka Driver: OPEN Sturzkampfgeschwader 77 Pilot: MAJ Brueske MOD REQUIRED: https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=660460283&insideModal=0&requirelogin=1

The Template comes with some premade basic ones ( @MAJ Brueske confirm?). You will have access to a full arsenal but will naturally only be allowed to pick stuff that is not to anachronistic. Its 1941 so No StG44s no G43s, no late war german camo. The original post has some basic info about weapons and the Squad Leader @Capt Whelan will have a few spare MP40s and Rifle grenade attachments for the Kar98 to distribute as he sees fit.

Not great, not terrible. Im glad someone other than me realize the need for air superiority when we are fighting a numerically superior enemy, on his home turf, in some of the worst terrain in the world, against a terrorist organization who has evaded the worlds most advanced military forces for decades, in a country literally nicknamed "The graveyard of empires"

As you wish @1stLt Cole

Medical will be unchanged from regular 3dMRB settings minus KAT

Thank you both for the rapid response. Advanced Medical with no KAT it is, (take note @MAJ Brueske). Keep in mind that hemostatic combat dressings such as Quikclot and manportable defibrilators did not exist at this time, so you would be limited to Elastic and Packing Bandages, Morphine, Epinephrine, Blood and/or Plasma and a Surgical kit.

As things stand now it looks like 1800-1900 EST is the most popular choice. I will leave the poll up until Friday afternoon so if you have not voted yet, please do so Before then to give a fair representation. Keep in mind that this will be after 8321s operation on Saturday so expect the time to flex a bit depending on if said operation runs long. I'd also like to take this opportunity to list each roles armament and basic gear, it will be added to the main roster a minute or so after this gets posted. I would also like to ask @HMC (FMF) Kaktaand @HN Speirs as the ones in the medic role: Do you want Advanced Medical with this or just the basics?

@Capt Whelan@Capt Hart@LCpl Frase@HN Speirs@2d Lt Netley@LCpl Wenner@Sgt Turk@HMC (FMF) Kakta@Sgt Mycka@MAJ Brueske I would like to Think that we now have enough people to start thinking about a date for this. A Poll will be added to the thread shortly after this is posted with my initial Ideas for a reasonable time. Im thinking Either next Saturday after 8321s Operation, with an hour or so of a break between to allow S2 to cycle the server, people to grab a bite to eat etc etc. Alternatively on the next Sunday prior to Operation time. We would look at around 1500-1600 EST to ensure we do not interfere with S2s server setup for the Sunday night operation. Any other suggested times posted will be considered as well should these times not be suitable.

LCpl Robertues: *Leaps out of a HMMWV like a proper american action hero, sprints to a nearby rock and set his M249 up, yelling "Machinegun up!" HN Speirs: *Completely deadpan* Well, you are looking the wrong way. LCpl Robertues: Oh. Team HQ: *Laughing its ass off*

Very nice, cinematic Pictures, but you do know you can post more than one Picture per post, right?

Fierce fighting in Northwestern Iran as Iranian Kurds assert independence from Tehran. ADA News - Dateline July 13th, 2019 Fierce fighting has broken out in Northwestern Iran, near the Turkish border. Representatives of “Iranian Kurdistan” have released a statement declaring their intent to secede from Tehran and establish the a “truly independent Kurdistan”. Kurdish leaders Adnan Barishi and Berhem Ceto made their ultimatum clear to Tehran, demanding that Iranian forces would withdraw from the region known as Iranian Kurdistan and a peaceful transition of power to the local Kurds would take place within a month Theran wholly rejected the ultimatum and sent forces into the region. Fighting began on the 1st of July as Iranian forces in the region were ambushed at several major population centres including Piranshahr and Sanandaj. The fighting lasted approximately one week and as of today Kurdish militia units are in control of approximately 75% of their claimed territory. Iran’s ability to crush this uprising by military means are severely limited by the ongoing Iran-Iraq military standoff. Almost all of Iran's combat ready forces are already deployed at the Iran-Iraq border with skirmishes and “incidents” occurring almost daily. Kurdish Peshmerga forces with Iranian POWs near the Iran-Turkey border. This marks a significant shift for the Kurdish people in the middle east as they have so far been relegated to peaceful protests at best and violent but small scale insurgency at worst. International experts have declared Kurdistans declaration of independence as “rushed” and “hasty” considering there have been no similar declaration from the parts of Kurdistan currently located in Turkey, Iraq and Syria. The heavy US involvement in Iraq also faces a new issue as their kurdish allies now control territory on parts of the Iran-Iraq border occupied by the American 10th Mountain Division. Should Iranian Kurdistan’s declaration be followed by similar ones in Iraq the US would be pressed to chose to support either the Kurds whom were staunch allies in the face of ISIS resurgence and its current Iraqi allies. President Moore and his cabinet have been concerningly quiet on this matter, it remains to be seen if this de facto declaration of independence will coax an official statement out of the government. Tehran have, unsurprisingly, declared the uprising an "act of terror" and have blamed NATO forces for cover support of the kurdish militias. The UN has convened an emergency meeting where they hope a resolution can be made regarding the long standing issue of Kurdistan. Loud voices from NATO's European members such as Britain, France, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have all come out heavily in favor of supporting the Kurds and to achieve some form of diplomatic solution. Following the defeat of ISIS in Iraq and Syria increased calls for an Independent Kurdistan have been heard which has caused high level political headaches as Iraq, Turkey and the Kurdish forces are US allies in the region. The US would be forced to make a choice unless a UN resolution can be agreed upon. Either way Iran is unlikely to let parts of their territory slip away so easy. ADA News will continue to monitor the situation. ADA News Middle East division Written by: Simon Tam Edited by: John Argentina *This news report is a fictional work created to support the 3d MRB ARMA gameplay*

@Capt Whelan: Technically it is illegal to listen to @CW4 Carrera while operating Heavy machinery.