New Command scenario: Growler vs Growler

August 10, 2014 · Posted in Command · Comment

Author: Coiler12

The world’s most modern and powerful SEAD/ECM plane and SAM system share the same name. Now they meet in an exercise.

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-REDFOR has positioned an advanced SAM battery on the island to the northeast, along with a legacy search radar. The SAM battery is the primary target, and the search radar a secondary one. Use your squadron of EA-18 Growlers to take out all enemy radars on the island.

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New Command scenario: Marinha do Brasil – PASSEX 2010 – Carl Vinson

August 10, 2014 · Posted in Command · Comment

Author: CassioM

BRAZIL vs. UNITED STATES
LOCATION: RIO DE JANEIRO COAST, BRAZIL
DATE/TIME: 03 MAR 2010 / 23:00 ZULU / 20:00 JULIET
PLAYABLE SIDES: MARINHA DO BRASIL (BRAZILIAN NAVY)

USQUE AD SUB AQUAM NAUTA SUM

A joint exercise between the Brazilian Navy (Marinha do Brasil) and the U.S. Navy. The Brazilian submarine S-34 Tikuna is tasked to penetrate the mixed task group and sink the nuclear aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. This will not be an easy task.

The Brazilian Navy usually do routine exercises with the U.S. Navy. Among these exercises, there are those in which the small, but lethal, conventional Brazilian submarines try to infiltrate the middle of a task group and sink the precious aircraft carrier.
Now is your chance to try this out.

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Based on an actual exercise that took place in 2010.

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v1.1 – by CassioM (SAT-07/26/14)

– Minor cosmetic changes.

– Better starting positions for both Tikuna and the Task Group.

– Corrected version of the brazilian submarine. It changed from 2012 version, armed with MK 48 torpedo, to 2006 version, armed with Mk24 Tigerfish torpedo, to match the exercise date in 2010. Now, the exercise will be more harder and realistic.

v1.0 (MON-07/21/14)

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Usque ad sub aquam nauta sum. "Sailors even underwater" – Motto of the Command of Submarine Force ( Comando da Força de Submarinos – ComForS ), Brazilian Navy.

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New Command scenario: Team Mysore

August 10, 2014 · Posted in Command · Comment

Author: Mark Gellis

This scenario assumes that tensions have increased between India and Myanmar.

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*** OPERATIONAL: IMMEDIATE ***

ATTN: Commanding Officer, Mysore

SITUATION

Tensions between India and Myanmar have continued to deepen. We now have reliable intelligence that Myanmar plans to attack Indian-flagged merchant vessels. This must not be allowed to occur.

The weather in your area is predictably foul. Temperatures will range between 15 and 35 degrees centigrade, with moderate low clouds, steady rain, and winds around 15 miles per hour. Sea State 4 is expected.

ENEMY FORCES

Unknown. Myanmar has several Chinese-built warships and various Chinese- and Russian-built combat aircraft in its arsenal. Myanmar also recently purchased two Kilo-class submarines from Russia. You may assume light to moderate force levels will appear in your area of operation.

FRIENDLY FORCES

Vessels assigned to your task force are D 60 Mysore and D 55 Ranvijay.

S 45 Shankush is chopped to your command.

Available aircraft at Port Blair are chopped to your command.

MISSION

Protect Indian merchant vessels en route to Kolkata from attack.

EXECUTION

Do not initiate hostilities with Burmese forces. If Burmese forces attack Indian merchants or your forces, however, you are free to return fire and to eliminate any vessels, submarines, or aircraft that appear to be a threat to mercantile traffic or to your forces.

S 45 Shankush should patrol the waters south and east of Kolkata.

Because the situation has deteriorated so rapidly, we have had limited time to prepare for a possible conflict with Myanmar. In particular, you have limited air assets and ammunition with which to complete this mission, and you are a lot closer to Myanmar than you are to the rest of India.

COMMAND AND SIGNAL

Command: Mysore

Signal: EMCON State C (Unrestricted Emissions) for surface vessels and aircraft; EMCON State A (No Emissions) for Shankush.

Good luck.

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New Command scenario: The Old Regime and the New Nation

August 10, 2014 · Posted in Command · Comment

Author: Coiler12

This scenario features Francoist Spain reinforcing its equatorial African colony in the face of threats and conflict with Nigeria.

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Background:

-Nigeria, with its fledgling military, has made threatening moves towards Spain’s colony in central Africa. While Franco has regarded independence of the colony as an inevitability, he does not want it to be taken away. Therefore the government has made the decision to reinforce Spanish Equatorial Africa.

Enemy Forces:

-Nigeria has no armed combat aircraft as of this time but may attempt to harass Spanish aircraft flying over its territory with what planes it does possess.

-Enemy naval forces are estimated at two to five World War II-surplus light vessels and armed transports.

Friendly Forces:

-A large naval reinforcement convoy is en route to Equatorial Africa. However, it will take a long time to arrive and immediate strengthening of the defenses is needed. A detachment of old but still useable He-111 bombers has been readied at Moron AB.

Mission:

-Fly the He-111s to Santa Isabel. Once they’ve completed their flight, rearm them. Then sweep the southeastern coast of Nigeria and sink any Nigerian naval vessels in the area.

Execution:

-Weapons free.

-There are not many munitions at Santa Isabel, so make them count.

Command and Signal:

Command: Santa Isabel Airport.

EMCON State C (unrestricted emissions)

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World War 2 & 3, Gulf merchies, sub duels and Red Dragon: Nine new Command scenarios available

July 15, 2014 · Posted in Command · Comment

Miguel Molina has released a new revision of the Command community scenario pack, the compendium of Command scenarios crafted by the user community. The new release contains nine brand-new scenarios:

Andromeda at the Ready, 1984: Caught in the crossfire of the “tanker wars” in the Persian Gulf, an English-flagged merchant vessel has been damaged by mines and is limping to the nearest friendly port. Iranian forces however believe she is carrying contraband and intend to board or sink her. The only available British asset in the area is the frigate HMS Andromeda. Can she alone protect the merchant?
The Grecale Affair, 2017: The Italy-Tunisia dispute over the Strait of Sicily heats up again. The Italian navy dispatches the Grecale with air support to monitor Tunisian naval activity and respond to provocations. Sounds simple… except Tunisia is far more committed to this standoff and the Med is full of neutral traffic, so ROEs are tight.
Rebel Yell, 2015: A bloody rebellion in the ranks of the Slovakian army has been largely contained and the remaining rebels have barricaded themselves on an airbase, with modern SAMs and fighters. Can a hastily assembled NATO task force break into the base and recapture it?
SEAL Submarine Exercise, 2010: An exercise for an option that officially the USN “never uses”: deliver SEALs to foreign territory and destroy a tactical target.
Facing the Dragon, 2014: An AAW-centric view of a major Chinese assault towards Taiwan, and a massive brawl in its own right. Not for airwar beginners 🙂
Team Worden, 1983: Tensions over the ownership of Pratas Island (whose possession dramatically affects the range of legal territorial waters) have risen between China and Taiwan. Intel reports suggest the PRC may be planning an assault on the island to force the issue. To discourage Chinese intentions the USN dispatches a mixed surface/sub force to the area. If the Chinese are bluffing, this token force should suffice. If they’re not…
On Stalin’s Order, 1945: The ruins of WW2 are still smoldering in Czechoslovakia, and the triumphant Red Army is racing to seize the country’s strategically vital western industrial sector. However, western allied forces are still in this area and they won’t just pack and leave. Soviet forces are ordered to push ahead regardless. Will the Third World War start while the Second is barely over?
US-UK Fellowship Exercise, 2012: So you stalk Akulas for breakfast? Here’s a little exercise to really test your silent-hunting skills. The most modern attack subs of the US and Royal navies go mano a mano with no holds barred. May the best driver win.
Red Episodes: Recon in Force, 1989: Fifth in the “Red Episodes” series of WW3 from the Soviet point of view. Norwegian FAC hit-and-run ambush attacks from the countless northern fjords have been very successful against Northern Fleet forces, so much so that the Kirov SAG has been assigned to root them out of their hiding holes and neutralize them permanently. The Kirov has its main SSM launcher damaged but still leads a powerful surface group. Can it do the job, or are the fjords too tough?