Big trouble for Magnus

MilesTeg

MilesTeg

.338 Win Mag
U.S. Military
Messages
5,046
Reaction score
6,426
Location
Madison Co.
Well considering you don't have explosives, support or numbers I recommend retreat and fine a fight that has better odds in your favor. If your intent on fighting here's what I'd do.

First do 2 road blocks right up front. Make these good so that they have to work to clear them. The best way to do this is with dropping trees in a V shape with the bottom of the V towards the convoy. Set up a third one around the bend labeled ambush #2. If you can do this in a manner that they can't see it until they are fully in the bend. Note the first 2 blockades we're to get them use to getting out of their vehicle to clear and also to tire them out.

Personal placement, normally you would not want to have people firing towards each other but at this point your already screwed so that's out the door. you will need to place 2 people on either side of the bend. Your best shot should be placed on the drivers side in the final position. This is the guy that triggers the fight. The others should be staggered with known fields of fire. If they need to drive sticks in the ground or mark trees do it!

The engagement plan. The last man waits until the convoy is stopped and the personal is out of the trucks. He opens fire when he has a clear shot at the driver or can take a shot so to disable the rear vehicle from leaving. After that everyone unleashes hell until the leader calls seize fire. From here everyone changes for a fresh Mag and suit through the convoy finishing the engagement. Assuming your alive and still have the manpower send your fastest person to the rear to drop more trees like before and watching for reinforcements. The rest of the people left pillage for supplies. once everything is recovered pack up and get out of there as fast as possible.
 
Drinkthekoolaid

Drinkthekoolaid

.475 A&M Magnum
U.S. Military
Messages
14,764
Reaction score
25,615
Location
Unfortunately, NY
Your outnumbered and have a kid, who knows how the people that are with you will react when actually shooting at people and those people are shooting back at you.

Hypothetically speaking I am assuming the blue hats have all the capabilities of a modern army.

If you couldn't catch them by surprise and kill them all within about 30 seconds you would be up a creek. Pretty quickly they would use their numbers to return fire at a superior rate while calling for support. If there was a drone in the area you are SOL you will not escape. Even an unarmed drone will track you potentially gathering SIGINT and at the opportune moment you will be droned, killed in an airstrike, ambushed yourself or tracked to your loved ones.

In this particular scenario I would try like hell to avoid conflict.

If at some point you had to engage blue hats you should do so when you are at a significant advantage. They have comms, re enforcement, air support, FLIR and Infrared, heavy weapons, armored vehicles, military training etc... You would need to find a way to stage the field totally in your favor. Surprise stealth attack at night in a rainstorm or snowstorm while most are sleeping etc..

Try to find a way to use IEDs, Molotov cocktails, traps, dig an anti vehicle ditch and conceal it.
 
Magnus

Magnus

6.5 Creedmoor
Messages
2,053
Reaction score
2,385
Location
Yonkers, NY
Damn you guys have some good stuff. Apparently my kid is ok with me strapping c4 on him.

In this situation I would high tail it to ambush 3 in order to escape. Fighting would be a last resort to buy some time for others to escape. If I had to attack to survive it would be from ambush 2 after they have passed, opening fire from the rear with one set. After they get in formation to attack set two will open fire from the other side. If they're an advanced group I would be SOL once their friends show up.
 
Criticalt

Criticalt

.338 Win Mag
Messages
8,222
Reaction score
15,318
Location
WNY
This is why I will be bringing my Savage 110 BA when the SHTF. Its heavy but I can take out these guys from 2000 yards, they wont even see me. At least thats the plan.
 
prambo

prambo

.475 A&M Magnum
Messages
17,503
Reaction score
40,469
Location
P
FLA45fan said:
Ok I'm in . . . If this is your main location you may be in a lot of trouble. You have to get the communication guys first, look for radio antennas and get them. If not, the drones will follow and you're toast even if you win the encounter. Hopefully you have set up choke points, funnels if you will, and have time to get in place. Get the ones in the front and back, so there is no retreat. Comm guys first, drivers next. If you are successful capture the vehicles, comm gear and any other necessary gear. Then cover their tracks and make plans to move out soonest. Take what you can, bury the rest to come back to. Move swiftly and decisively. The jeeps will come in handy, the RV is more of a burden, slow, hard to hide, not good for hilly terrain.
Click to expand...

^^^^^^^
Good plan.

If anyone in Magnus' group is proficient in silent and close edged weapons work, get as many as possible quietly first, while all the time having at least a 2-man fire team close enough to provide support in case something goes tits up. If you have a long range capability, and a good place for overwatch, set the best shot there. That will leave 4 for blade work and a small QRF. Assuming you have comms, use "breaking squelch" codes for basic communication.

If the BG's are any good they'll probably have booby traps on any trails and L-shaped ambushes on any roads. Avoid roads, deer trails, etc. - assumed you and your party know the lay of the land intimately. Being troops of occupation they probably have enough training to use various types of ambush tactics. But, if they are "regular" troops, not Ranger of SpecOps types they may well be susceptible to slow, sure and silent infiltration.

Leave the kid with the RV. Any role he/she might play would be determined by their age, exposure to gunfire, etc. If truly desperate (for example, you're all totally screwed if you don't get to the retreat), the kid could be used as a diversion.

While tossing around scenarios like this are fun and instructive, the fact that we even have to consider this is sad. I like this as a scenario based training method - my fiancee and I are too old and banged up to "bug out", so we would stay in place, keep a low profile, and keep our awareness up and locked and loaded.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top