On tactics..

[MhizZing]

Anyone know what kind of tactics military forces would use? Where or when they'd execute them? Do weapons matter in tactics, and how much do they matter?

Thinking of more questions, i'd like to quench my thirst for this topic. Have mostly no clue what it consists of. =/

[Tank_and_Spank]

I only know tactics from some military forces such as the S.A.S. and the U.S.M.C. the Marines travel in 4 man fire teams in order from left to right in a formation: Pointman: eyes and ears of the team wherever he goes his team follows, Team Lead: commands the fire team what he says is law in a fire team, SAW Gunner/Support Gunner: uses a heavy weapon such as the M249 SAW or any type of LMG that the U.S. Marines use,and finally Assist: there are 3 different types of assists: Medic, Combat Engineer, and DM/Designated Marksman, the medic is self explanatory, while the combat engineer or as you would know him in NotD as Assualtman carries the big boom weapons, and the DM will normally use a rifle modified with a ACOG sight of some sorts rarely uses a sniper that is called a Sniper not a DM. I'll talk about formations later.

[Topaazi]

Christ, could give you a 100 pages of info about military strategical tactics of formations, movements, weaponry etc. All based on my personal experience in the forces. Still serving, still learning.

But basically, most countries have their own methods and tactics - usually mixed up together from various "handbooks" or teachings. Also, depending on your company or platoon, your squads amount of men might vary. For example, here in Finland, basic jaeger squads have 2+6, which includes 2 non-commissioned officers and 6 pfc's/jaegers. Then again, military police squads have 2+4 including 2 non-commissioned officers and only 4 pfcs'/jaegers.

How about weaponry then? In my 2+4 squad, we tend to use long-range rifles, shotguns, assault rifles and pistols. Assault rifles and pistols are every soldiers basic weapons but depending on the mission, some may be given a shotgun or a sniper for tactical advantage. Urban warfare usually requires atleast 1 shotgun in a squad for closequarters combat.

[MhizZing]

Yeh, weaponry sounds good. I've scrounged around for info. on tactics, and i've got the basic idea of what it consists of. Don't get me wrong, I still am clueless, but an inkling of knowledge is better than nothing. Weapons are always a good place to start. :)

[Rhadamant]

Yeh, weaponry sounds good. I've scrounged around for info. on tactics, and i've got the basic idea of what it consists of. Don't get me wrong, I still am clueless, but an inkling of knowledge is better than nothing. Weapons are always a good place to start. :)

Are you talking about things like breaching, bounding overwatch and the like?

[MhizZing]

Mm, I guess so. Things like why a Captain would give certain orders, why would having artillery support at here not there change the flow of battle, etc. Most of it is probably common sense; if you see the bulk of their force going around one way, barrage them and send a small group the other way and get them from behind, or whatever they'd do.

[davidcarl]

Heres a list of some marine corps weapons
@Non-lethal
•CS gas
•OC spray
•Rubber, beanbag, & plastic bullet
•Riot shield
•Baton
•M6/M7 series chemical grenade
•M84 stun grenade
•Sting grenade
•laser dazzler
@Bladed weapons
•M7 bayonet - currently being phased out
•OKC-3S bayonet
•Ka-Bar - generally issued to Marines who carry pistols, machine guns, or other non-bayonet compatible firearms
•Marine non-commissioned officers' sword, 1859-present - ceremonial use only
•Marine Officers' Mameluke Sword, 1875-Present - ceremonial use only
@Pistols
•Beretta M9 9 mm Pistol - standard sidearm, gradually adding M9A1 versions[3][4]
•MEU(SOC) .45 pistol - issued to MEU (SOC) forces
@Rifles & Carbines
•M16A2 & M16A4 Assault Rifles - M16A2 is phasing out
•M4 Carbine
•M4A1 Close Quarter Battle Weapon (CQBW)
•Squad Advanced Marksman Rifle (SAM-R)
•Mark 12 Mod 1 Special Purpose Rifle[5][6][7][8][9][10]
•Designated Marksman Rifle (DMR)
•M39 Enhanced Marksman Rifle
•M40A1 & M40A3 Sniper Rifles
•M82A1A & M82A3 & M107 Sniper Rifles
•Mk 11 Mod 0
@Shotguns
•M870 12-gauge pump
•M1014 12-gauge automatic
•Mossberg 500/590
@Machine Guns
•M2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun
•M240G 7.62 mm Medium Machine Gun
•M249 5.56 mm Squad Automatic Weapon
@Hand Grenades & Grenade Luanchers
•M67 Hand Grenade (Fragmentation)
•AN-M14 Hand Grenade (Incendiary)
•Mk 141 Mod 0 Hand Grenade "flash-bang"
•Smoke Grenade
•M203 40 mm Rifle-Mounted Grenade Launcher
•MK19 40 mm Automatic Grenade Launcher
@Mortars
•M224 60 mm Mortar
•M252 81 mm Extended Range Mortar
@Missile Luanchers
•M136 AT4 Rocket
•Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon (SMAW)
•FGM-148 Javelin Anti-Tank missile
•BGM-71 Tube Launched, Optically Tracked, Wire Guided (TOW) Missile Weapon System
•FGM-172 Predator Short-Range Assault Weapon (SRAW)
•FIM-92 Stinger anti-aircraft missile


There are more weapons and accesories but i didn't put it because there were too many so this was the only i put in here so if you want more go to this page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_weapons_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps

[elliottmatthew]

This all marine corps weapons list is nice. I am doing project on M136 AT4 Rocket and project ends on is next month. But I can 't get right idea which helps to me for successful project. If you have any right idea please send me as soon as possible.