Talk:AFOH/@comment-27510151-20161102204801/@comment-14850713-20161105164754

IC:

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You are granted command of a mechanized battalion, which will embark on a Temeraire armed transport.

OOC:

An AFOH mechanized battalion consists of 1,500 men in 4 maneuver companies (300 per company), plus a HQ, Weapons & Support company (300). Each maneuver company has 4 mechanized infantry platoons (each with 4 infantry squads, with 1 Cuirassier IFV, 3 crew and 12 infantrymen per squad, for a total of 16 IFVs and 240 men), 1 recon platoon (4 recon squads with 5 scouts per squad, for a total of 20), 1 tank platoon (3 squads with 2 Martel A3 or A1i MBT and 8 crew per squad, for a total of 6 tanks and 24 men), and 1 weapons platoon (4 squads with 1 Cheval mortar carrier and 4 crew per squad, for a total of 4 mortar carriers and 16 men).

Each infantry squad is composed of 1 squad leader, 1 assistant squad leader/rifleman and 2 5-man fire teams with each team composed of 3 riflemen, 1 designated marksman and 1 automatic rifleman. (Normally, 1 rifleman per team also carries a Javelin ATGW. In frontline units, the automatic rifleman is equipped with T45d power armor.)

The HQ, Weapons & Support company is composed of the HQ section (planning, supply, intelligence, security, and communications), 1 medevac section, and 1 engineering platoon. All use variants of the Cheval APC. A mobile artillery section with 9 Roland 150mm SPGH and 3 ammunition carriers (48 crew in total) is also attached to the HQW&S.