Reply With QuoteWorse. They me put behind a desk.Originally Posted by California Joe
Im not quite shore but i remeber reading or seeing in the News somewhere the South Africans now have to get permission from government before taking part in foreign wars.
okay, i still stand by the BMP's as possibilities. but, i'll put that on the shelf for now.
regarding my troops:
As i mentioned earlier, i'd most likely hire a 50-50 ratio of international to local soldiers for the op. The international side would consist of ex-SAS / RMC / Green Jackets from Britain. this would be around 24 individuals. The other 26 would include South African STF / Recce / Koevoet / 32BN operators. These would be the guys, along with the Royal Green Jackets, responsible for the mainstream work, with the SAS / RMC being in charge of special operations.
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Worse. They me put behind a desk.
That would explain it. You have my condolences.
It's only last's till tommorrow. Then I'm up at Mansfield racetrack for the rest of the week doing advanced driver training in a V8. Bout time, I'm sick of running other peoples shit.
Gonna have some cooool pics by friday.
It's true. Legislation was inacted to prevent any further adventuring on the part of PMCs like Executive Outcomes. The law doesn't come right out and say any of that, though.
You are hereby required to share racetrack photos under penalty of demerit points
Does any one know how often all the HVT's meet and or when there Parlament meets?
Personnel- ex Commonwealth- infantry b/g- South Africans being the majority with Brits, Aussies and Kiwis bringing up the numbers.
OOB- one platoon of 100% TCNs- three rifle sections and a weapons section. Nine grunts per section- section ldr and two fireteams of four.
Two platoons of indigs- led by TCN advisers- each section ldr and platoon OCs to be TCNs. Indig platoons do not feature weapons sections.
One reinforced (six man) fireteam of TCNs as QRF (these should be SA Recces, UK Paras, AUS 3RAR etc)- heavy ratio of RPKs and PKMs and any available BG15/GP30 underbarrel GLs.
One Spanish speaking TCN terp attached to each platoon inclu indig platoons- preferably former US Civil Affairs/THT.
One Spanish speaking TCN CA/PsyOps team, again pref former US- 3-4 man team is sufficient.
One small combat medical team inclu surgeon to be based on freighter.
One small HUMINT team for OPB (2-3 operators)- covert insertion as oil workers/tourists for intel prep and eyes on target locations. Former SF or equiv would be ideal.
Contractor crew for Mi8s and poss captured Mi24s.
Kit- ex Warsaw Pact stuff- AKs in 7.62 short, two RPKs at section level, PKMs at platoon- say three two man gun groups which can be attached ad hoc to the rifle sections. RPG7s- integral in sections- one per fireteam. Fireteam would look like; 2x AK, 1x RPK, 1x RPG (with personal AK). One of the riflemen can act as AG on the RPK if needed.
All issued Soviet RDG grenades- two frag per man and one smoke marking.
60mm inf mortars- say three to be held in the weapons section along with the PKMs.
CBA- Western Class IV IBAs or equiv if avail. If not, former Soviet armour if available, otherwise just PASGT helmets. Chicom chest webbing, OD BDUs.
Comms- at section level with commercial Motorola MBITR equivilants for TCN sections and for TCN advisers in indig sections. PHQ for both TCN and indig platoons has PRC/Clansman or similar. All section and platoon leaders issued with both Iridium sat phones and local net mobile phones.
Vehicle platforms- civ 4WDs- Hiluxs/Tacomas/Landies. One gun truck per platoon. If available- mounts with AGS-17 AGLs and DShK 12.7s. If crew served unavailable, jury rig PKMs and RPKs.
One 4WD to be outfitted with loudspeakers as CA/PsyOps platform.
One unarmed 4WD per platoon as casevac platform and resupply vehicle.
All 4WDs to be brought ashore on barge from freighter.
Two Mi8 helos based from African registered freighter off coast of capital. PKMs mounted as doorguns, 57mm pods if available. SA contractor crewed. Helos will act as insertion platforms initially and then as QRF, casevac and CA/PsyOps leaflet dropper.
Objectives
1. Install new puppet leader (selected from opposition/exile community and vetted by Foreign Office/State)
2. Control security on island until relieved by Gabon and Cameroon 'peacekeepers' and 'friendly' local military elements
3. Introduction of NGOs, WMF and USAID to support population and assist in running new government
Ops Plan
1. Secure secluded beachhead in south of main island. Mi8s to launch from moored freighter. 4WD vehicles and indig forces to be brought ashore by barge towed by freighter. One indig section to maintain security at beachhead.
2. Seize local military HQ compound with TCN platoon inserted by Mi8 which then flies to beachhead to pick up indig platoon. Second Mi8 carrying TCN QRF to provide ad hoc close air with doorguns/57mil pods.
Any French or TCN mil advisers to be targeted and killed as a priority. If barracks can be identified, it receives the first gun run from the Mi8 followed up by section attack to clear any remnants. CA/PsyOps team offer surrender conditions to local mil through megaphones/speakers mounted on helos.
Once cleared, TCN platoon stay emplaced until relieved by indig platoon inserted by returning Mi8. One TCN section will remain to organise 'friendly' turned locals as security/police force. Hard currency to be paid immediately to turned locals and issued distinguishing items (blue caps or whatnot);
If Mi24s serviceable, contractor pilots fly CAP/loitering CAS over city. TCN platoon accompanied by QRF Mi8 then fly to the Palace compound.
3. Seize Presidential Palace compound with TCN platoon inserted by Mi8 helo (second Mi8 carrying TCN QRF to provide ad hoc close air)- once cleared hold until indig platoon drives from beachhead in 4WDs and are emplaced to provide security and police local area. TCN platoon take 4WD vehicles to move to tertiary targets, accompanied by CA/PsyOps element.
4. Parliament and 'downtown' government buildings
5. Radio/TV/telephone/mobile facilities
6. Airport
7. Any remaining HVTs- rolling mounted raids to arrest/kill targets- home/business addresses supplied to HUMINT IPB team.
At each tertiary target, indig sections will be brought forward by Mi8 or 4WD from either mil HQ or Pres Palace to secure once cleared by TCN platoon.
Member of CA/PsyOps element to be deployed at each comms node to initiate 'liberation message by local military/opposition party' and broadcast 'immediate curfew' and pre prepared propaganda transmissions- TV tape and SMS. Propaganda to include promises to restore electricity grids, improve education, lower taxes, yadda yadda yadda.
CA terps to act as liasions at each target loc- they will be carrying USDs in hard currency to oil the wheels of local gov/mil officials.
HVTs- will be captured for public trial and poss execution.
Follow On Force- Gabon and Cameroon 'peacekeeper' contingent to be invited to assist after capital seized and helo'd in to the Airport once under control. They will provide day to day security until new government/pol/mil is formed.
Timing/conditions- operation will be launched when Obiang is travelling overseas for treatment of terminal prostate cancer.
Just my initial thoughts....Need to look next at the follow on op of taking the mainland where the Uncle is based...
Last edited by Chops; 10-02-2006 at 01:12 AM.
About the contractor crews for the Mi-8s....heard there a few Ukrainian guys in A-stan transporting supplies for the US Army. Not sure though. But worth checking it out.
Excellent plan, Chops. If I may:
1. How would you go about obtaining, staging and transporting Mi-8s? Where would you aquire rocket pods from? How would you conceal/launch them from the freighter (i.e. how would you go about looking unsuspicious with helo pads?)
2. Why hit the president after hitting HQ? And, on top of that, give him the opportunity to escape because you haven't secured the airfield yet. Likewise with the TV/Radio/telephone installation - I'd think you'd be giving everyone and their mother ample opportunity to talk to each other before the raid hits them personally. Maybe I'm just confused about the timings? By my estimation, the airport won't be taken until probably a good 45 minutes after the balloon goes up.
3. Why not hit when Obiang is in the country?
4. Are you gonna give Gabon/Cameroon advance notice of your attack?
I may have more questions in the morning. Getting late here.
Hi mate
Pick holes please- I already see three or four myself which cannot be fixed w/o additional manpower.
I answer to your queries;
1. Helos would be transported openly lashed to the deck on the freighter/cargo ship- sail out of any West African port and there's not many questions asked. Cover story could be NGO work in Sierra Leone or similar. Helos could be hires or purchased off open market- they're reasonably widely available in Africa for the right dollar.
Pods- if we're getting small arms for a hundred guy, 57mm pods isn't too much of a stretch..
Launch would be stright off flat deck- no pads required.
2. President after mil HQ as the only effective response will be the French trained grunts. Take out their advisers and buy/turn the locals. No point taking the Presidential compound first if it'll end in a siege.
Plus Prez is not home when we launch. 2IC will be in residence and he gets a rude surprise.
Airport? Not mil from sat images so low on priority list. Not a huge loss if some HVTs get away. Job is to depose regime and embed puppet after all. I also think we can count on some confusion generated. Once mil HQ is secured you've effectively severed the gov-mil comms node. HVTs won't know what's going on at least for the first hour or two.
Civ comms nodes? Number four on target list simply down to manpower. Once again, in the general confusion, I think we'd have an hour or two to play with before anything other than SWAG appeared. By then my CA/PO people would be playing their preprepared audio and video and sending SMSs to advise folks of a peaceful liberation and to stay in their homes.
3. I'm following in the great tradition of coup planners- witness the recent Thai business. Fact is, guy's not liked either locally or internationally so he's not going to get any effective backing for some time. Angola just isn't a threat. Yeah he may start a counter coup attempt from a comfortable apartment in Paris whilst in exile but that's not what I'm getting paid to consider....
4. Nope no advance notice- a formal cable will be sent once the Presidential Palace falls, inviting them to support the new fledgling government and to discuss those pesky disputed territories...
Finally hopefully the Uncle could be bought off in advance and thus provide the planners with a lot more troop strength in which case most of the target list would be hit near simultaneously.
cheers
C
Find the A-Team, and send them in with Mcguyver and Chuck Norris.
No Seriously, I think Chops has a good idea, But point 5 must be sooner, I would go for the Media before i go after the Pres and the HVT's, That way you can do damage to his reputation and start winning the population's support before the first shot is fired. Disable the cellular network and start blaring out propaganda on the TV
Part of the Propaganda will be a lot of allegations that will convince the population that he will retaliate against you.
Then the gun battles will look like he started it, reinforcing your position as the "Good Guy"
Also if you can get a couple of army uniforms and drive around the city killing civilians, it wouldn't hurt.... except of course if you are a civilian, then it would hurt. it will hurt so much you might even die... or worse...
Don't forget the ethnic background of the country and most importantly of the island. One has to take that into account.
The impression better be good then, and I doubt the indigenes part of your effectives will agree to do it. So you're left with a bunch of occidentals with black shoe wax on their faces. You could do the same trying to impersonnate the moroccans with tanned occidentals speaking(yelling) in dialectic arab.Also if you can get a couple of army uniforms and drive around the city killing civilians, it wouldn't hurt.... except of course if you are a civilian, then it would hurt. it will hurt so much you might even die... or worse...
But all in all it would be IMO a unnecessary diversion of human ressources.
I think i would be nessecary to strike some fear into the civilian population, that way they wouldnt support the current regime anymore.
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