Difference in the type of military bases...

[Abbott Shaull]

Okay one of the question I have been thinking about. In the t2k world how would the Cantonments be set up for a Division unit. I know Free City of Krakow has a great example for City defense lay out.

I just wondering if the Division would have one Main Base that would serve as a central depot with main TOC there with Division DISCOM and Aviation Brigade located there or in nearby bases. While they were surrounded by small Brigade HQ Forward Operating Bases with the Brigade Forward Support units operating out of. Then there would Battalion and Company size Forward Operating Bases/FireBases and then beyond those various road blocks and platoon patrol bases.

Just wondering if this is along the lines or would it be something else?

[raketenjagdpanzer]

Originally Posted by Abbott Shaull

Okay one of the question I have been thinking about. In the t2k world how would the Cantonments be set up for a Division unit. I know Free City of Krakow has a great example for City defense lay out.

I just wondering if the Division would have one Main Base that would serve as a central depot with main TOC there with Division DISCOM and Aviation Brigade located there or in nearby bases. While they were surrounded by small Brigade HQ Forward Operating Bases with the Brigade Forward Support units operating out of. Then there would Battalion and Company size Forward Operating Bases/FireBases and then beyond those various road blocks and platoon patrol bases.

Just wondering if this is along the lines or would it be something else?

As far as that goes, if you look at a satellite view of say western Poland or eastern Germany (hey, sidetrack: Germany is essentially united in T2k, correct? The Pact was entirely driven out, right?) there's an insane number of villages here and there - you practically cannot drive down a medium sized highway without passing through a village every kilometer on highway 25 coming out of Kalisz.

Taking that into consideration, I would guess that a cantonment would find a place like that that was either unoccupied or occupied by NATO-friendly civilians and set up shop there, then place OPs, mortar firebases and company-level FOBs in outlying farmhouses, barns, etc. nearby.

[95th Rifleman]

Looking at it from British perspective, here's my ideas.

You'd have a central division base, concentrating the HQ and artillery elements (probably with whatever air defence assets are left). around this centre would be battlegroups (the British like to form task specific battlegroups out of their brigades). You get around 3 battlegroups per brigade and between 2 and 3 brigades per division on average (by the 2000 probably only one or two battle groups would be left per brigade).

Again the Battlegroup would centre it's HQ and any artillery elements it has while combined-arms company groups would be spread out to cover more ground. In the case of encountering enemy (bear in mind these company grops would mstlikely be actively patrolling) they could in theory fall back quickly to reform a battlegroup and engage at a time and place of their choosing.

No doubt the battlegroup would of pre-selected areas to regroup and fight from. The British are, historicly, very good at defensive warfare.

[Adm.Lee]

You could probably go all the way down to a company forming a town or village's garrison, as it would be sort of merged with the town militia. Note this would be a T2k-strength company, say 50-60 soldiers and half again as many camp followers/support personnel. The regulars would be doing most of the out-of-town patrolling, and leaving in-town law enforcement to the police/militia.

Some centrally-located towns would have HQ and artillery elements, all the way up to brigade and division level.

[Fusilier]

Originally Posted by Adm.Lee

Some centrally-located towns would have HQ and artillery elements, all the way up to brigade and division level.

Or on the outskirts or away from towns. Sometimes holding towns are just too manpower dependent. I can see some units, big or small, keeping to rural underpopulated areas.

[bobcat]

i can easily see smaller units linking up with friendly local militias and staging in a small town. town and militia being a reliable cover and force multipliers should the reds come near, and the unit providing assistance in training and even medical and maintenance tasks(i.e. vehicle and weapon repair).

its a common enough practice in guerrilla warfare thats proven to work.