Originally posted by schrecklichkeit:
[b]
stage 2:
normally this is conducted in one of 3 countries : singapore,
thailand and taiwan. there is actually an equal chance of each
country, so there is 66% it will be overseas. stage 2 is
essentially one whole exercise. Your battlation against an enemy
company of OPFOR (opposition force). opfor is a special company of
soldiers (also nsf) trained by atec to be the agressors in such
battles. they follow the template of the saf agressor (northern
neighbour) and because they constantly fight with battalions, they
are extremely competent. they also are not really bound to saf's
"strict template on war" so they can do all sorts of unconventional
tactics. never underestimate the OPFOR. i would say they are better
than 80% of the units in singapore
/b]
You missed out Aussie . Armour did their ATEC either in Aussie
or LCK. during my 38 days stay in SWBTA in 2001, fought a NSF
armour unit, a NSF infantry unit, a reservist infantry unit and a
Division . Yes infantry ATEC in Aussie.
My seniors are Guardsmen. Before I was posted to my unit, Opforce
was mono intake guardsmen. Then before my posting they no longer "
aggressors " to be guardsmen trained. Once in a while, the
aggressors will be given a break, and other units are used as the
Red Force.
The worst case I had seen, is the unit with the Sting Ray as the
unit mascot. ( 5 SIR ?? ) They did their ATEC in ROC in 2001 i
think. The red berets were the unit playing the aggressor role. My
sympathy to the Sting Rays. They were literally turned into BBQ
sting rays by the Aggressors. Cannot reveal too much info here, but
among the countless ATECs i fought, I was abit shocked at the
performance of the sting rays. They were unlucky to have red berets
as aggressors.
Aggressors cannot do all sorts of unconventional tactics.At least
not during my time. If only we are allowed to fight the exercise
the way we wanted to, then I can be confident to say that the unit
will be late to arrive at the fighting ground, and sustaining
casualties before any fire fight. Or worse, we can even divert them
to our killing zone, messing up their plans. But we are not allowed
to haress them too much. And we aggressor do give chance, or
rather, being forced to. At times, the aggressor company wanted to
fight unconventional ways... but being diected to give chances...
politics...
