Training day - November 16th at Redditch.

Sgt.Heide · 2008-10-02T13:56:41Z

I'm happy to confirm that we wil be using the Redditch site (the one used for "in the pocket") for our next get together . Date is Sunday November 16th. I've chosen this site for a couple of reasons, first, I'm bored with Hilton Park, second, Redditch brings our members who love in the south a little bit nearer, thirdly, we can use areas where we won't get covered in paintball residue. Cost is Â£10 per head, as usual and this includes hot drinks and hot lunch should we desire it If we can all be there by 0900hrs at the latest, we'll get maximum daylight to play with. Latest update is that there will be a small group of paintballers on site as well. Obviously we will work round them and keep well away. It brings the added advantage of there being a site manager present, so dry kit can be left in the safezone should anyone want to do this. The plan is to 'kit up' on the car park and walk to the safezone. Then, we'll have a quick chat about how we can move the group forward and get some ideas for Operation Lightning next March. Next, a short range session, so people can set hops, test new weapons, etc. Then, we'll have a quick session on judging distance and fire control orders. After this, we will practice section attacks, Waffen SS style. We will also practice making best use of the medic. If time allows, we'll do contact drills and tactical withdrawal under fire as well. Expect to use a fair bit of ammo and bring spare batteries! No need to worry about pyro's, as we have several dummy stick grenades we can use (just don't land one on someones' head! ). We will also rotate the role of squad leader, to give everyone a go and to see if we have any undiscovered heroes among us. We won't be sitting around on our butts all day, expect it to be a bit more challenging (and hopefully interesting) than your average training day. I plan for us to stay 'in the field', so everyone will need to bring some scoff and a brew kit for when we have a break. We'll carry our admin kit with us and leave it somewhere safe when we're training. If it pisses it down, we'll adapt our plans accordingly. This isn't to make things deliberately or unnecessarily hard, it's just that from my experience, a bit of "field living" brings people together faster than sitting on our arses in a safezone and gets players used to wearing their kit, so they can adjust it as needed from their own experience and preference. If anyone is bringing a Tanaka K98, I ask that you run it on 134a gas ONLY for the training sessions please, we're shooting at our comrades here, not the enemy. Ideally, everyone should bring a full auto weapon, as we're going for late war "sturm" squad formation and tactics. Subjects that will be covered are: 1)Judging distance (I will measure out distances to 50 metres) 2)Fire control orders. 3)Preparation for battle. 4)Advance to contact. (With a bit of patrol skills and formations if time allows). 5)Battle drills (squad/section attacks). We will be using period tactics and methods as far as possible (depends on how many sources of info I can find!). I'd also like to familiarise as many people as possible (who want to) with the operation of our new MG42's, so that if they like, they can have a go at being a machine gunner if the gun number 1 gets taken out. So far we have: Myself. My Brother. JD7. Forester. Steiner. Cholmley Warner. Steve.D Lardassmonkey. John M. richardschulze1944.