Zeno~SPARTA~ Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 This is my first attempt at a DCS campaign for Sparta. We will agree a date and time shortly, I think we need six players for it to work. The idea is that our carrier group is attempting to get a foothold in the Caucus'. Since this is a first mission I am sure there will be balancing issues, hopefully over time we will be able to address these. Our objective is the Base at Krymsk. Our strike package consists of a mix of the following 2 supercarriers (Stennis and Roosevelt) 2 Marine Carriers (Tarawa Class) 2 Arleigh Burke Destroyers 2 AA F18s 2 AGM F18s 2 SEAD F18s 4 AGM AV8B Harriers SEAD must launch first and degrade SAM installation Harriers should focus on destroying the structures discussed below, AGM F18s are for backup only. Ensure that there is some Air to Air ability, F18s typically have a mix no matter what their primary package consists of. Also, since we are not all very good at landing on carriers, 3 Chinooks will depart from the second Tarawa class assault ship and head to Anapa Vityazevo, Upon arrival they will create a FARP at which we should be able to refuel, rearm and repair (not fully tested). Do your best to recover planes. In future we will consider that we have a fixed inventory of planes with limited resupply. If they dont make it we will be able to land the planes but not resupply. Important Frequencies Stennis CVN1 TACAN 11x ICLS 15 Roosevelt CVN3 TACAN 15x ICLS 16 Tarawa CVN2 TACAN 14x KRYMSK SEAD should disable or degrade AA ahead attack on infrasturcture Beware of potential fighter defence Primary objective is to destroy Command and Control at this base. Intelligence believes that if we knock out 2 of the 4 structures indicated below as well as The SAM site we will have degraded their combat effectiveness sufficiently to occupy the base. Command Center Comms Tower Barracks Fortification Approx Location 44 58 05N 37 59 20E 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cent~SPARTA~ Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 This is awesome Zeno - great stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeno~SPARTA~ Posted June 8, 2020 Author Share Posted June 8, 2020 Harrier Pilots your mission is to destroy at least 2 of the primary targets Command Center Comms Tower Barracks Fortification I have no idea how tough they are so I have added them to MP US Scramble 01 and it is available on open beta server 2. They are on the delta with the "gasometers", they are a bit closer than the mission distance but not by a lot. Please practice on these targets to make sure you are sufficiently armed to destroy them. I am happy to go F18 SEAD, AA or AGM, I haven't practised enough to go with the Harriers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeno~SPARTA~ Posted June 9, 2020 Author Share Posted June 9, 2020 Yesterday we learnt the following 1 Harrier can vertically take off from Batumi and destroy 2 of the buildings and land back at Batumi with 500lbs of fuel. The round trip distance is probably the same as from the carrier to the mission and on to Anapa Vityazevo. Thanks Adder for testing this. Sam sites are not as degraded as I hoped by taking out the main Radar. Thanks Cent for testing a direct approach, I practised the same this morning, but I accidentally went straight to waypoint 2, this left me with the nose off target as the turn from waypoint 1 to 2 gets you on target. I would add a waypoint for the actual target itself so that we can see the distance to target in the hud. Also if you fire from 35 miles and turn 180 the Grumbles cant catch you. So we can do another turn and get back on target, repeating until we run out of HARMS. Each site may have 4 targets. We could try a dry run of the mission to test it since it is our first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeno~SPARTA~ Posted June 10, 2020 Author Share Posted June 10, 2020 Yesterday we simulated the attack as a result of which the following intel has been clarified. Anapa Vityazevo The base is lightly defended by: 2 MBT T90s 2 Shilkas Krymsk 1 SAM 10 site 4 ZSU 23 emplacements 4 Tanguskas 4 Igla Manpads Mission order changed accordingly 1. Harriers must take off and destroy the 4 armoured vehicles at Anapa Vityazevo, The Chinooks take 30 mins to get to Anapa Vityazevo, the threat must be eliminated before their arrival. 2. Launch HARM F18s and eliminate all RADAR threats, the main objective is to prevent Grumble launches. 3. Launch CAP F18s and stand by to counter Russian QRA 4. Harriers rearm and refuel at Anapa Vityazevo and destroy the following targets at Krmsk Command Center Comms Tower Barracks Fortification Approx Location 44 58 24N 37 59 48E 5. If necessary activate AGM F18s to clear out remaining structures. We will be able to occupy this base if 2 of the 4 structures are destroyed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeno~SPARTA~ Posted June 15, 2020 Author Share Posted June 15, 2020 I am nearly finished on Mission 2 of the campaign, but we have not completed mission 1. When do you guys want to do this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cent~SPARTA~ Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 Friday Evenings would be a good start. 20:00 GMT onwards - unless another day suits better? I'm fairly confident 6 of us could clear the AO in less than an hour if we start together and coordinate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter~SPARTA~ Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 A bit of a gamble if I can do 20:00 GMT on a weekday, just depends on how the work is going. But if that works for the rest of the group, by all means start without me, I'll join up when able. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeno~SPARTA~ Posted June 16, 2020 Author Share Posted June 16, 2020 We tried the mission yesterday, it went ok, but needs to be a lot better. I'll leave it on the server and we can all practice it when we can and then, when we are all on, we will just go for it. Doing it a few times will allow us to refine our skills. There is no way you will be left out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cent~SPARTA~ Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 10 hours ago, Hunter~SPARTA~ said: A bit of a gamble if I can do 20:00 GMT on a weekday, just depends on how the work is going. But if that works for the rest of the group, by all means start without me, I'll join up when able. Just a dot in the sand for us all to work around pal - not a must. It was actually a lot of fun working as two groups - I do think the Comms system is a bit of a must really. Its getting confusing with us all talking over each other during the various stages of the mission. I also need to work on my head 2 head combat very poor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeno~SPARTA~ Posted June 16, 2020 Author Share Posted June 16, 2020 Based on yesterdays outing, I have made the following changes. 1 the 4 Igla manpads have been eliminated 2 the ability of the MIG29 pilots has been reduced to average, they were crucifying us in the merge, we need to understand why they are not showing up on our attack radars. I am happy to switch to an AWACs role after the HARM mission. Just to reiterate the sequence Mission order changed accordingly 1. Harriers must take off and destroy the 4 armoured vehicles at Anapa Vityazevo, The Chinooks take 30 mins to get to Anapa Vityazevo, the threat must be eliminated before their arrival. 2. Launch HARM F18s and eliminate all RADAR threats, the main objective is to prevent Grumble launches. 3. Launch CAP F18s and stand by to counter Russian QRA. Russian QRA responds to penetration of the KRymsk Airspace 4. Harriers rearm and refuel at Anapa Vityazevo and destroy the following targets at Krymsk Command Center Comms Tower Barracks Fortification Approx Location 44 58 24N 37 59 48E I have added these targets to Dynamic 01 for Harrier pilots to test their munitions on. I have left the mission on the server so we can try practice it as much as we want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adder360~SPARTA~ Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 Thanks for this is good fun, need to not waste the maverics next time and figure out why the GBUs were going off target, or learn how to use the GPS bombs. If you look realy close you can see the combat air patrol launching Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeno~SPARTA~ Posted June 20, 2020 Author Share Posted June 20, 2020 Still havent executed the mission, no problem. As soon as there are 2 Harriers and 2 or more F18s this mission will be a go. Obviously we can do it more than once. At this point everyone understands their objectives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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