The 173rd was reconstituted and sent to Kenya according to Frank Frey -
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shrike6 08-06-2004, 09:59 PM Its based off a series of posts Frank Frey left on the old Webrpg forum.
Subject: The Lions of Twilight: T2K in Africa
Posted by Frank Frey
Date: 07/05/2000 08:07
Greetings,
While going through some old T2K notes, I found a hand drawn AO map for western Kenya. I used this map in a Merc: 2000 campaign and was going to use it for a T2K campaign. Here are some of the main concepts for the T2K campaign.
1.) The main American unit in Kenya is the 173rd Airborne Brigade. It was reactivated in 1996 (oob available). It was originally tasked as CentComm's mobile reserve force but wound in Kenya protecting the oil refineries there.
2.) The Kenyan military in T2K is still a very potent force. They work with the American paratroopers in keeping things relatively orderly.
3.) The two main enemy organizations are the PARA (Pan African Revolutionary Army) a loose amalgamation of various tribal militias and warlord armies and Junudullah (Soldiers of God), a radical Muslim group that wants to establish a Islamic theocracy in East Africa.
Anyway those are the basics. I didn't really get much else done.
Frank Frey
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shrike6 08-07-2004, 05:18 PM Subject: 173rd Abn OOB for Kenya
Posted by: Frank Frey
Date: 07/05/2000 14:30
Greetings,
As best as I can reconstruct it the, the 173rd AB deployed the following assets in Kenya.
HHC 173rd Abn Bde
173rd Recon Company (Airborne)(LRRP)
173rd Intelligence Company (Airborne)
173rd Engineer TF (Airborne)
1 Bn/ 503rd Parachute Infantry
2 Bn/ 503rd Parachute Infantry
3 Bn/ 503rd Parachute Infantry (Lt. Motorized)
4 Bn/ 503rd Parachute Infantry (Airmobile)
173rd Aviation Company
173rd Artillery Battalion (Airborne)(105mm)
There were units that were attached to the 173rd. IIRC, one of them was the 228th Aviation Battalion.
Frank Frey
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Greetings,
From my notes and such, here is the oob for the 228th Aviation Battalion such as it is.
228th Aviation Battalion
HHC Company
2 x O/AH-6 Defenders
A Company (Transport)
4 x UH-60
B Company (Transport)
6 x UH-1J
C Company (Gunship)
3 x AH-1V
When I did my sourcebook I had this in it as to their reconstitution
The 173rd Airborne Brigade was reconstituted in late 1995, originally as a strategic asset for CENTCOM. It was to consist of two battalions of airborne regulars and two air mobile battalions to be provided by the National Guard
and Reserves, along with support and artillery battalions. Its first deployment was to Honduras to aid them in fighting Nicaraguan and Soviet backed guerrillas in 1996.