Operation Anaconda (or Afgan based addons in general)

[JackandBlood 10]

I post this in another thread:

I'm reading a book Not a Good Day to Die. Its about Operation Anaconda, the effort by US special forces and a portion of the 10th Mountain and 101 Airborne to eliminate A large Al Qaida(sp) force in the dreaded valley of the Shahikot. A place where Afgan fighters dominated Soviet forces during their run at Afganistan. Its fucking epic, and recreating portions of that operation would make for some awesome gameplay.

Imagine this. They (APO command) actually successfully infiltrated the Shahikot valley, dodging patrols, sneaking past encampments, etc, with three recce teams (3-5) soldiers each, Delta and ST6 operators. One of the recce teams was almost compromised, when an enemy patrol tracked and started following their snow prints. The delta Operators were just about to squeeze the trigger and be forced to abort mission when a blizzard hit and the patrol decided, fuck this, lets get inside.

They set up key observation posts where they directed AC-130 firepower at key Al Qaida anti-aircraft positions (Dshksm perfectly setup that they would annihilate the Chinnocks(sp) the Rakksassans were going to insert with. )

Oh and for map makers, Anaconda occured in the harsh Afgan winter where in the Shahikot it routinely dropped below freezing, and it was a snowy, blizzard prone landscape, not the dusty desert that alot of people visualize about Afganistan. The maps must have "wadis", choke points, complex terrain, cravasses, defilades and caves a plenty. Cuz all their UAV reconnaissance revealed no positions or encampments. But later the enemy force was estimated at 500+ , with mortars, Dshkms, Tons of RPGs, hell, one operator commented that some com equipment they found "was better than ours". In other words VERY complex terrain full of ambush opportunities.

Also the SOCOM exclusive operations that oughsted the Taliban government prior to Anaconda are great mod/missions material. Delta and Rangers forged an incredibly effective and effcient combat force with the Northern Alliance Afgan fighters. They overthrew the Taliban in months, with only a few hundred US soldiers (the NA provided the brute force, Delta did there masterful training, planning, and coordination). Would make for a nice campaign I think.

If any serious modder wants more info, I have more details from the book (which im about 70 %) through, I can also scan the topigraphical map of the Shahikot valley too in the book.

[Rodrigo68 17]

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[Rhodesy77 11]

dont forget that both australian and german special forces were involved in this operation. another good book to read is 18 hours. its abotu the same battle from the view of a aussie sig embedded with the 10th.

[JackandBlood 10]

Yup Austrailian SAS, When they said they would provide their own vehicles, CENTCOM was like "Score!, u're in"