Announcement from the Chernarus Defence Ministry

The Chernarus Defense Ministry has ordered the following re-deployments.

1st and 2nd Battalions on the Chernarus 13th Separate Mountain Motorized Rifle Brigade have been withdrawn from operations in Weferlingen. Both units will be taken into army reserves where they expected to receive the new BTR-80 APC.

Similarly, 4th Battalion, Chernarus 10th  Separate Tank Brigade (43rd Mountain Rifle Corps)  will be withdrawn from Livonia, to be replaced with 1st Battalion, 33rd Separate Mountain Motorized Rifle Brigade, which had been in army reserve for some time.  1st Bn already is recipient of the new BTR-80 APC.

Lastly, 1st Bn, Chernarus 7th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade has been taken into army reserve for refit, including the new BTR-80 APC

Briefing: Spy Craft in Altis

Spycraft in Altis:

Strategic Situation: A Chernarus naval spetsnaz team was sent to a location near Liminchori to locate and extract a small group of Russians who want to defect to the Americans.

The team was caught by rebel patrols and were forced to hole the defectors up in an abandoned building and call for help.

Command sent in two naval infantry squads to take over security, but they were ambushed. We lost one assault boat, and eight infantry.

The other boat was damaged beyond field repair. At the moment we have 12 marines unable to fight and without weapons, and we have to get them out.

Situation: Nearly every boat in our inventory is either under repair or currently in use in other operations, along with replacement naval infantry units. Your unit is the only one left, and you have one boat left to extract our forces and the Russian defectors.

The boat will make several runs to evacuate every one, and it will take time.

At the moment, the leader of the group is in cell phone contact with our commander and with the rebel commander trying to get the best deal.

Our performance so far is getting close to breaking the deal.

Intelligence is light. Naval intelligence seems to think that the enemy is facing much the same problems we have with losses and shifting of forces to the north in Molos.

What we do not know is if the enemy decides to shift forces enough to overrun our positons.

Expect attacks by rebel infantry and by local militia units, as well as lightly armed technicals. We do not know how many, but we do know they will keep hitting us until they, or we are done.

The naval spetsnaz team is currently dealing with rebel attacks on the defectors location. We have 12 friendly wounded which are unable to fight if the enemy decides to overrun our evacuation zone. One four man naval shore security detachment is at the landing site along with a lone beachmaster.

Operational Order: The wounded go first and in two trips. Next, the defectors along with the naval spetsnaz team.

Your squad will be last to go along with the beachmaster and the naval shore security team. How to stall and delay/deal with attacks are your problem. Command says that if negotiations are not concluded in our favor in 90 minutes, you are ordered to eliminate the defectors and evacuate.

Armored Infantry Campaign in Altis

The beginning of a campaign near the mountains of Altis, showing two nighttime battles and one daytime. Random time start and random weather, Chernarusian motorized rifle/tank detachment is assigned any number of initial missions, then two possible subsequent missions. All set piece, all stand up fights. 

As the player you don't know where enemy patrols will pop up, but you do know when they do they have teeth sharp enough to ruin your operation. Air support includes two SU-25 ground interdiction aircraft on a free hunt. Rebel forces have tank/infantry rapid reaction forces, and forces in towns are garrisoned there.

Night time encounter at Koroni. While preparing for a subsequent attack on another town further north,an enemy foot patrol was spotted approaching from the south. All other forces, two motorized rifle squads and a tank platoon had been moved north to prepare for the attack. 

My squad I deployed south to deal with the patrol, when an enemy T-55 tank platoon started making for Koroni. Afraid of losing my battle taxi, I moved the BTR into the village and recalled the tank platoon. The tank unit made short work of the T-55s before they could come into contact with the BTR.

Two burning enemy T-55s. I programmed the game to have a three tank platoon, so somewhere on the map was a third tank. It was either destroyed by airstrike or was simply a straggler.

Continued south to deal with the enemy foot patrol, which ran off after dispatching one rifleman.

Continued

A canonical list of Chernarus Defense Forces maneuver brigades

A total of 13 Chernarus Defense Forces maneuver brigades are currently deployed throughout Chernarus.  These units are in varying states of readiness and composition.

Like CDF army corps, Chernarus army brigades are often task organized.  One brigade may have as many as five battalions and as few as three, pending on the mission, and those units will have a non standard mix of rifle and tank battalions.  Oftentimes if a brigade which are deployed away from the front will have as few as two battalions.

Another ten maneuver brigades exist to provide replacements and reinforcements.  These brigades form the Chernarus army strategic reserve in the case of a general war.

Currently three army corps commands control the brigades.  The list details the corps number and their approximate deployment:

Chernarus 1st Army Corps (South Zagoria)
4th Separate Light Mountain Rifle Brigade  (Chernarus, west Chernarus, Sumava)
9th Separate Light Rifle Brigade
43rd Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade
1st Separate Tank Brigade

Chernarus 2nd Army Corps (Bekatov/Leskovets)
7th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade (1st Bn, Leskovets)
11th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade 
17th Separate Light Rifle Brigade (Beketov, 1st and 2nd Bns)
3rd Separate Tank Brigade (Korsac, 2nd BN Northwestern Chernarus, 3rd BN Northwestern Chernarus)

43rd Mountain Rifle Corps
13th Separate Mountain Motorized Rifle Brigade (1st Bn, Werferlingen), (2nd Bn, Gunkizli), 3rd Bn, East Werferlingen)
33rd Separate Mountain Motorized Rifle Brigade (1st Bn, Ruha),(2nd Bn, Cham)(3rd Bn, Hellanmaa)
24th Separate Light Mountain Rifle Brigade (1st Bn, Summa), (2nd Bn, Livonia), (3rd Bn, Gabreta) 
10th Separate Tank Brigade (3rd Bn North Zagoria, 4th Bn North Zagoria, 5th Bn, Rosche)

2nd Separate Naval Infantry Brigade 
1st Battalion (Virolahti)
2nd Battalion (Altis)

Separate Mechanized Cavalry Regiments

17th Separate Mechanized Cavalry Regiment (1st Bn Leskovets, 2nd Bn Sumava, 3rd Bn Ruha)

19th Separate Mountain Mechanized Cavalry Regiment (1st Bn South Chernarus, 2nd Bn North Zagoria)

20th Separate Mechanized Cavalry Regiment (Zagorsk, 2nd Bn Cham, 3rd Bn Northwestern Chernarus )

Separate Air Assault Battalions

47th Separate Air Assault Battalion

48th Separate Air Assault Battalion

49th Separate Air Assault Battalion

Chernarus Defense Forces (CDF) Light Rifle Brigade

A Chernarusian Light Rifle Brigade consists of four to five light rifle battalions with a total of 528 effectives per battalion.

Every light rifle company has a heavy weapons platoon with four each DShk 12.7mm machine guns with an infantry mount, and four each DShk 12,7mm machine guns with an antiaircraft mount.  Four SPG-9s round out the heavy weapons platoon.  Transport for the heavy weapons unit is normally through the battalion's support company transport vehicles, but all weapons can be transported manually short distances.

Every light rifle battalion has an attached recon company with a total of four UAZs and  30 effectives. The unit also has an antitank company which includes two UAZs, two DShK UAZs, eight SPG-9 UAZs and four AT-13 UAZs.

An artillery regiment with 12 122mm towed artillery, 6 BM-21s and 82mm mortars, and an engineer company is held at brigade HQs.  The engineer unit has a bridging unit and a sapper platoon.

One battalion, typically the 3rd battalion, is trained in parachute and airmobile operations.

Chernarusian flag officers typically will cross attach tank and motorized rifle units with light rifle units.

Chernarus Naval Land Forces TO&E

The Chernarus Navy (CNF) maintains two naval infantry brigades, the 2nd and the 3rd Naval Infantry Brigades.

The 2nd Naval Infantry Brigade consists of  two heavy (BTR-60)  battalions organized similarly to Chernarus Defense Forces (CDF) motorized rifle battalions.  Two battalions are light and organized similarly to CDF light rifle battalions.  The 2nd NIBde has one round out category 3 heavy battalion, which can be mobilized in emergencies.

One light battalion is trained in parachute, air mobile  as well as sea landing operations.

The 3nd Naval Infantry Brigade also consists of two heavy battalions, and three light battalions.  Similar to the 2nd NIBde, the 3rd NIBde, one battalion is trained in parachute, air mobile and sea landings.

The two brigades are assigned to geographical commands with the 2nd deployed in eastern Chernarus and in southern Napf.  The 3nd NIBde is the CNF reserve and is deployed near Miroslavl.

The CNF does not have amphibious ships that can be used to land heavy equipment, and so naval commanders must have a port, and rely on commercial freighters to transport and deploy their heavy battalions.

Since the brigades do not have an organic tank unit, antitank operations are conducted by the CNF's naval aviation regiment, or by attached CDF tank units.  Brigades do not have any organic heavy artillery, and so must rely on naval guns from the three frigates in the navy's inventory.  All naval infantry commanders down to the  company level trained extensively on spotting naval artillery.

Chernarus Independent Reconnaissance Battalion

Headquarters is located near the capital.

Headquarters platoon:  4 BTR Rifle Squads, 40 effectives total

3 BTR Rifle Companies
  Each with 10 BTR Rifle Squads, 10 effectives per squad, 100 Effectives

1 Antitank Platoon: 3 BRDM2/AT5s
1 BRDM Scout Car Platoon: 3 BRDM2s
1 Antiaircraft Battery: 6 ZU-23/2 Urals

Total personnel: 370

Independent Reconnaissance Battalions are detached on a task required basis.

The 41st Independent Reconnaissence Battalion "Berezino" is currently on deployment in South Zagoria, assisting in combat operations in the north.

The 10th Independent Reconnaissance Battalion  is currently on deployment near Podagorsk, assisting combat operations in the north.

The 11th Independent Reconnaissance Battalion  is currently on deployment north of Miroslavl, assisting combat operations in the north.

The 13th Independent Reconnaissance Battalion  is currently undergoing rest and refit near Miroslavl.

Chernarus 19th Naval Recon Battalion

Chernarus 19th Naval Recon Battalion

Battalion Headquarters is currently located at the Chizhov Naval Base.

Group Akula  (1st Company) 130 Effectives
Group Skorpion (2nd Company) 130 Effectives
Training Group (3rd Company) 30 Effectives, all cadre and officers

The Chernarus 19th Naval Recon Battalion is directly attached to the Chernarus Naval Forces (CNF) Naval Headquarters in Miroslavl.
All personnel in Group Skorpion are Tier One operators, and are routinely assigned to duties/missions with the Chernarus Intelligence Service.  (ChIS)

Detachments:
10 Effectives at Balota Flotilla Naval Base
20 Effectives at Solnichni Detachment Naval Base
20 Effectives deployed to Lingor

Chernarus Ministry of Defense Announcement: August 26th, 2014

Chernarusian Ministry of Defense has announced troop deployments in eastern Chernarus.

A new CDF formation is being deployed at the CDF base in Zhelenogorsk, the Chernarusian 41st Independent Recon Battalion.

The 41st Independent Recon Battalion "Berezino"  is one of only three such units in the CDF.  It is the first deployment in eastern Chernarus of heavy infantry since 2012.  The unit itself comprises 35 BTRs, three BRDM scout cars and three BRDM-AT antitank vehicles.  The unit will be expected to counter recent reinforcements and operations by Chedaki insurgents in the north central and northwestern  sectors of Chernarus.

The first units arrived in Zhelenogorsk last Sunday by road march from near Miroslavl.

The cadre of the 41st Independent Recon Battalion earned its honorific "Berezino" in the civil war for it valiant defense of the city against Russian paratroopers.

Elements of the Chernarusian 4th Light Infantry battalion will remain based near Zhelenogorsk and will continue their critical work in countering drug trafficking in northern Chernarus, as will their several support and combat units.

Chernarus 2nd Naval Infantry Brigade

Chernarus 2nd Naval Infantry Brigade

Brigade Headquarters is currently located at the Chizhov Naval Base.

1st Battalion (Light) (360 Effectives)
2nd Battalion (Light)
3nd Battalion (Airmobile) (360 Effectives)
4th Battalion (BTR) (290 Effectives, 32 BTR-60s)
5th Battalion (BTR)

2nd Naval Artillery Regiment
1st Battalion 12 Each 82mm Mortars
2nd Battalion 18 Each 122mm D30s
3rd Battalion 18 Each 122mm D30s

Antitank Battalion
16 BRDM (AT13)

Recon Battalion
36 BTR-60s

Naval Air Regiment
10 MI-24 Attack Helicopters
10 MI17 Transport Helicopters

Currently a large number of Marines from the 1st Battalion are detached to Admiral Gorshkov's headquarters,  assigned to the various naval units in eastern Chernarus and the Eastern Chernarus Naval Zone