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Provisional Complete Allied Order of Battle: Invasion of Syria 2008


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Using the Map that came with the base game, data from Operations and Scenarios that have come with the base game and all the modules (including some fan made scenarios ), plus research on the Net I wish to present a complete Allied Ground Forces order of Battle for your review. Perhaps this will be of interest to scenario designers. Feedback most welcome.

Attacking from Iraq

US III Corps headquarters

US 2nd Infantry Divison HQ

US 3rd Mech brigade (Stryker) 2nd Inf division.

US 1st Mech brigade (Heavy) 4th Inf division.

US 4th Infantry brigade (IBCT) 4th Inf division.

US 2nd Mech Brigade (Styrker) 25th Inf division. (includes Task force Thunder)

US 1st Cavalry Division HQ

US 1st Mech brigade (Heavy) 1st Cav division

US 2nd Mech brigade (Heavy) 1st Cav division

US 4th Mech brigade (Heavy) 1st Cav division

US 3rd battalion 75th Ranger regiment

Elemements US Special Forces

UK 7th Armoured brigade 1st Armoured division

UK 12th Mech brigade 3rd Inf division

2nd Para battalion

22 SAS regiment

Australia 2nd Cav regiment

Australia 1st Commando company

From Turkey

US 2nd Mech brigade (heavy) 1st Inf division (Includes Task Forces Narwick and Lightning)

US 2nd Airborne battallion 505 Airborne regiment 82nd Airborne division. (includes Task Force Panther)

Elements US Special Forces

FRG 10th Panzer Division HQ

FRG 12th Panzer brigade 10th Panzer division

FRG 23rd Gebirgsjaeger brigade 10th Panzer division

FRG 313th Fallschirmjaeger battlion

FRG Kommando Spezialkräfte battallion

Franco-German Mech brigade

French 6 Mech brigade

French 2 armored brigade

French 43rd infantry regiment

1st Parachute-Marine regiment

Netherlands 13th Mech brigade

Netherlands Korps Commandotroepen Special Forces battalion

Canadian 1st Mech brigade

Italian Ariete Armored brigade

185 RAO Folgore Special Operations regiment

Spanish 2/10 Armored battalion

Spanish 1/3 Airborne battalion

Spanish 3rd Special Forces battalion

Belgian 1st Parachute battalion

Polish 2nd Special Operations Forces battalion

Portugese A company 1st Parachute battalion

Portuguese 1 Commando companybattalion

Czech 43rd Airborne battalion

Denmark Recon battlion 1st division

Romanian 1st Special Operations battalion

Syrian Coast

US 2nd Marine Regimant 2nd Maraine Division

US 22nd Marine Expediciary Unit (battalion +)

US 26th Marine Expediciary Unit (battalion +)

UK 40 Commando Royal Marine (battalion)

Greece 521st Marine battalion

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I would suggest comparing it to sdp's thorough orbat work he has done for his excellent looking MC.

I'm afraid I don't understand. I don't know who sdp is and what is a MC? Marine Campaign?

I was hoping to do an even more detailed version.

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I'm afraid I don't understand. I don't know who sdp is and what is a MC? Marine Campaign?

I was hoping to do an even more detailed version.

MC = Meta Campaign. (Multiplayer campaign map and house rules for an operational layer)

sdp close to kicking one off based in Syria: www.battlefront.com/community/showthread.php?t=84624&page=2

you could try sending him a pm.

Oh, and nice work in the opening post. Thanks for posting it.

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He is refering to Operation Nemesis, which is a metacampaign or MC...here is the link. He has done an unbelievable job in setting up this campaign. I only wish that I truely had the time to participate.

steve-o

Wow what a really great project sdp has made! How have I missed this up to now? I will send him a note. It would be interesting to compare Orders of Battle but obviously he needs to keep his confidential for the Mega Campaign.

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Alright. I'm done with my more detailed Order of Battle with a few small changes:

Attacking from Iraq

US III Corps HQ

US 4/227 Attack Helicopter battalion-AH-64 Apache

US 3 battalion / 75th Ranger regiment

US Elements Special Forces

UK 22 SAS regiment (battalion size unit)

Australia A company / 1 Commando regiment

US 2nd Infantry Divison HQ

US 3rd Mech brigade (Stryker) HQ / 2nd Inf division.

US 8/1 Armored Cavalry battalion

US 1/17 Mech (Stryker) infantry battalion

US 2/1 Mech (Stryker) infantry battalion

US 4/23 Mech (Stryker) infantry battalion

US 3/17 Field Artillery battalion -155mm towed

US 562 Engineer company

US 4th Mech brigade (Heavy) 1st Cavalry division -assigned to 2nd Infantry Division

US 1/9 Armored Cavalry battalion

US 2/7 Mech (Heavy) battalion

US 2/12 Mech (Heavy) battalion

US 5/82 Field Artillery battalion -155mm self propelled

US Mech Engineer Company

US 1st Mech brigade (Heavy) HQ / 4th Inf division -assigned to 2nd Infantry Division

US 7/10 Armored Cavalry battalion

US 1/66 Mech (Heavy) battalion * (actual designation 1/66 Armor)

US 1/22 Mech (Heavy) battalion

US 4/42 Field Artillery battalion -155mm self propelled

US Mech Engineer Company

US 2nd Mech Brigade (Styrker) HQ / 25th Inf division. (includes Task force Thunder) -assigned to 2nd Infantry Division

US 2/14 Armored Cavalry battalion

US 1/14 Mech (Stryker) infantry battalion

US 1/21 Mech (Stryker) infantry battalion

US 1/27 Mech (Stryker) infantry battalion

US 2/8 Field Artillery battalion -155mm towed

US 73 Engineer company

US 1st Cavalry Division HQ * actual designation of Mech (Heavy) battalions in 1st Cav Div are Cavalry. e.g. 2/5 Cavalry battalion

US 1st Mech Brigade (Heavy) HQ 1st Cavalry Division

US 1/7 Armored Cavalry battalion

US 2/5 Mech (Heavy) battalion

US 2/8 Mech (Heavy) battalion

US 1/82 Field Artillery battalion -155mm self propelled

US Mech Engineer Company

US 2nd Mech Brigade (Heavy) 1st Cavalry Division

US 4/9 Armored Cavalry battalion

US 1/5 Mech (Heavy) battalion

US 1/8 Mech (Heavy) battalion

US 3/82 Field Artillery battalion -155mm self propelled

US Mech Engineer Company

US 1st Mech Brigade (Heavy) HQ / 4th Inf Division. -assigned to 1st Cavalry Division

US 7/10 Armored Cavalry battalion

US 1/66 Mech (Heavy) battalion * (actual designation 1/66 Armor)

US 1/22 Mech (Heavy) battalion

US 4/42 Field Artillery battalion -155mm self propelled

US Mech Engineer Company

US 4th Infantry Brigade (IBCT) HQ / 4th Inf Division. -assigned to 1st Cavalry Division

US 3/61 Recon battalion

US 1/12 Infantry battalion

US 2/12 Infantry battalion

US 2/77 Field Artillery battalion -155mm self propelled

US Engineer Co

Commonwealth Desert Force (CDF) -Division HQ

UK Attack Helicopter Squadron (company size unit) -AH-64 Apache

Australia 2 Armoured Cavalry regiment / 1st Brigade / 1st Australian Division (battalion size unit)

UK 2 Parachute regiment / 16th Airborne Brigade (battalion size unit)

UK 7th Armoured Brigade HQ / 1st Armoured Division-assigned to CDF

UK 9/12 Royal Lancers Armoured Cavalry battalion

UK Royal Scots Guards Armoured battalion

UK The Highlanders Mech Infantry battalion

UK 3 Mercian Mech Infantry regiment (battalion sized unit)

UK 2 Royal Fusiliers Infantry regiment (battalion sized unit)

UK 3 Royal Horse Field Artillery battalion -155mm self propelled

UK 32 Mech Engineer regiment (battalion sized unit)

UK 12th Mech Brigade HQ / 3rd Infantry division-assigned to CDF

UK The Light Dragoons Armoured Cavalry battalion

UK The Kings Royal Hussars Armoured battalion

UK 3 Yorkshire Mech Infantry regiment (battalion sized unit)

UK 1 Royal Anglian Mech Infantry regiment (battalion sized unit)

UK 2 Pricess of Wales Infantry regiment (battalion sized unit)

UK 19 Royal Field Artillery reginent (battalion sized unit)

UK 26th Mech Engineer regiment (battalion sized unit)

From Turkey

NATO Intervention Force (Army HQ)

Belgium 1st Parachute battalion / IRC regiment

Czech 43 Airborne battalion / 4th Rapid Reaction Brigade

Spain 3 "Valencia" Special Forces battalion

Netherlands Korps Commandotroepen Special Forces battalion

Italy 185 RAO Folgore Special Operations regiment / Folgore brigade (battalion size unit)

Polish 2 Recon regiment / Special Operations Forces (battalion size unit)

Canada Canadian Special Operations Regiment (battalion size unit)

Romanian 1 "Eagles" Special Operations battalion

Portugal A and B companies / Commandos battalion / Rapid Reaction brigade

NATO EuroCorps (Corps HQ) Assigned to NATO Intervention Force

US 2/505 Airborne battalion / 82nd Airborne Division. (includes Task Force Panther)

US 1/321 Field Artillery battalion / 18 Fires brigade -155mm towed

France 1 Rocket Artillery regiment -M270 MLRS (battalion sized unit)

Germany 26 Attack Helicopter regiment (battalion sized unit) Bo 105 PAH

Germany Kommando Spezialkräfte battallion

US Elements -Special Forces

France 1 Parachute-Marine Special Forces regiment (battalion size unit)

US 2nd Mech brigade (heavy) / 1st Infantry Division (Includes Task Forces Narwick and Lightning)-assigned to EuroCorps

Elbeyi Area -Initial Objective Aleppo

US 1/77 Mech (heavy) battalion (actual designation 1/77 armor)

US 1/18 Mech (heavy) battalion

US 1/26 Mech (heavy) battalion

US 1/7 Field Artillery battalion -155mm self propelled

US 9 Mech Engineer battalion

Germany 10th Panzer Div HQ-assigned to EuroCorps -Kilis Area -Initial Objective Aleppo

Germany 313 Fallschirmjaeger battalion / 31st Fallschirmjaeger brigade / Special Operations Division-assigned to 10th Panzer

Germany 12th Panzer Brigade HQ / 10th Panzer Division

Germany 104 Panzer battalion

Germany 112 Panzergrenadier battalion

Germany 122 Panzergrenadier battalion

Germany 8 Armored Recon battalion

Germany 325 Field Artillery battalion-155mm self propelled / 1st Panzer division- assigned to 10th Panzer

Germany 4 Armored Engineer battalion

Germany 23rd Gebirgsjaeger Brigade HQ / 10th Panzer Division

Germany 231 Gebirgsjaeger battalion

Germany 232 Gebirgsjaeger battalion

Germany 233 Gebirgsjaeger battalion

Germany 230 Gebirgs Recon battalion

Germany 215 Field Artillery battalion-155mm self propelled / 1st Panzer Division -assigned to 10th Panzer

Germany 8 Gebirgs Engineer battalion

France Etat-Major de Force 2 Division HQ-assigned to EuroCorps -Antioch Area- Initial Objectives Aleppo and Hamah

France A Squadron / 5th Combat Helicopter regiment (company size unit) -Eurocopter Tiger

France 43 Infantry regiment / Rapid Reaction Corps (battalion size unit)

France 6th Armored Cavalry Brigade HQ -assigned to EMF2 Division

France 1 Foreign Legion Armored Cavalry regiment (battalion sized unit)

France 2 Foreign Legion Mech Infantry regiment (battalion sized unit)

France 21 Marine Mech Infantry regiment (battalion sized unit)

France 3 Marine Field Artillery battalion -155mm towed/120 mm mortars

France 1 Foreign Legion Engineer regiment (battalion sized unit)

France 2nd Armored Brigade HQ -assigned to EMF2 Division

France 12 Cuirassiers Armored regiment (battalion sized unit)

France 501 de Chars Armored regiment (battalion sized unit)

France Marche du Tchad Mech Infantry regiment (battalion sized unit)

France 16 de Chasseurs Mech Infantry battalion

France 40 Field Artillery battalion -155mm self propelled

France 13 Armored Engineer regiment (battalion sized unit)

France 12 Armored Recon Squadron (company sized unit)

France/Germany Franco-German Brigade HQ-assigned to EuroCorps -Nizip Area -Initial Objective Ar Raqqah

France 3 Hussars Armored regiment (battalion sized unit)

Germany 292 Light Mech Infantry battalion

France 110 Mech Infantry battalion regiment (battalion sized unit)

Germany 295 Field artillery battalion -155mm self propelled

Germany 550 Armored Engineer company

Belguim 1st Mech Brigade HQ -assigned to EuroCorps -EuroCorps Reserve

Belguim 2/4 Lansiers Light Armour battalion

Belguim 1 Jagers te Paard/Gidsen Armoured Recon battalion

Belguim Caribiniers/Grenadiers Mech Infantry battalion

Belguim Bevrijding -5 Linie Mech Infantry battalion

Belguim 2 Field artillery regiment (battalion sized unit) -105mm towed

NATO Combined Division HQ-assigned to NATO Intervention Force

Italy 183 "Nembo" Airborne regiment / Folgore brigade (battalion size unit)

Denmark Recon battalion / 1st brigade / Danish division

Netherlands 13th Mech Brigade HQ -assigned to NATO Combined Division -Harran Area - Initial Objective Ar Raqqah

Netherlands 11 "Huzaren Van Sytzama" Armored battalion

Netherlands 17 "Fuseliers Prinses Irene" Guards Mech Infantry battalion

Netherlands 42 "Limburgse Jagers" Mech Infantry battalion

Netherlands 42 "Huzaren van Boreel" Armored Recon company

Netherlands 11 "Rijdene" Field Artillery battalion -155mm self propelled

Netherlands 41 Engineer battalion

Netherlands 301 Attack Helicopter Squadron (company sized unit) -AH-64 Apache

Italy Ariete Armored Brigade HQ-assigned to NATO Combined Division -Suruc Area -Initial Objective Ar Raqqah

Italy 4 Mech regiment (battalion size unit - actual designation 4 Tank regiment)

Italy 32 Mech regiment (battalion size unit - actual designation 32 Tank regiment)

Italy 132 Mech regiment (battalion size unit - actual designation 132 Tank regiment)

Italy 11 Bersaglieri Mech regiment (battalion size unit)

Italy 132 Mech Field Artillery regiment (battalion size unit) -155mm self propelled

Italy Attack Helicopter Squadron (company sized unit)-Agusta A129 Mangusta

Canada 1st Mech Brigade HQ-assigned to NATO Combined division -Ceylanpinar Area - Initial Objective Al Hasakah

Canada "Lord Strathcona's Horse" Armored battalion

Canada 1 / "Princess Patricia's Light Infantry" Mech battalion

Canada 2 / "Princess Patricia's Light Infantry" Mech battalion

Canada 3 / "Princess Patricia's Light Infantry" Infantry battalion

Canada 1 "Royal Canadian Horse Artillery" Field Artillery battalion 105mm/155mm towed

Canada 1 Mech Engineer regiment (battalion size unit)

Spain RDC Brigade HQ-assigned to NATO Combined Division - Nusaybin Area - Initial Objective Al Hasakah

Spain 2 "Almansa" Mech battalion / 10 Mech regiment / 10th Mech brigade -assigned to RDC brigade

Spain 1 "Toledo" Airborne battalion / 3 Airborne Light Infantry regiment / 7th Airborne Light Infantry brigade -assigned to RDC brigade

Portugal A company / 1 Parachute battalion / Rapid Reaction brigade -assigned to Spanish RDC Brigade

Syrian Coast

NATO Marine Division (Division HQ) Initial Objectives Hamah and Hims

US 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (battalion + sized unit)

US 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (battalion + sized unit)

US Marine and Navy Special Operations Elements

NATO European Marine Brigade HQ -assigned to NATO Marine Division

UK 40 Commando Royal Marines (battalion sized unit)

Greece 521 Marine battalion / 32nd Marines brigade / 1st Infantry Division

Spain 1 Landing battalion / Marine Infantry brigade

US 2nd Marine Regiment HQ /2nd Marine Division -assigned to NATO Marine Division

US 1/2 Marine battalion

US 2/2 Marine battalion

US 3/2 Marine battalion

US 3/9 Marine battalion

US A and B company 2 Marine Tank battalion

US A company 2 Marine Light Armored Recon battalion

US B company 2 Marine Recon battalion

US B and C company 2 Marine Engineers battalion

US 1/10 Marine Field Artillery battalion-155mm towed

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Great OOB

Did I miss the 101 Air Assault, or have you left them out?

I don't recall any 101st Division units in any campaigns and they aren't on the map. I compromised with the 1st infantry and the 82nd airborne as Task Force Panther brings in the entire division along with the 2nd Cav regiment into Turkey. They weren't on the map but both the Panther and Narwick campaigns require something from them. The Commonwealth Desert Force is my creation. I felt it was justified rather than adding them to the 1st Cav which would then become too large.

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Out of curiosity whats the reasoning behind the UK only having 40 Commando in the amphibious assault? The UK pretty much has the second largest amphibious capability in the world and could easily put a reinforced brigade (3 commando brigade) over the beach.

Not a complaint just wondering, well done thats a damn long list.

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Out of curiosity whats the reasoning behind the UK only having 40 Commando in the amphibious assault? The UK pretty much has the second largest amphibious capability in the world and could easily put a reinforced brigade (3 commando brigade) over the beach.

Not a complaint just wondering, well done thats a damn long list.

i believe 3 CDO BDE was training for afghanistan at the time and about to be deployed, maybe it has something to do with it

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i believe 3 CDO BDE was training for afghanistan at the time and about to be deployed, maybe it has something to do with it

I wish I could claim I researched the the deployment of every unit in 2008 but I did not, though I did with some, but I did take the War in Afghanistan and the troop surge in Iraq into account. Another thing I considered is the logistics of supplying all the invasion troops. The supply lines will be pretty long especially once the war starts and everything will have to be trucked across Syria eventually to the Damascus area. This led me to being on the conservative side in selecting the Coalition forces. I've since made a few additions mainly attack helicopters and artillery that I will post, but thanks for the feedback. I am happy to consider any changes.

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Air Assets draft.

(does not include reconnaisance aircraft)

Syrian

144 MiG 21

162 MiG 23

36 MiG 25

48 Su 22

18 Su 24

32 MiG 29

US

USAF in Iraq/Kuwait

72 F-15

72 F-16

36 A-10

USN 6th Fleet 2 Carriers in Med:

96 F/A-18

On Cyprus

USAF 36 F-22

USMC 24 F/A-18

USMC 24 AV-8 Harrier

USAF In Italy

12 B-52

12 B-1

UK

RAF in Iraq/Kuwait

24 Typhoon

36 Tornado

12 Harrier

On Cyprus 12 Tornado

Australia

In Kuwait 12 F/A-18

Canada

In Turkey 24 F/A-18

Germany

In Turkey

72 Tornado

12 Typhoon

Netherlands

In Turkey

24 F-16

France

In Turkey

48 Mirage 2000

24 D Rafale

Italy

In Turkey

24 Tornado

12 Typhoon

Spain

In Turkey

12 F/A-18

In Cyprus

12 Typhoon

Turkey

120 F-16 committed to campaign

Poland

In Turkey

12 Su-22

Romania

In Turkey

12 MiG-21

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Can I add a UK unit to the "From Turkey" section?

UK Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, 1st Battalion (Warriors in the Sand campaign)

Bardosy, sorry but the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment ceased to exist in January 2007. It merged with the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment to form a new Regiment: The Rifles. May I suggest as an alternative the 5th battallion Rifles Regiment, part of the 20th Armoured Brigade based in Germany? It would not be unlikely for this battallion to ship down on the train along with most of the other NATO forces into Turkey. There is a rail ferry in Istanbul by the way.

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I think that having some big cities and mountain ranges (between Syria and Lebanon, north of Damascus, etc.) it is logical to have more infantry element ...

In compaign of Syrian opposition forces we assumed brigade, or about, from 10 th Mountain Division.

Likewise, we should remember that in the second have some are reserve component,for suuprot rear routes and occupation task, National Guard, for example, some HBCT and SBCT and MI-BDE (or may be even new structure for MEB) of division of the USNG.

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