Thanks from Fleischer company - Foxtrot platoon
Posted: 01 Jul 2013, 01:33
On behalf of my team (Roughnecks) I would like to thank everybody for an epic Berget 11.
Before the memories fade too much I'll write some of the highlights down.
The "high-speed"-car-chase:
I think it was Thursday evening. We were sitting in our camp preparing our dinner, when we hear the alarm go off. As it turns out, a GCT vehicle made a "drive-by-shooting" on the road close to our tent. Our reaction was "hell-no!" so we grabbed our guns and gear in a hurry, Jumped on our 4x4 (the Barbarian) and took up the pursuit along with one other Raven vehicle. We caught up with the GCT car by "The Old Mine" as it was about to turn back and make another drive-by (or so we think), but as it spotted us, it turned the other way and drove like hell to get away. Now it got really awesome, we had 7-8 guys on the back of the Barbarian and every man that was able to point a gun i the direction of the GCT car, was raining hell down on the it. I was in a good position with my M249 so I was unloading in in an alarming rate. The GCT guys however put up one hell of a fight. and we were taking casualties (including me). So we slowed down a little to let the other Raven car get up front to keep up the pressure, and so our medics could treat the wounded. (by then the GCT vehicle had taken several BAVS grenade-hits, but was still alive.) After a while the other Raven car managed to stop the GCT car, and what a sight it was. Both sides had taken casualties as the car chase came to a halt. But the GCT guys wasn't all dead. We made up for that with a sweep of the car and shot the rest as they had next to no cover.
And with that it was all over. And Oh my lord it was awesome!
A big big thanks to all involved!
The Saturday morning raid on the GCT base:
Due to some awesome Intel. about REALLY low GCT activity around the border in the early hours of the day. The Danes in Foxtrot made made up a daring plan to infiltrate the GCT base and assassinate as many GCT commanders and officers as possible.
The plan was made, and approved by HQ.
So at 0200 in the night. We got up, donned our gear and made for the which-doctors hut, were The Barbarian dropped us of in small teams off 2-6. I was on the first drop-off along with my two other squad-mates for the morning, and a sniper team of two guys. We then made for the northern border in one team. By the old mill trading station. We split up and made for our respective positions around the GCT base. And due to some very very good tracking by my teammate, we were in position close to the base not long thereafter. Along the way we bypassed two tripwires.
Now all we had to do was wait and pray that the other teams would find their positions too. Two mosquito infested, and nerve wrecking hours later the shit hit the fan. The watch read 0900 and we were five minutes away from commencing the raid, when a call came over the radio "we were spotted by one enemy GCT taking a piss" we just had time to think --- SPAM !!! --- --- SPAM !!! --- --- SPAM !!! ---. this isn't good. but then a follow-up call was made: "...he is neutralized and in our custody." Now we had to get working. The go-ahead was given and every team was now bearing down on the sleepy GCT base. And the first thing many GCT players heard that morning was me greeting them by sticking my head in their tent and saying "good morning, you are all dead".
Shortly after all the teams on foot had sat foot in the base. The Barbarian with a QRF force crossed the border and headed for the GCT base with our signature horse-horn glaring.
Organized chaos now ruled. We searched like mad for the GCT commander and any high-value targets we could find. The radio-chatter was intense, and different reports was popping up.
We knew that we didn't have much time to make the kills and secure the evidence. Because we only were about 25 Danes (and a very small bunch of Dutch special forces who had missions to blow up fuel-depots and such. and 25-30 guys against a whole GCT base was not going to last long, no matter how tired the enemy was.
Finally a call got through the radio: "We have the package and are exfil". By that time most of us was already dead, so it was extremely nerve wrecking to listen to the radio chatter and not being able to do anything about it.
A small three-man team had made it out with the evidence of the kills (photos, rank-badges and armbands, as told by HQ).
The guys made for the border and was picked up shortly thereafter and escorted to the Raven base, where we all presented our "loot" to HQ.
Needless to say adrenaline levels was as at an all-time high that morning.
And again I would like to thank all the GCT players involved, who (almost without exception) took it all with a good spirit!
THANKS TO EVERYONE!
Lasse Knudsen
Fleischer Company
Foxtrot Platoon
Team Roughnecks
Before the memories fade too much I'll write some of the highlights down.
The "high-speed"-car-chase:
I think it was Thursday evening. We were sitting in our camp preparing our dinner, when we hear the alarm go off. As it turns out, a GCT vehicle made a "drive-by-shooting" on the road close to our tent. Our reaction was "hell-no!" so we grabbed our guns and gear in a hurry, Jumped on our 4x4 (the Barbarian) and took up the pursuit along with one other Raven vehicle. We caught up with the GCT car by "The Old Mine" as it was about to turn back and make another drive-by (or so we think), but as it spotted us, it turned the other way and drove like hell to get away. Now it got really awesome, we had 7-8 guys on the back of the Barbarian and every man that was able to point a gun i the direction of the GCT car, was raining hell down on the it. I was in a good position with my M249 so I was unloading in in an alarming rate. The GCT guys however put up one hell of a fight. and we were taking casualties (including me). So we slowed down a little to let the other Raven car get up front to keep up the pressure, and so our medics could treat the wounded. (by then the GCT vehicle had taken several BAVS grenade-hits, but was still alive.) After a while the other Raven car managed to stop the GCT car, and what a sight it was. Both sides had taken casualties as the car chase came to a halt. But the GCT guys wasn't all dead. We made up for that with a sweep of the car and shot the rest as they had next to no cover.
And with that it was all over. And Oh my lord it was awesome!
A big big thanks to all involved!
The Saturday morning raid on the GCT base:
Due to some awesome Intel. about REALLY low GCT activity around the border in the early hours of the day. The Danes in Foxtrot made made up a daring plan to infiltrate the GCT base and assassinate as many GCT commanders and officers as possible.
The plan was made, and approved by HQ.
So at 0200 in the night. We got up, donned our gear and made for the which-doctors hut, were The Barbarian dropped us of in small teams off 2-6. I was on the first drop-off along with my two other squad-mates for the morning, and a sniper team of two guys. We then made for the northern border in one team. By the old mill trading station. We split up and made for our respective positions around the GCT base. And due to some very very good tracking by my teammate, we were in position close to the base not long thereafter. Along the way we bypassed two tripwires.
Now all we had to do was wait and pray that the other teams would find their positions too. Two mosquito infested, and nerve wrecking hours later the shit hit the fan. The watch read 0900 and we were five minutes away from commencing the raid, when a call came over the radio "we were spotted by one enemy GCT taking a piss" we just had time to think --- SPAM !!! --- --- SPAM !!! --- --- SPAM !!! ---. this isn't good. but then a follow-up call was made: "...he is neutralized and in our custody." Now we had to get working. The go-ahead was given and every team was now bearing down on the sleepy GCT base. And the first thing many GCT players heard that morning was me greeting them by sticking my head in their tent and saying "good morning, you are all dead".
Shortly after all the teams on foot had sat foot in the base. The Barbarian with a QRF force crossed the border and headed for the GCT base with our signature horse-horn glaring.
Organized chaos now ruled. We searched like mad for the GCT commander and any high-value targets we could find. The radio-chatter was intense, and different reports was popping up.
We knew that we didn't have much time to make the kills and secure the evidence. Because we only were about 25 Danes (and a very small bunch of Dutch special forces who had missions to blow up fuel-depots and such. and 25-30 guys against a whole GCT base was not going to last long, no matter how tired the enemy was.
Finally a call got through the radio: "We have the package and are exfil". By that time most of us was already dead, so it was extremely nerve wrecking to listen to the radio chatter and not being able to do anything about it.
A small three-man team had made it out with the evidence of the kills (photos, rank-badges and armbands, as told by HQ).
The guys made for the border and was picked up shortly thereafter and escorted to the Raven base, where we all presented our "loot" to HQ.
Needless to say adrenaline levels was as at an all-time high that morning.
And again I would like to thank all the GCT players involved, who (almost without exception) took it all with a good spirit!
THANKS TO EVERYONE!
Lasse Knudsen
Fleischer Company
Foxtrot Platoon
Team Roughnecks