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Reference Material you may find useful
The Art of Darkness: Urban Operations this series of PDF format documents is the basic strategy of all urban environment engagements from a tactical standpoint. It’s quite lengthy and covers vast points including the strategic use of deception in an urban situation, should be some very useful stuff for the underground combat soon to come in core combat.
The complete history of Rorkes Drift: The British vs. the Zulu. This is one of my favorite movies (Michael Cain’s first BTW) and historically one of my favorite battles. It’s truly riveting how a small platoon of Redcoats held off thousands upon thousands of ZULU (albeit with superior weapons). Take note of the ‘horns of the bull’ strat employed by the zulu to encircle their entrenched foes.
All things Napoleon related, formations, nearly every battle, outfit insignia. Maybe a bit on the dated side for future combat, but don't let the age fool you. I own multiple copies of the Art of War by Sun Tzu and I read them often for insight into Battlefield or other on line games i play.
Grunt: The ultimate military site
John Boyd was one of the most brilliant strategists you have most likely never heard of. Even finding stuff on the web that shows his true genius is not easy. But here at least is an image of his famous OODA Loop (observation, orientation, Decision, and Action). It is John Boyd who reinvented the way we do war today, some say. Many place his books next to Sun Tzu on their library shelves.
Ok, this is the one, should be at the top but I wanted to hide it down a bit for anyone who’s really serious about tactics and not just skimming information and maps. Tactical ops is a style of game play adopted by players that reflect real life rules and standard operating procedure. It is INSANELY serious and not for 95% of the playing public (more like 99%) but for the few that enjoy it, there is NO other way to play. The primer’s stoplight fire discipline technique is borrowed heavily from tac gamers fire discipline. As well as some of the Teamspeak etiquette.
Advanced Fighter Tactics Introduction This is an EXTENSIVE page on all types of fighter tactics. It deals with jet fighters as opposed to the VTOL’s we use in Battlefield. It does go over serious issues like one vs many, or two vs two air to air combat. With the exception of barrel rolls which to my knowledge cannot be completed in PS there is a ton of useful information. One quick note, there is a lot of text dealing with two man teams (man / wingman) using the bracket maneuver and some drag / lag technique which, if used properly by a PAIR of flyers is very effective. But be the judge for yourself.
Combat Aircraft.Com Tactics This is a visual representation of a great deal of air to air maneuvers with extensive explanation of how they are achieved. There are over a dozen well defined maneuvers that can be taken from real world examples and moved here into the Battlefield universe. (These two sites deal with air to air combat, which is not covered here in this primer, this is for ground infantry. We will be using our aircraft for air to ground assaults or more often, merely transport.)
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