"The only true wisdom consists in knowing that you know nothing."
- Bill S. Preston, Esq.
¶ Situational Awareness
It's easy to get turned around, be sure to keep an eye on your team so you don't get left behind. If you want to help out your Team Lead, stay in sight and stick together.
¶ Spacing
The best way to stay alive is to stay away.
When moving: Try to keep at least 10 meters of space between you and your teammates.
In Cover: Do your best to spread out, but prioritize cover over spacing.
¶ Battle Buddies
While you should be making sure you're not falling behind, you should also be making sure no one else falls behind.
During a mission, you'll likely be assigned a color along with someone else. This is your Battle Buddy, keep an eye out for them and they'll keep an eye out for you.
You're Responsible For:
- Knowing where they are
- Making sure they're not unconcious
¶ Backblast
Backblast is a cone shaped area behind a rocket launcher where hot gases are expelled when the rocket is fired. While this isn't modeled in Vanilla gameplay, it is with mods.
- When someone is about to fire a launcher, they'll yell "Clear backblast!"
Everyone around them will make sure that they're not behind the launcher and that there's nothing behind the person firing the rocket.
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Once the people around them have confirmed it's clear, they'll reply "Backblast clear!"
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The launcher is now free to fire
¶ Overpressure
Overpressure is almost exactly like backblast... but in reverse. Overpressure is a cone shaped area where hot gases are expelled when a large round (often from a tank) is fired.
- Make sure you're away from the front or the sides of a friendly tank when it fires
- If you are the gunner in a tank, do your best to make sure you're not firing around friendlies
¶ Calling Out Targets
Even if it's your first Op, or you're unsure, don't be afraid to call out targets. It's not friendly fire until someone pulls the trigger.
¶ What To Call Out
Anything you think your team isn't aware of!
- Civilians
- Friendlies
- Hostiles
- Unknown Contacts
Information is key to mission success.
¶ How To Call Out
Remember the Three D's! Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
- Designation
- Degrees
- Distance
Tell us what you see!
This can be anything you think your team isn't aware of!
- Civilians
- Friendlies
- Hostiles
- Unknown Contacts
Call out the direction you see contacts! Ideally you'll give the Degrees on a Compass, but Cardinal Directions (North, South, East, West) are just as good when you're moving or it's urgent.
Finding Degrees:
- Hold K on your keyboard to bring up the Compass
- Line up the contact with the Sighting Wire
- The red Orienting Line will line up with the Degree Marks around the edge of the compass
In the above example, the contact is at 190 degrees
Try to estimate the contacts distance in meters. If you don't feel comforatble giving a number, just say Close, Near, or Far.
This is just a guess, don't worry about being too accurate. The imporant part is letting your team know you see something!
¶ Smoke Signals
Smoke Grenades are used in conjunction with radio calls to mark friendly or enemy targets. While this can change due to mission circumstance, we typically use Red, Green, and Purple smoke grenades to mark points of interest.
- 🔴 Red Smoke: Enemy positions - Air Team is often cleared to fire on red smoke without confirmation. If this is thrown by mistake, make your leads aware immediatley!
- 🟢 Green Smoke: Friendly positions - Generally given out to every member of the team. Be sure to use this when you think friendly fire is possible (ie. Close CAS strike)
- 🟣 Purple Smoke: Landing Zones (Helicopters) - Used to mark friendly LZ's for air team. Air team always appreciates some kind of marker, but they can land without it.