Briefing on Army Brigade Operations

The ground forces of Chernarus (CDF) consist of 12 maneuver brigades organized into three army corps. In addition, the Chernarus Navy maintains two naval infantry brigades.

The Chernarus military also has provisions for 12 more maneuver brigades in the event of a general war.  Those brigades are in name only, cadre only force consisting of headquarters only.

 Motorized rifle brigades consist of three motorized rifle battalions and two tank battalions.  Tank brigades are the obverse with  three tank battalions and two motorized rifle battalions. Additional combat units such as artillery are kept at the brigade level but often are detached to small units in combat operations.

Mountain motorized rifle brigades  also have additional artillery, engineer and tank units as part of their brigade organization.  Mountain light rifle brigades normally do not have tanks in the organization table.

The motorized rifle brigade and the tank brigade are the mailed fist of the CDF. The maneuver brigades are expected to perform all the tasks of their western counterparts, including assaults, deep attacks, defense in depth, meeting engagements and others.

In the current war, CDF forces are deployed to several regions, including south Zagoria (Chernarus), Leskovets, Beketov, Weferlingen, Kalu Khan and Gunkizli.  CNF ground forces, including the Chernarus 2nd Naval Infantry Brigade are deployed to Chernarus, Napf and Altis. All these regions have in common is a well armed Russian speaking insurgency funded by, you know, rogue Russian military.

These deployments are part of ongoing combat operations under the command of the Chernarus Coastal Operations Group, commanded by a Chernarus admiral.

It has been found that the most efficient way of fighting insurgencies is to deploy a small task force consisting of a motorized rifle platoon, a reinforced tank platoon to a forward, secure area, along with a limited array of support units, including artillery, and supply and support vehicles.

Missions are normally initiated from information gathered by the battalion scout staff and passed on to the battalion commander.  This information can come from any where and from anyone, but most of the information comes from telephone calls and emails from civilians who help keep track of insurgent activities.  Scouting staff often receive misinformation from sources, but through the years have learned how to sort the correct information from the misinformation.

 As matters stand now, the telephonic and electronic information received by the battalion scout staff are usually more than sufficient in forming an accurate intelligence assessment of the prospective area of operation.

Aircraft are rarely used, including drones owing to the distinct possibility of ground fire.  It long has been CDF combat doctrine to clear prospective areas of operation first of potential anti aircraft threats before moving aircraft into the forward zone.

When tactical task force commanders received their orders, they typically move their tactical force as far forward as they can, then establish a small laager and then begin their approach march to the area of operations.  Road marches are used for armored/mechanized task forces.  Chernarus commanders lead with a small contingent of tanks, then the rifle units, covered by another tank. then the support section.

Light infantry marches use armored scour cars, if available, for their lead forces.  If not, marches advance in a triangular formation.

Both types of advances are usually well supported with artillery, and, in the event of damage or destruction of vehicles, with replacements.