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| Marshal Amherst | 26 Jul 2015 11:48 a.m. PST |
Can anyone provide a link or information for Soviet tactical orders format, like a USA OPORD?
I want to write brief orders to give to each player before the scenario. For the USA player I was going to use their five paragraph OPORD format.
But I don't know what to use for the Soviet player.
Thanks.
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| 11th ACR | 26 Jul 2015 12:27 p.m. PST |
Go with the all three of these books. FM 100-2-1
PDF link
FM 100-2-2
PDF link
FM 100-2-3
PDF link Can't go wrong, or at least we did not in most cases at Fort Irwin. I still use my copy's after all these years. |
| Marshal Amherst | 26 Jul 2015 2:49 p.m. PST |
Will do 11th ACR, thanks. This is from a 1988 US Army CGSC student paper looking to improve US Army orders by studying Israeli and Soviet orders.
It gives a generalized Soviet format: 1. Assessing the enemy.
-to his front.
-to adjacent unit's front.
-information varies with mission assigned.
2. Unit's mission assigned by senior commander.
3. Senior commander's employment of weapons within
units zone.
4. Unit commander concept of operation.
-which enemy to rout and in what sequence.
-main effort sector.
-enemy targets to destroy by weapons.
-combat formation ana nature of maneuver.
5. Task to subordinate units.
-varies offense/defense.
-the "I order" paragraph listing tasks for subordinate
units.
6. Readiness time for action.
7. Command posts.
-place and time for deployment of CP's.
8. Chain of command.
-names deputy commander.
-who assumes control in event the commander is put
out of action. |
| 11th ACR | 27 Jul 2015 12:59 p.m. PST |
Sorry Marshal Amherst, I miss read, I thought you meant tactical orders formation. Try FM 100-2-1 as posted above and go to page 3-10. And try this link:
link |
| Tac Error | 27 Jul 2015 6:32 p.m. PST |
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| Marshal Amherst | 28 Jul 2015 4:36 a.m. PST |
Thanks Tac Error, looks great, started reading last night. 11th ACR, what was very helpful was the Battalion level communications segment that starts at 3-14. I did not know that every tank in the battalion listens to the battalion command radio net.
Fascinating! The Battalion commander tells the Company commanders what to do, every tank commander in that company can hear the instructions from their Battalion commander. So, everyone knows immediately what needs to be done, they listen to their Company commander for specific instructions. Also, that section gives the impression that the Platoon leaders vehicles are simply ground guides with the NCO "wingmen" following the Platoon leader's lead around the battlefield. Was all this reality or just best guess by NATO intel? |
| Paint it Pink | 28 Jul 2015 6:06 a.m. PST |
Thank you for the links. All fascinating stuff filed away for alter use. |
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