French involvement in the Europe after 2001.

[Legbreaker]

And people are living in Warsaw after three nukes....

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by Legbreaker

And people are living in Warsaw after three nukes....

Reading that module, all I can say is, "You call that living?"

[Abbott Shaull]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

Reading that module, all I can say is, "You call that living?"

You won't hear the cockroaches complaining...

[Dog 6]

In my games France surrenders to NATO in early 2000 after a short, but hard fought air and naval battle. NATO sinks the french navy including all ssn and ssbn, hits french irbm's and nukes Paris.

[Mohoender]

Originally Posted by Dog 6

In my games France surrenders to NATO in early 2000 after a short, but hard fought air and naval battle. NATO sinks the french navy including all ssn and ssbn, hits french irbm's and nukes Paris.

I can accept that but why that late??? How did NATO managed to do that in 2000????

[James Langham]

Reading through the old posts to look for things I've missed for my background and thought I would put in my notes on the French Foreign Legion:

1999
n a cynical policy the French accept many foreigners living in France into the Foreign Legion (although the period of service required for French citizenship is extended from 3 years to 5 from 1st January). Training is brutal and almost all the foreign volunteers are posted to the Middle East (where the French government thinks they are far enough away not to cause trouble). This has the benefit for the French of gathering up a lot of violent foreigners who are in France illegally (strength rises from 7,000 to a peak of 40,000). The volunteers gain French citizenship provided they can survive their service..

[Targan]

Originally Posted by Mohoender

I can accept that but why that late??? How did NATO managed to do that in 2000????

Very good question. I'm assuming that campaign had a very different Twilight War timeline compared to canon.

[Mohoender]

This is only thoughts and units are given at full strength.

Légion Etrangère
With time, the Legion Etrangère had been seriously reduced but with the war, it expended again reaching as many as 17970 Manpower in the course of the war (Still this is only one third of the number of troop it had counted in 1940). Moreover, unlike what was done prior to the conflict, it was formed into an independent combat formation.
- Détachement de la Légion Etrangère Ã* Mayotte (DLEM) : 250 Men
Heir to the troops that were established at Madagascar, this unit has been moved out of Mayotte when it became obvious that French troops had to leave the territory. The unit is now established at La Reunion.
- 13e Demi-Brigade de la Légion Etrangère : 1700 Men, 12 VBL, 12 ERC-90, 8 VAB T20, 58 VAB, 6 MO-120
Sometimes before the Twilight War, that unit had been reduced to 800 men but it is expended shortly before the conflict to reach its previous manpower of 1700 Men. To note, reconstitued compagnies are using soft-skinned vehicles such as the P4 and the VLRA.
- 1er Régiment Etranger (1er RE) : 600 Men
A prewar administrative unit, it is upgraded to a combat formation long after the beginning of the war.
- 1er Régiment Etranger du Génie (1er REG) : 980 Men
A second engineer unit, it is created prior to the war.
- 1er Régiment Etranger Parachutiste (1er REP) : 700 Men, 20 MO120
A light infantry unit, heir to a regiment that was disolved in 1961 the unit is created during the course of the war and, like its predecessor, is given a company of heavy mortar.
- 1er Régiment Etranger de Cavalerie (1er REC) : 900 Men
For thrity years this regiment had been the only survival armored unit of the Legion Etrangère and provided the adequate punch when needed. Its AMX-10RC are a match for most tanks except the most modern ones.
o Escadron de Commandement et de Logistique (ECL)
o Escadron d’administration et de soutient (EAS)
o 4e Escadron d’éclairage et d’investigation (EEI, 24 VBL, 4 VAB T20)
o 1er, 2e, 3e et 5e Escadron de Combat (2 VBL, 12 AMX-10RC)
- 2e Régiment Etranger du Génie (2e REG) : 920 Men
A third engineer regiment, it is created during the war when it became obvious that more of these specialized units were needed.
- 2e Régiment Etranger Parachutiste (2e REP) : 1190 Men, 8 VBL, 8 VAB T20, 58 VAB, 6 MO-120
A true special force regiment, this unit is sent out whenever it is needed.
- 2e Régiment Etranger d’Infanterie (2e REI) : 1230 Men, 16 VBL, 16 VAB T20, 119 VAB, 12 MO-120
This unit of armored infantry existed prior to the war an is often sent along with the 1e REC.
- 2e Régiment Etranger de Cavalerie (2e REC) : 600 Men
Heir to a regiment that had been disolved in 1962, the unit is created again in 1993 and partially equipped with vehicles that had been recently taken out of service. It is a much lighter force than its counterpart.
o Escadron de Commandement et de Logistique (ECL)
o Escadron de Reconnaissance et d’Intervention Anti-Char (ERIAC, 32 VBL)
o 1er Escadron de Combat (3 VBL, 12 ERC-90)
o 2e et 3e Escadron de Combat (12 AML-90)
- 3e Régiment Etranger Parachutiste (3e REP) : 500 Men
The smallest of the three paratrooper regiment, heir to a short lived unit dissolved in 1955, it is constituted late in the war.
- 3e Régiment Etranger d’Infanterie (3e REI) : 800 Men, 6 VAB T20, 39 VAB
An infantry unit, it is only equipped with a small number of armored vehicles.
- 4e Régiment Etranger (4e RE) : 800 Men
Before the conflict that unit was the instruction regiment of the Legion Etrangère. With the conflict it was given full combat capability but remains light infantry.
- 5e Régiment Mixte du Pacifique (5e RMP) : 600 Men
Heir to the « Régiment du Tonkin », the unit had lost his name in 1984 but was again renamed RMP shortly before the war. The unit is located in the Pacific and allies engineers to infantry.
- 6e Régiment Etranger du Génie (6e REG) : 750 Men
The most ancient engineer unit, the regiment is heir to the historical 6e REI.
- 11e Régiment Etranger d’Infanterie (11e REI) : 1000 Men
- 12e Régiment Etranger d’Infanterie (12e REI) : 1000 Men
These two motorized regiments (the 11e and 12e) had been created at the beginning of the Twilight War. Each is equipped with P4, VLRA, GBC and 6 heavy mortars.
- 21e Régiment des Volontaires Etranger (21e RVE) : 1100 Men
- 22e Régiment des Volontaires Etranger (22e RVE) : 1240 Men
- 23e Régiment des Volontaires Etranger (23e RVE) : 1080 Men
When the RVEs were created (after the first nukes had fallen and mostly from the first wave of refugees), these last baddly equipped units were not considered true members of the Legion by the others. In that, they had a common point with there WW2 counterparts. However, also like their WW2 counterparts, they fight surprisingly well when needed and finally earn their place among the Foreign Legion.