>>23034426

2/3 (bah! Misjudged.)

As of right now, though, you sit in your tank, studying very thin, non informative intelligence briefs. Most of it was all the same, information on the Iraqi army that you've been studying for almost the past month, their fighting doctrine and equipment. Most of the pertinent information, cold numbers, you're finding out to be quite wrong.

“The fuck, sir. Why are we going after a resort?” Nicky breaks the relative silence. “I mean, I know that we're special forces and whatnot now, but do we just do one combat action and then we're off the hook for a while?”

“Not quite, Nick. Khiran resort is only a hundred and ten kilometers away from Kuwait city. Plus it's a halfway decent area for boats to get in with supplies if we need them to, there are a lot of little docks we could use. Plus, this is a good start point if we need to slide over into Al Wafra to cut off any Iraqi retreat. Don't forget, currently we're the northernmost NATO unit in Saudi Arabia. Other than the zoomie and squid flyboys, that is.”

He takes another bite of his cracker, muttering that he liked his idea better.

A knock at your hatch prompts you to look out of one of your view ports. Anderson waves at you before leaning back so as not to be hit with the hatch door.

“Heya sir. Just got off the horn with Predator actual, wanted me to hand you these. Dunno why he didn't just get up with you to begin with, but the man is busy fighting a war, pretty much alone. Tac-net freqs, callsigns, and our general orders. He wanted me to also tell you, and I quote, to 'remember that we aren't here to fuck up anyone's livelihood, but if someone comes at you lookin' for a fight, you fuckin' kick his ass.' Far as I can figure, we've already been doing a hell of a job of doing just that.”

>>23034438

3/3

Anderson shrugs, handing you a folded piece of notebook paper. On it are, just as Anderson said, frequencies and callsigns, along with a few boredom doodles. He brass checks his rifle before looking up sharply. He gazes at the horizon for a moment before looking back to you.

[] “Out-freakin'-standing. Garrison have anything else for us?”
[] “You good? You need anything, LT?”
[] other.

>>23034448
[x] “You good? You need anything, LT?”

>>23034448
>[x] “You good? You need anything, LT?”

>>23034448
>[] “You good? You need anything, LT?”
They make sure we don't get an RPG up the ass, least we can do is see if they need anything.

>>23034547
Agreed. Epitome of officership is caring for others before oneself.

>>23034448
>[] “You good? You need anything, LT?”

>>23034577
Translation: don't be Cole Phelps, and don't be Captain Walker.
Wait.
We're going to a resort.
In the middle of the desert.
. . . fuck.

>>23034448
You good, LT? See something?

>>23034599
well Walkers mission was just recon, we are being tasked to actually take the resort.

>>23034647
True. As long as we actually FOLLOW OUR FUCKING ORDERS we should be fine.
inb4 we have to choose between the mission and letting one of our Witches be lynched by enraged locals

>>23034448
[x] “You good? You need anything, LT?”

>>23034674
Also as long as we don't try to be AN HERO we should be fine.

>>23034674
>enraged locals
>implying

If the Saudis' witches are royalty, I don't think the Kuwaitis will lag that much behind.

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>[] “You good? You need anything, LT?”

You shift an eyebrow at the man who commands your infantry element.

“You uh, you good LT? Your boys all squared away, need anything? Also watch your nine. Charm dump.”

“Heh, thanks for the heads up. Yeah, we're good. Thought I heard something a few blocks over. Must be just losing my mind, sir. Oh, by the way, I think top is gonna pop over and talk to you. She mentioned something about needing to see you.”

He turns and walks down the rear of your tank, catching a blast of exhaust fume from Booze Hound's turbine engine. Jumping off, he disappears into the building where his men are all set up, watching over your back.

Of your three other vehicles, only one is operational right now. You're on a 50% watch, two tanks up, two tanks down, until the order to move comes. Or until you get jumped by bloc forces. Whichever happens first, really. Your witches are at two up, three down, with Rockfield and Seigle on watch. Rosalez, Patterson, and Ooishi are asleep on the ground floor of a schwarma restaurant, all huddled under your poncho liner. Originally, you protested, but Patterson's puppy eyes are just like Jessica's and you had to give in. Damned shame how that always works.

Mere minutes later, just as LT. Anderson said, Master Sargent Rockfield finds her way over to your vehicle.

“Hey captain, a minute?”

[] “You got it, Top.”
[] “Only if everyone is ready to move. We're just waiting for the order.”
[] other

>>23035068
[X] “You got it, Top.”

>>23035068
>[x] “You got it, Top.”

>>23034674
>Witch
>get lynched by locals packing nothing above AK-47's and MAYBE an RPG-7
Not seeing it. Besides the fact that Witches have been around since the beginning of history, and Mohammed went on record that Witches are part of Allah's plan and above regular people but below prophets in the scheme of things, there's not much religious reason to get mad at them.
And then there's the shields that can stop most things short of a 120mm tank shell.

>>23035068
>[x] “You got it, Top.”
I hope that their strikers aren't having any difficulties; I'd hate for one of them to develop a problem out here where we don't have a Striker Tech handy.

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>>23035068
[x] “You got it, Top.”

Also I come bearing a funny story from /k/

>>23035068

>[] “You got it, Top.”

>>23035141
Don't post that! You'll kill ghostdivision!

>>23035068
>[x] “Only if everyone is ready to move. We're just waiting for the order.”
I don't doubt we're ready to move, but we should insist on this as principle.

In fact, this is the perfect time to walk-and-talk. Have the MS join us as we inspect our company sub-elements.

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>>23035068
>black witch
>not just delicious brown, an actual black witch

>>23035068
>[] “You got it, Top.”
>>23035038
>>23035112
>religious and political reasons
I'm thinking more "Fuckin' Americans show up and start shooting, I mean the Iraqis were assholes but at least nobody's house was getting leveled. They put a shell through my store! I can't afford to rebuild! And they're working with the Saudis, and the Saudis are fuckin' assholes too! Fuck these motherfuckers!" reasons.
>>23035184
Yeah, Top is awesome.

>>23035237
>the Kuwaitis
>getting mad at being liberated from the Iraqis


That's not happening.

>>23035237
Oh, those reasons.
Still, with magical shields and strength enhancing magic, not really seeing anything besides a bunch of the locals getting turned into red paste.
Even without a striker's focus crystals, a Witch can generate a shield and enhance her strength. Give her a broom or some other object for her to focus on and she can even fly.

>>23035068
>[x] “You got it, Top.”

>>23035237
Sadam poisoned an entire city.
The
Entire
City.

Any objection from the people who were around back then is not "They're worse than the previous regime" it's "Why the fuck are they still here?"

>>23035292
>>23035326
You guys are probably right, I'm just paranoid. We've got a likable sniper and we're going to a resort town. I don't want Sushi getting Lugo'd.

>[x] You got it, Top.

Finally, we get to talk to our senior NCO.

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>[] “You got it, Top.”

“No problemo, sarn't. What's up?”

“Well, we don't really have the time to beat around the bush, so I'll just be blunt. I'm really worried for Patterson. This is the first time she's seen fighting, like, real fighting. Thing she didn't tell you is that she was in Alaska, but never saw any of that before getting shunted here. It may be an issue.”

You stop to think for a moment. Shit, how old had Mary Patterson said she was? Fifteen? Maybe, that sounded about right.

“Top, shouldn't she still be in the Academy?”

“Uh, should. The war pushed them to speed up lessons. But she says she was already pretty far into the curriculum and speeding it up just got her out faster.”

“So she's our baby.”

“....um. Sure. If you want to put it like that.”

Great. So now on top of a war you should be fighting on a different front, you've got a rookie to watch out for.

“Super. Just keep an eye on her, top. Let me know if we need to get her out of here.”

“Yessir.” She replies, turning to leave.

You slide back down the turret and into your seat. Michael, without looking up, tears a piece of paper off from his notebook and hands it to you. On it, specific routes and your time of departure, fifteen minutes from now.

“Predator's S-2 called. Wanted to make sure you saw this.” He says, still scribbling away on whatever he was writing before.

>wat do?

>>23035680
Put the word out, Penetrators are ready to roll in twelve mikes.

>>23035680
>[x] Pass the info along. Mount up and roll out.

>Patterson
>Rookie
Fun

>>23035680

>Thought I heard something a few blocks over. Must be just losing my mind, sir.

See if Anderson is still around or did he go off to explore whatever was making that noise.

Time to rouse the crew. Perhaps go wake our witches up ourselves.

>>23035680
Get the word out, and let's get ready to roll.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x88HTu0pFSA

>>23035680
Tell the unit to be ready to move out in 10 minutes. Get Rockfield to wake up the Witches, and inform Anderson to get his men up on the tanks.

>>23035680
[x]"Penetrators! Pack up and roll out!"

>>23035751
Don't get them on the tanks until we are just about rolling, no need to sit around making targets of ourselves.

>>23035735
I'm going to second this
We don't need many surprises right now.

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Figuring for the best, you decide to rouse everyone. You bring your two sleeping tanks on line before passing the radio handset to Michael. He silently clips it to his armor before setting back to writing. Your curiosity bounds as to what he's writing, but there's more important things to handle right now.

Your first order of business is to wake up your witches. One one hand, this is a great opportunity for a prank. On the other, you're not quite sure if there's time to do so. Deciding to err with caution and practicality, you decide to just kick in the door and play a crude rendition of reveille. Ooishi sits bolt upright in the center of the tangle of witches, bringing most of the poncho liner with her, a sixty year old ka-bar knife in her hands. Rosalez, not to be outdone, rolls to the side of her makeshift bed, and levels her baretta at you. Patterson rolls over and groans, muttering about how it's too early.

“A ka-bar, a Baretta, and a dreaming witch. I don't think I've ever been more threatened in my life. Someone wake up Mary, we're moving in ten mikes. And gimme my damn poncho liner back! We're in a desert, you don't need a blanket!” You say, reaching out to grab the nylon blanket.

“You know, captain, I don't know why you still think it's yours. I use it more than you!” Ooishi protests, holding the liner close. “I'm keeping it! Get your own!”

You sigh, having been through this conversation several times, each time with someone different. On one hand, maybe you'll be able to get a new one in a different color now. You'd need to talk to a supply Sargent for that, though.

>>23036398

2/2

Next order of business is finding Lieutenant Anderson and having his boys get ready. It's more than easy enough, himself and his eleven troopers milling about near their vehicles. Meaney and Nicky have started talking about the .50 on your tank, and how it never seems to see much use. The defense, of course, being that a 120mm cannon does just as much damage as a fifty would.

A quick knock on your hatch has Anderson standing on your vehicle, once again.

“Hey, sir. We whipped up a little present for your boys. Came up with the supply vehicles.”

He hands down three shortened shotguns and an XM4 carbine.

“Don't get me wrong, sir. I know tanks are a shitpile harder to kill than we are, but if anything goes wrong...well, it wouldn't look too good on my record if I've got a dead company commander on my record.”

[] “Thanks, LT. Get comfy.”
[] “Aw hell, just what we needed.”
[] other.

>>23036407
[x] “Thanks, LT. Get comfy.”

It's only bad luck if we act like it's bad luck.

>>23036407
>[x] “Thanks, LT. Get comfy.”
Hell yea.

>>23036407
>[] “Thanks, LT. Get comfy.”
[x] Other
"You find whatever it was that was making that noise, LT?"

>>23036407

>[] “Aw Thanks, LT. Appreciate it. Get comfy, we're moving out in 10.”

>[x] “Aw hell, just what we needed.”
We've been nice and professional up to now. Time to show Anderson we can also get our moto on.

SF-types appreciates that.

>>23036407
>>23036501
Fuck, that's me. Linked

>>23036407
[X] “Thanks, LT. Get comfy.”
Time to roll out.

>>23036407
[x] “Thanks, LT. Get comfy. By the way, did you find out what was making that noise earlier?"

>>23036407
>[] “Aw hell, just what we needed.”
Moto time.

>>23036407
[x] “Thanks, LT. Get comfy.”

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>[] “Thanks, LT. Get comfy.”

You inspect one of the shotguns, and after finding it to your liking, you stash it behind your seat.

“Thanks LT. Get comfy somewhere, be about an hour and ahlf, give or take before we get where we're headed.”

The man nods before pushing your hatch towards you. “Luck, sir.”

“Skill, LT.”

You pull your hatch shut, sealing the filtration system. Immediately, the AC kicks on, bringing the vehicle to a comfortable 75.

“Alright Hans, let's go. Straight up to the border.”

Through your viewports, you see your two recon witches, Ooishi and Seigel, peel out, putting as much distance between them and your main column as safely possible. Leaving the city of Khafji behind you in a storm of dust, you can't help but wonder just how stealthy one can be.

The drive up is, to put it simply, incredibly boring. Intel had reported that the eastern Iraqi push, the one you opposed directly, would leave behind a rearguard somewhere near the border station, but you haven't found one yet, nor have your recon elements. While tense, it's also a quiet drive up. Passing the Kuwait-Saudi border station and finding it in ruin, you can't help but shake your head. Bullets have pockmarked the once regal building, and cannon fire have torn the walls apart.

Once across the border, Seigel's voice breaks over the tac net.

“Sir, Iraqi recon elements up ahead of us. Only, they don't look like Iraqi units. Two tanks, unknown make and model. Definitely not friendly though, both of them are wearing bloc flags. They're not anything we've ever seen, honestly. Interrogative, what exactly would you like us to do?”

>well?

>>23037001

Hmm, new models of tanks?

I say we fan out and take them down anyways but try to aim for a mobility or mission kill.

Theres gonna be a bunch of folks who'll want to pick these things over.

Also drop off our green berets first before we engage. No sense in carrying them into a tank fight.

>>23037001
>Possible Marstech

Observe and report, keep a bead on them until we can get in position for the whole unit to open up. More details on what exactly they look like.

>>23037001
See if we can fan out, encircle them, while Seigel and Ooishi take aim at the tracks.
Have Anderson and his men dismount.
We go for a mobility kill if we can; Command will want these tanks to study.

>>23037140
>Marstech
You know, the Martians had anti-grav technology. I wonder why we haven't seen any hovertanks, or at least, fast recon IFV's using hover tech.

>>23037079
But if we just mobility kill them, then they can report that they just got taken out. Just fan out and kill em after reporting it to command.

>>23037159
I doubt Russians have anything from Marstech, just something bastardized from martian PoWs and captured MW goods.

>>23037159
We have. They are called Strikers.

All the really good Marstech requires psionics to operate.

>>23037167

The potential for intelligence should take precedence. If its a big enough find, we might be retasked.

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“Alright, let's keep it simple. Keep your eyes on them, let me know if they do something bonkers. Can you describe them?” You ask, not wanting to let the concern creep into your voice. The last time you were faced with something you've never seen before, it was the Bitch, and you had to drop a lot of ordinance on that sumbitch to kill it.

“I could, sir. Hard to compare it to something. Looks kinda like a T-80 from the front, only smaller. Lower profile, a little wider. Gun looks about the same, and it's covered in that ERA shit as far as I can see. Skirts cover most of the wheels. Really boxy ass end of the turret, front bit is razor sharp. Hard angles. If I'm being honest, sir, I don't think this is something we want to get in a fight with.” She replies, whispering now. “Sushi's not getting anything on her IR scope, and I can't hear a thing out of them. No engine noises, no crew chatter, nothing. They're there, though, sir. And from the looks of it, they've been in the shit for a while. They were probably part of what was pushing Khafji.”

You tap your finger against your chin, trying to think of a way to get past them without invoking a fight. It's not that you don't think you'd kick their ass, it's that you trust your recon elements. If not Seigel, than Ooishi. Even though she's a blanket thief.

>>23037702

2/2

You flick the radio over to the company net.

“I'm open to suggestions, people.” No doubt they were listening in anyway.

Anderson is the first to respond. “Doesn't sound like anything I've ever heard of, sir. Some T-80 variant, maybe? I'm not seeing a route around them, though, unless you wanna skirt the coast. Any Iraqi gunboats out there would have our number for sure. Either way, if you decide to get in a fight, do us a solid and let us bail off your vehicles beforehand. Don't wanna get turned into paint.”

Rockfield breaks next. “Didn't you see something like this in Germany, sir? Some new thing that nobody had ever seen? That line breaker thing? Why don't we just treat it like that and dump air on their heads?”

Your reply is double quick to Rockfield's suggestion. “Because we don't know if we have air. I think the zoomies are busy with keeping Iraqi air down to a minimum.”

“Can't we at least try, sir?”

[] “Negative, we're gonna just go around. Won't be our problem, we're just gonna push to the objective.”
[] “I don't see why not. If the air force opens up something for us to use, we'll go at 'em.”
[] other.

>>23037712
[x] “I don't see why not. If the air force opens up something for us to use, we'll go at 'em.”

Better safe than sorry. Drop a couple 500 pounders on them see how that treats em.

>>23037712

Don't call the airforce.

[x] Call in a fire mission

Saudi artillery should at least know how to shoot.

>>23037712
>>23037757
Also, we're near the coast, so we should be in spitting distance of any carrier groups that might be nearby. Can't hurt to try.

>>2303702
>>23037712
>[] “I don't see why not. If the air force opens up something for us to use, we'll go at 'em.”

>>23037772
>Saudi artillery should at least know how to shoot.
Ha. Ha ha. Ha ha ha! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!

>>23037772
>Trusting Saudi artillery to hit two individual tanks in the middle of the desert.

Yeah, no. Artillery is for massed formations, not precision strikes.

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>>23037712
>[x] “I don't see why not. If the air force opens up something for us to use, we'll go at 'em.”

Lets take a shot, but if we don't have the Air Support, pass the info along and go around.

>>23037797
Blame World of Tanks

>>23037712
>[] “I don't see why not. If the air force opens up something for us to use, we'll go at 'em.”

>>23037712
[x] “I don't see why not. If the air force opens up something for us to use, we'll go at 'em.”

Can't just leave them here to fuck up the next unit that comes along.

>>23037814
Oh, PISS. It IS a Black Eagle, isn't it?

>>23037712

>[] “I don't see why not. If the air force opens up something for us to use, we'll go at 'em.”

Gotta blow shit up.

>>23037712
>[] “I don't see why not. If the air force opens up something for us to use, we'll go at 'em.”
We can at least ask. At the very least, we can see how they react.

>>23037840
Yeah, we're going to have to engage them, since I don't like the idea of having two unknowns at our backs. That means they can ambush us, cut off our retreat, or delay reinforcements. These guys gotta go.

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>>23037860
Or this.

>>23037712
Fully kitted out T-90 with Shtora-1 and Nakidka and all that jazz? welp might as well just take them out now, cause bomb targeting is gonna be fuzzy but oh hell they have LWR as well so they'll know either way.

[x] “I don't see why not. If the air force opens up something for us to use, we'll go at 'em.”

>>23037881
>>23037884
It's more plausible that it's a Black Eagle, since the 90 and 95 weren't developed until after the 90s.

If it's any consolation, besides the Western style turret, the Black Eagle shouldn't be any better than a standard T-80, since it's literally the same chassis.

>>23037860
If it is and it isn't putting out IR it means their turbines are shut off and they take a little while to spin up.

Unless it's got a diesel in this universe.

>>23037712
>[] “I don't see why not. If the air force opens up something for us to use, we'll go at 'em.”
First, lets see if we can lay eyes on them directly. Perhaps see if anyone is home. Might be neat capturing some interesting shit.

>>23037975
well the pic is a t-90, has Shtora-1 and stuff

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>>23038049
Turret rear ain't too boxy.

>>23037975
>>23037990
>>23037997
I'm throwing my vote in with Black Eagle, and seeing as its not got IR dazzlers that we can tell its not in any position to start fighting real quick, unless its got a good crew.

Good news is its hull is still a piece of shit, just punch it in the face with a kinetic perpetrator through the lower glacis and its done for

>>23038131
>perpetrator
goddammit auto correct

meant penetrator*

>>23038156
Well, a kinetic penetrator is often the perpetrator in the case of a destroyed tank.

>>23037712
[x] Shoot tonk in face.

>>23038131
Unfortunately Kontakt-5 laughs at KE penetrators.

>>23038235
Five rounds rapid, and there won't be kontakts for long.

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>[] “I don't see why not. If the air force opens up something for us to use, we'll go at 'em.”

“Yeah, I'll get on the horn with the Air Force right now. Gimme a minute.”

Your vehicles roll to a halt just outside of a tiny hamlet while you switch over to your division radio frequency. Much to your surprise, General Garrison himself answers your calls.

“Predator actual. Send your traffic, Chaos actual. Over.”

“Roger, uh, my recon elements are reporting a pair of bloc tanks that we've never seen before and advising we don't go in and mix it up with them. Interrogative, any chance the zoomies want to come drop some hate on these assholes for us? Over.”

“Chaos actual, wait one.”

You take a quick swig of water from the bottle wedged between computer consoles before Garrison comes back over the net.

“Chaos actual, predator actual. They've got a pair of Eagles that are milling around, callsign 'basher.' How copy, over?”

“Solid. Out.”

You flip your net over once more, making contact with the air force drivers. They're about twenty miles out, and close the gap over your targets double quick.

“Alright Basher, I'm handing you over to raven, Chaos FAC. Move some mud for us, wouldja boys?” You say over the radio.

Thifty five thousand feet up, basher takes a deep breath of oxygen from his mask. “You got it, Chaos. Out.”

>>23038291

2/2

Seigel has obviously done this more than once, and expertly vectors in the eagle's attack run. They approach from the east, along the coast, before pickling off their bombs and peeling back south. The munitions cut through the Kuwaiti air, screaming towards their targets.

From inside your vehicle, you're able to hear the muffled crumps of the detonations, knowing that they were some distance off. Seigel contacts you immediately afterwards.

“There's something we missed, sir. These things fired up and moved before those shots connected. Killed a shitpile of glass, but that's about it. They're headed straight towards us, we're coming straight back to you. Sushi, pack it up. I don't care! Pack it up! We're leaving!”

[] “Oh hell. All vehicles, ready up! Anderson, dismount!”
[] “No no! Don't bring them to us! Run them straight south into the house guards!”
[] other.

>>23038309

>[] “Oh hell. All vehicles, ready up! Anderson, dismount!”

Did the chair force boys drop all their ordinance?

>>23038309
>[x] “Oh hell. All vehicles, ready up! Anderson, dismount!”

FUCK.

>>23038309
>[] “Oh hell. All vehicles, ready up! Anderson, dismount!”

>>23038309

[x] “Oh hell. All vehicles, ready up! Anderson, dismount!”

Don't we have some special penetrator ammo?

Better load it up.

>>23038309
>[] “Oh hell. All vehicles, ready up! Anderson, dismount!”
Wait, for that kind of reaction time...
No, they couldn't have incorporated the electric motor systems from the T-95, could they?

>>23038309
[x] “Oh hell. All vehicles, ready up! Anderson, dismount!”

They've either got really good IR, Martian magic-detectors, or really really good eyes.

Ain't nobody sees JDAMs coming, they must have spotted the witches and did the math.

>>23038309

[x] “No no! Don't bring them to us! Run them straight south into the house guards!”

Their problem, not ours. Time for them to get bloodied.

>>23038309
>Saw airstrike coming, started up and buggered off instantly

Air-search radar and diesel engines?

>>23038368
Could be. Diesel-hybrid drive ain't that hard to do.

>>23038335
more like the tanks LWR and RWR clued them in and they bugged out. in any case, we have a problem as M892A1 does all of jack and shit against Soviet ERA, but I guess that means we will have to gang up on these dudes

[x] “Oh hell. All vehicles, ready up! Anderson, dismount!”

>>23038309
>[x] “Oh hell. All vehicles, ready up! Anderson, dismount!”
>[x] other.

Draw them past us and open up when their thinner side armour is exposed.

>>23038309

[x] “Oh hell. All vehicles, ready up! Anderson, dismount!”

AND

[x] Radio in the house guards. BACKUP

[x] “Oh hell. All vehicles, ready up! Anderson, dismount!”

>>23038406
No air-search radar on a tank, but they might be on the horn with somebody who has one.

>>23038411

I was wondering if the eagles had ordinance for a second run against that thing.

>>23038309
[X] “Oh hell. All vehicles, ready up! Anderson, dismount!”
PROTECT THE WAIFUS. WAIT I MEAN WITCHES.

>>23038309
>[] “Oh hell. All vehicles, ready up! Anderson, dismount!”
We're not dropping this on the House Guards. No way they can handle a shiny new toy like this one.

>>23038420

>Radio in Backup

YES

Call in what support we can.

>>23038411 Here.Amending my vote to include
[x] Call in backup

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>[] “Oh hell. All vehicles, ready up! Anderson, dismount!”

“Aw Christ. Anderson, bail! Get somewhere where you can do something other than die! Norton! Bring the company around the left! Rockfield, get on line with Booze Hound! We'll have Seigel and Ooishi run through our lines and we'll jump 'em when the run up against us!”

Your orders are carried out quickly and effectively, Mister Fister leading the other three vehicles of your company out to the left, with your three non-recon witches forming up on either side of you. Rosalez takes a knee, her Ma Deuce pointed down the line exactly where your cannon is. Patterson stands above her, 50mm gun at the ready.

“Sir, these things don't have normal guns either! They're firing at us but we can't hear a damned thing! Sushi, c'mon! Stop dawdling!” Seigel says, shouting over the radio.

“Just make it back to the line, Seigel. The penetrators look after our own.” You reply, reassuring her...you hope.

What feels like hours later, Seigel races through your lines, a very worn out looking Ooishi behind her.

“Captain, I got something on the scope. Real fuzzy though, I can't see exactly what it is Say they're about a klik out. There's a pair of 'em though, reason enough to believe that our new friends are here.” Norton, over in Mister Fister says.

[] “We'll play this one like germany, boys. Let 'em come in a bit closer, and we'll give it to 'em.”
[] “Hit 'em now!”
[] other.

>>23038309
[x] “Oh hell. All vehicles, ready up! Anderson, dismount!”
[x] Call in backup.
[x] Tell the Eagles they missed and if they have any more ordnance to circle around for another run.

>>23038383
No JDAMs, this is back in the bad old laser guided days.

>>23038751

>[] “We'll play this one like germany, boys. Let 'em come in a bit closer, and we'll give it to 'em.”

>>23038751
>[] “Hit 'em now!”
We've got no idea what the range is on those guns.
And silent? Captured Martian Maser Cannons retrofitted to work on a Soviet tank with a Martian POW with a brain butchered into submission controlling it?

>>23038751
[x] “Hit 'em now!”

THIS IS NOT LIKE GERMANY. THEY CAN SEE US.

>>23038751
Let's peel off and try and get them to play their hand early by taking a shot and scooting towards them early. Let the rest of the penetrators get a shot off after that.

>>23038751
>Quiet firing
ATGMS?

>>23038751
>Real fuzzy though
fuck me those cheater have IR dazzlers, everyone switch to non-IR optics

>>23038751
>[] “We'll play this one like germany, boys. Let 'em come in a bit closer, and we'll give it to 'em.”

>>23038751
>[x] “Hit 'em now!”
>[x] Or bug out
I don't like the sound of this. First they dodge an air-strike, and now they're shooting something invisible--I'm assuming masers because they're invisible.

They either have contact with a radar unit, or they have extremely sophisticated electronic warfare gear. Either way, sitting still and hoping they won't see us is not a viable option.

Switch to non-IR optics and hit them now or bug out. Because if we sit tight, our ass is cooked.

>>23038751
>[x] “Hit 'em now!”

It not like Krautland, they see us.

>>23038751
Shoot them now and shoot them a lot. Keep shooting them.

>>23038751
{x] shoot and scoot, and switch to nonIR optics.

>>23038751
>“Sir, these things don't have normal guns either! They're firing at us but we can't hear a damned thing!

Someone post the picture of the phallic tank silencer

>>23038751
>They're firing at us but we can't hear a damned thing!
Ah, shit. Railgun?
>[] "Hit 'em now!"

>>23038751
Here's a thought. Can we use our cannister shot to wreck the enemy's ERA and then follow up with an AP round?

>>23038751
>[] “Hit 'em now!”
switch to non-IR optics and fuck them up

>>23038935
IIRC, railguns make a hell of a lot of noise.

>>23038896
73 easting.

i actually met kilgore. hes an ltc and washed up

>>23038937
Not at this range, but up close maybe.

>>23038937
Only within 600m. So no, not really.

>>23038963
lets do some fucking berm drills and move up there..

Fuck, at some point, get behind a berm, jump out, run up and use our fucking binos.

>>23039014
Hell yeah. Commanders used to fight unbuttoned all the time for extra sitch-awareness.

Not a bad idea. It gets us within Canister-range to mess up their ERA and gets us better intel.

That is, provided the terrain allows us to.

>>23039070

SA works fine too. I'm army, I can handle it.


But, guys still do it. Jump out, run up to the side of the hill, observe, jump back in, and move out.

[X] “Hit 'em now!”
The Abrams' longer range will allow us to pelt away at the tanks at a reasonable rate. If anything getting more hits is critically important due to not know that the fuck we are going against.

>>23039101
btw, why haven't we reported this up? Is the BFT good? do we still have voice with CO/BN?

>>23034577
No its not.
Its the fucking mission.

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>[]“Hit 'em now!”

“Hit 'em! Fuckin' hit 'em!” you shout into the radio. Booze Hound roars it's mighty challenge, sending a silver bullet penetrator right at the targets. Your other six available guns do the same, kicking up a torrent of dust and sand from the desert floor. After catching their breaths, Ooishi and Seigel join in as well, bringing almost the full destructive power of your company to bear.

The torrent of weapons fire is heavy indeed, two of your tanks firing while the other half of your company is reloading. You watch the witches enhanced rounds sail into the could, knowing that they're doing their own damage.

You allow Nicky to fire six times, having full confidence that your gunner was scoring hits. Your other tanks follow suit, until you manage to call a ceasefire on the radio. Everyone begins checking their weapons, Michael wiping several beads of sweat from his forehead. Rockfield, reloading her SAW's box magazine, immediately looks up.

“Oh. Oh shit.” She mutters.

Looking up, and watching the last of the dust settle, you're able to see what's got her so concerned. A faint shimmer of blue shielding covering both the tanks shines through the night, leaving no mistake in your mind at all who the crew of these vehicles were.

>>23039339
==

That's it for tonight, anon!
I'm sorry I had to cut it short, we got where I wanted to leave this thread a lot faster than I thought we would, and I'm double sorry that I started late. I'll try to make sure it doesn't happen again, next week. Unfortunately, it would seem as though my schedule is picking up. I should have when I'm free by next Tuesday, so pay attention in Ghost's thread!

Thanks everybody, it was fun!

>>23039339

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

[x] BACK BACK GET THE FUCK AWAY
[x] CHAOS ACTUAL. WITCHES IN A MAGIC TAAAAANK SEND EVERYTHING

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>>23039339
Call the French, we need one of these.

>>23039339
Fuck shit fuck holy shit fuck

>>23039339
So that must mean that they have a magic focus installed inside the tank, and at least 1 Witch to act as the Shield Operator.

The only thing I can think of is to get the Witches onto our tanks, 2 Witches to a tank (1 to concentrate on shields, the other to concentrate on magically enhancing our 120mm cannon), or have the Witches go out and around and try to hit the enemy witch tanks from behind and the sides while we hit them from the front, to force the tanks to evenly distribute their shields and hope that we can wear them down faster.

>>23039339
BROKEN ARROW! BROKEN ARROW!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBJLrpbokWA

>>23039421
It's gotta be multiple witches in there. I don't think a single witch could stand up to a direct hit from an DU round, much less dozens of them.

>>23039339
>Looking up, and watching the last of the dust settle, you're able to see what's got her so concerned. A faint shimmer of blue shielding covering both the tanks shines through the night, leaving no mistake in your mind at all who the crew of these vehicles were.
Oh, FUCK.
>>23039451
Broken Arrow (in that usage, rather than in the nuke-related usage) is Vietnam era, and was used to call CAS on a position being overrun. We don't qualify just yet.

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>>23039339
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITvmgOj3HHQ

What I'm imagining the opposition as.

>>23039485

>Garupan

Dammit, stop making me feel bad about wanting to kill that tank and all inside it.

Just typical; running into Witch Tanks while getting stuck with a normal one. But where did they get the idea from?

>>23039484
I'm pretty sure WITCH POWERED MBTS would count as "call in every fucking plane you've got".

>>23039513
Obviously the crazies in SWQ who advocating sticking witches onto bombers to make them literal flying fortresses.

>>23039513

Who else do you blame but the fucking Eagle with a shield?

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>>23039513
>But where did they get the idea from?
FROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONK!

>>23039467
Maybe not. Because it's an MBT, maybe they have a fuckhuge focusing crystal, or even a half-dozen of them in a massive focusing array, allowing a single Witch to more efficiently channel their magic into the witch tank.

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>>23039525
>>23039537

>JAAAAK- I MEAN FROONK

You cannot hide from your shame, anon.

>>23039530
>Who else do you blame but the fucking Eagle with a shield?
>Eagle

Tomcat, you nonce.

>>23039559
Fuck off Descartes. Don't you have someone to be giving the dick?

>>23039573
Actually, it was the Blackcat, which is less of a tomcat than a Mudhen is an Eagle.

>>23039574

He can't give the dick when he is BEING the dick.

>>23039546
>fuckhuge focusing crystal, or even a half-dozen of them in a massive focusing array
Or, using their Martian POW's, the Soviets developed a Psi-Magic Amplifier.

>>23039339
Of all the possible ways our bro could have fucked us over, THIS?

FROOOOOOOOOOONK!

>>23039573

His nickname anon.

Fronk's nickname.

>>23039614
But he HATES that nickname.

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>>23039620

All the more reason to use it.

We're not Fronk right now, we're JAKE.

And we'll use it EVERY CHANCE WE GET.

>Witch powered automatic rifle acts like it's an auto-cannon
>Witch powered MBT cannon acts like ?????

I'm scared.

>>23039635
My guess? Acts like a MOAB.

>>23039635
Yeah, fuck fighting these things head on. We gotta kill them with as much BVR shit as we can.

even with Frank flying I doubt such a set up could be quickly made. What's next some absurd super witch tank with 5 witches in it? I mean it seems Mouse is fond of "shit happens all the time"

>>23039655
Rockeye time?

All the CBU-87s and Artillery we can call in ALL OF IT.

Do T-80s have stabilizers? It seems our best bet is either to get the fuck outta dodge, or close the distance at full speed and see if the cannister can fuck them shields.

>>23039655

I get the feeling that the shielding might not be omnidirectional.

Remember that only Viper had the ability to have two shields at once.

Even if they have multiple witches throwing up shields, I don't think they can handle cluster munitions if they're dropped everywhere.

Otherwise spreading out and engaging from all directions would be how to do it. We'll eventually catch them from a direction without a shield though we'll definitely lose people.

>>23039734
We also need to use our numbers to our advantage. The Abrams start maneuvering or go hull down to draw their fire while the witches and Anderson's guys move to flank them.

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>>23039723
Yes they do.

>>23039791
>>23039734
>>23039655

Or we could, y'know, just disengage and bypass them.

>>23040354
Considering they already know we're here, bypassing them is going to be a bit difficult. Not to mention our Saudi allies are eventually going to run into them too.

>>23040406

Still easier than getting into a protracted firefight behind enemy lines. We might be able to wear them down, but we'll people in the process if these guys are at all competent.

Moreover, they aren't our mission.

>>23040545

*lose people

>>23040545
>>23040549
How do you propose to get Anderson's men remounted while under fire from those witch tanks?
Also, while they may not be as fast as Tank Witches, that doesn't necessarily mean that we'll be able to outrun them.
They were pretty close behind Ooishi and Seigel, so they're fairly fast.

>>23040545
You do realize, even if we can outrun them, leaving them in our rear presents a whole host of different problems for us.

Guys. Guys. GUYS. We're overthinking this.

What's /tg/'s military solution to everything? Throw A-10s at it. This will actually work in this situation. They can't block air support and tanks at the same time. They'll have to chose one or the other, and that will be the death of them.

Just get on the horn and start screaming for every mud mover in the theatre. This enemy calls for that kind of response.

>>23040725
Which is why I suggested this >>23039451

This must be what it felt like being an Allied tank crew when the Tigers first entered the field.

Those two tanks just shrugged off the combined firepower of 7 Abrams and 5 Witches. I don't want to see what those Witch Tank guns can do if they're allowed to switch from shields to gun enhancement.