RECONDO July 12/13 2008

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Regional Mil-sim: RECONDO
Gentlemen, I’m glad to announce that we have finalized plans and it is now official, S t L ouis A irsoft P layers will be hosting a regional airsoft event this summer to be held at their own Gateway field in St Louis, MO on July 12th & 13th! We will be inviting participants from all Midwest airsoft groups and plan on promoting this as the airsoft event of the summer in the Midwestern US region. Needless to say, you do not want to miss this one guys!



RECONDO July 12/13 2008



This event is a two-part affair. A day long training session modeled around the actual MACV Recondo course immediately followed by the main event, an overnight Vietnam themed milsim set on a firebase in the jungles of Northern Vietnam .



Not counting leadership positions (which there will be several), there are 3 general roles to choose from. NVA/VC, US line Infantryman or US Ranger (LRRP). Due to the very specific patrol/commo procedures they will be using for the game, those playing as LRRPs will be be required to attend the Recondo course portion of the event. NVA/VC & line infantrymen may show up before the game in the normal fashion.



Game Concept: This will be a contest between two heavily armed and determined forces operating in a northern province of South Vietnam, circa 1969. On one side, a hastily assembled group of Vietcong guerillas and small groups of NVA regular troops have been tasked with eliminating a contingent of US forces at a recently built fire support base in the area. On the other side, a group of motivated US infantry and associated recon elements will be doing their best to defend the base at all costs from being overrun by enemy forces known to be in the area.



Part 1: Recondo Class



The MACV Recondo class was a 20 day course in jungle patrol techniques offered to LRRP team leaders & atl’s operating in Vietnam . Course curriculum covered nearly every aspect of effective light unit patrolling & reconnaissance in the jungles of Vietnam . See below for more detail.



http://www.vietnamgear.com/Article.aspx?Art=54



Our Recondo class will be an airsofted version but will keep the original theme of the course as intact as possible.



Many topics will be covered, including: immediate action drills, commo (radio procedures, hand signals, intelligence reports, scheduled sitreps, using relays, codes), trail movement, avoiding detection, tracking, setting up & utilizing night defense positions, e&e procedures as well as a chain-of-command explanation and commonly used LRRP procedures, the mentality of a lrp and maybe even a little LRRP history if there’s time.



There will be a couple PT activities in the course of the day, nothing intense or sadistic, more along the lines of team-building activities with light-to-moderate physical exertion. Obviously anyone with medical concerns can sit these this out. Safety will be paramount and obviously high heat could change or eliminate this.





Part. 2: Siege at Firebase Thrasher



Setting: A small isolated firebase in northern South Vietnam and the surrounding enemy held terrain.



Teams:



US



Line infantryman: a sizeable force of US infantry have been airlifted in and are tasked with providing security for a recently cut firebase. Anyone playing on the US side but not attending the Recondo class will be a line infantryman (excluding a few specific/leadership roles).



Uniform: OD/Green jungle fatigues. Line doggies will not be able to wear erdl camo or tiger stripes.



Gear: No high speed gear, m1956/m1967 web gear preferred. However, due to similarity any ALICE gear will be acceptable.



Weapons: M16 or M14 strongly preferred, will allow completely de-blinged M4’s but they must be sporting a carry handle and a conventional “bird cage” flash hider. Also allowed will be conventional shotguns, m3, xm177, car-15 & colt commando



Lrp Team Member: A number of small long range patrol teams from the 75th will be on patrol outside the perimeter and will be responsible for providing intel and advance warning of any enemy troop movement in the area. Only those who attend the Recondo class will be able to play as a lrp in the game. Teams will go out at sunset and will be expected to stay in the field until they are wiped out or survive and are pulled in at sunrise the following morning. This role will be somewhat demanding and possibly even stressful, might not be for everyone.



Uniform: Tiger striped fatigues strongly preferred but erdl will also be allowed.



Gear: same as line infantry plus an appropriate large rucksack, wristwatch, working compass.



Weapon: M16, xm177, CAR-15, colt commando, m3. M4s will only be allowed w/a carry handle installed and no bling whatsoever.



**Regardless of role, for US soldiers there will be several leadership positions and a chain of command concept will be followed to a certain extent.



North Vietnam



VC/NVA: A large group of North Vietnamese regulars and local Vietcong has been hastily assembled in an attempt to overrun the firebase and wipeout recon teams and eliminate or capture aall GIs before the new base can be properly fortified.



Uniform: dark colored pajamas/fatigues or khaki NVA uniform



Gear: chi-com/russian gear encouraged, however just about anything not obviously modern is acceptable.



Weapons: AK, SKS, RPK/RPD, Thompson, MP40, etc…

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