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ORBATs
Topic Started: Mar 5 2014, 02:49 PM (332 Views)
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An Orbat (Order of Battle) is an essential feature for military operations in 21C. Prior to commencing operations an orbat from both sides must be drawn up and listed in the opening two posts of the conflict thread, this prevents debate and argument during the course of the war over which ships/tanks/planes/men are where and in what numbers and permits the smooth running of the conflict rather than one player waiting days for the disposition of forces to appear before they can act.

No Orbat, no war. End of.

Orbats can be a bit tricky, long winded and a pain in the ass to write depending who you are playing as. Large militaries make it a ballache to list so much hardware and it can be hard work keeping tabs of what's where. Similarly some nations are hard to find reliable information on things like figures, deployments etc so if you're struggling just ask in the military help desk and among the community we will find out what you're after.

Also, keep in mind that you can't really just pull a magical order of battle out of thin air on the eve of/in a war. Reorganizations take time and money (depending on how drastic they are) and peacetime units require significant basing facilities depending on their size. If you are India and go to war with Pakistan, you can't suddenly make up that your whole army is on the border, unless you role-played all the necessary changes to do so earlier and provided resources for such a change (actually, this example is basically impossible, but nevertheless). Following from this, Orders of Battle should be assumed to follow the existing templates, again, unless you change them. For more important militaries, these are well known and can generally be easily found with the powers of google and wikipedia.

Below are some Orbat examples, the first taken from CSJ gives an indication of a very good Orbat. The unit, its location and its strength is listed.

Examples of The Good.

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2 Corps
has been identified in forward positions near Ludhiana. As Western Command's primary strike formation, it represents the single greatest threat among all major formations. II corps includes:

1st Armored Division, with 2 armored and 1 mechanized brigade, is the pirmary strike formation, with:
-275 T-90M Bishima tanks (225 active and 50 reserve/attrition replacements)
-232 BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles
-54 AS90 Braveheart 155mm self-propelled howitzers
-36 2S6M Tunguska air defense systems


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Fleet Command Task Force One
Ships:
Aircraft Carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi
Destroyers: Luigi Durand de la Penne, Francesco Mimbelli (Durand de la Penne-class)
Frigates: 3 Bergamini-Class (FREMM) Frigates
Submarines: 2 Sauro IV class
Corvettes: 3 Minerva-class Corvettes
Compliment: 12 F-35 Lighening II fighter jets, 9 NHI NH90 ASW/ASuW Attack helicopters, 4 AgustaWestland EH101 attack helicopters
Location and Mission: Task Force One is based in Taranto, Italy, though elements of which have been deployed to the Persian Gulf involved in international operations. Two FREMM Frigates are currently part of the NATO/International task force charged with re-opening the Persian Gulf. The remainder of the task force is to travel to the Gulf, and rendezvous with the ship currently operating in-theater against Iranian forces.


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The Royal Australian Marine Regiment (REIN)
Standard Elements
- HQ Company
- Administrative Company
- Support Company (Motorized)
- Alpha Company (Airmobile Light Infantry)
- Bravo Company (Amphibious Light Infantry)
- Charlie Company (Amphibious Light Infantry)
- Delta Company (LAR/Mechanized Infantry)
-- 12x ASLAV
-- 12x ASLAV-PC
-- 4x ASLAV Support
Attached Elements
- Composite Cavalry Company (1 Brigade, Darwin)
-- 12x M1A1AIM
-- 8x ASLAV
- Tiger Detachment (1 Reconnaissance Squadron)
-- 8x Tiger ARH
- MRH 90 Detachment (1 Aviation Squadron)
-- 8x MRH-90 Transport


Examples of The Bad.

On the other hand, this is a very bad orbat. No unit name to indicate organisation, no locations, no precise information on the units.

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1,500 tanks
20,000 soldiers
1,200 APCs
50 SAMs
50 helicopters
40 planes

Or worse yet...
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Everything including the kitchen sink is now flying


Assuming you were facing one or the other of these which would you prefer? I'd assume the former and by that logic it would be good for everyone if combatants adopted a similar layout with levels of detail that permit planning and interaction and don't put people off wanting to fight because one side can't be bothered.

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