The three important members in a squad
Let's say, you and your team picked a point man, so let's go over just what a point man should do: For thoses that don't know what a point man or going on point, is or means. I'll sum it up in a nut shell, a point man is the designated front man, the one up front of all the rest of the team. He is the one that leads the patrol through the area, he's not the lead element or CO. Just the front, lead man at the beginning of the formation. Ok, moving on...the point man leads and scans his 10 o'clock to his 2 o'clock positions. The point man should be far enough ahead of the rest of the team, but in sight of them. Not to close as to not have enough time to warn the team, if he should spot danger. This will of course depend on terrain and visibility. If the point man spots trouble or thinks there is a possible chance of an ambush. He stops and drops down taking cover at a distance from where he thinks there is danger, and with hand signals he alerts the rest of the team. He waits for the team to advance to his position and informs the patrol leader of what he thinks or saw. Then it's up to the patrol leader to determine the next course of action.
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dang near by the manual! little add on, if you have inner team communication capabilities use, that instead of shouting. that way you can possibly set up a hasty ambush and surprise them, or move position and outflank them and come up behind them.
Guess we all know who's team we're not sneaking up on :?
tactics schmatics, the red army way is walk in a line with 1 meter spacings when the first guy gets shot that is the alert of danger and the 2nd man now becomes point and so on.
What a brilliant idea! :shock: who thought that up!? :lol:
of course the Red Army got kicked out of Afghanistan.......... lol
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[quote="airsoftbum2006"]tactics schmatics, the red army way is walk in a line with 1 meter spacings when the first guy gets shot that is the alert of danger and the 2nd man now becomes point and so on.[/quote]
Tree down. Repeat, tree is down.
This is sacair, f*ck tactics. We just wing it!
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people say they just wing it but when it comes down to a game you wish that ur team had some kind of organization so u wont get killed
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so is there a specific place where the gunner, leader etc. are assigned in the line?
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[quote="Andrew"]This is sacair, f*ck tactics. We just wing it![/quote]
[quote="JeppyJay"]so is there a specific place where the gunner, leader etc. are assigned in the line?[/quote]
[quote="NumeroUno"]people say they just wing it but when it comes down to a game you wish that your team had some kind of organization so you wont get killed
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[quote="NumeroUno"]people say they just wing it but when it comes down to a game you wish that your team had some kind of organization so you wont get killed
[quote="Amateur Ninja"]obviously you dont know him.
wow numeruno, pretty cool challenge. you couldnt catch my sarcasm, tactics, in airsoft, arent as useful to the extent of real life. I think we all know the tactics of a line formation, please explain wedges, echelons, vee's etc to us.......
*GASP* You forgot to include weapon configurations!
WOW, you guys are good! and all this time i learned while some a-hole was shooting at me!!! (that was sarcasm guys) :lol: :lol: :lol:
huh? six too many? wha? i got news for ya, we run 6-8! depending on the size of the building, hostages and threat. where's the rto? oh, and don't forget the last one in on the cqb is the tac-med, if ya have one. i know, i know, it's only airsoft! i'm shutting up now :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
seriously, all team members in a squad are important because they all have their specific duties. they come together to perform the mission. that's why it's a team.
seriously, all team members in a squad are important because they all have their specific duties. they come together to perform the mission. that's why it's a team.
6 to 8 huh? what do you play in? a warehouse?
[quote="Kommandant"]6 to 8 huh? what do you play in? a warehouse?
its funny how i pulled up some old army tactics put it in my own words and now people are going into real war tactics
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Oh heck yea man! Not only a seperate tactics forum but a grips and different ways to hold your gun to get the best accuracy in different situtations.
wow, i guess i just got flamed! i guess all the warrant servings we've done and drug lab busts, oh and lets not forget the human smugglers houses that we've raided, we've done it wrong. i'm sorry let me go tell my commander, who has 30 plus years experience that all this time we've been doing it wrong!
=) I'll give you a prime example of what I'm talking about. SWAT and Police units may do 6-8 people, but the US Army and Marines do it with four.
oh no, this isn't a flame war here. i'm just stating, you're reading a manual. i'm talking from experience and trust me, i'm not trying to beat my chest here. now then, during my time with forecon and bn recon, da/hrt and raid was 6-8 man teams. same with the sf unit i was attached to over in a'stan. that my friend was a 12 man a-team. so, yes manuals are good, but reality is better. we use the manual as a GUIDE. but, this has gotten WAY off the original post. So, back to the beginning, basically there is no one important member of a squad, it's the whole team WORKING TOGETHER. That's where the Marine Corps came up with Gung Ho, it's Chinese for Work Together.
[quote="parafrog"]oh no, this isn't a flame war here. i'm just stating, you're reading a manual. i'm talking from experience and trust me, i'm not trying to beat my chest here. now then, during my time with forecon and bn recon, da/hrt and raid was 6-8 man teams. same with the sf unit i was attached to over in a'stan. that my friend was a 12 man a-team. so, yes manuals are good, but reality is better. we use the manual as a GUIDE. but, this has gotten WAY off the original post. So, back to the beginning, basically there is no one important member of a squad, it's the whole team WORKING TOGETHER. That's where the Marine Corps came up with Gung Ho, it's Chinese for Work Together.[/quote]
[quote="Kommandant"][quote="parafrog"]oh no, this isn't a flame war here. i'm just stating, you're reading a manual. i'm talking from experience and trust me, i'm not trying to beat my chest here. now then, during my time with forecon and bn recon, da/hrt and raid was 6-8 man teams. same with the sf unit i was attached to over in a'stan. that my friend was a 12 man a-team. so, yes manuals are good, but reality is better. we use the manual as a GUIDE. but, this has gotten WAY off the original post. So, back to the beginning, basically there is no one important member of a squad, it's the whole team WORKING TOGETHER. That's where the Marine Corps came up with Gung Ho, it's Chinese for Work Together.[/quote]
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