17/08/2020 00:00:00 - Switched side to: Australia

17/08/2020 00:00:01 - [Australia] <BODY scroll=auto><P>We are currently on station to the south of Pelee; HMAS Stuart has detached from the task group to complete a Naval Gunfire Support serial against shore targets on Pelee. HMAS Anzac has just completed a replenishment at sea (RAS, also known as underway replenishment--UNREP) with our high value unit (HVU) HMAS Sirius in preparation for transit of the Ceram Sea to RP Oscar.</P>
<P>Naval Gunfire Support (NGS) is often overlooked in the age of cruise missiles and air power, however naval gunfire has some advantages that missiles and aircraft lack. Aircraft and missiles are vulnerable to air defences, and while shells from naval gunfire can be countered with specialised systems they remain relatively uncommon and do not maintain their effectiveness well in the face of sustained attack.</P>
<P>Your frigates are equipped with Harpoon II cruise missiles which can be used against land targets or surface ships, and their MH-60R multi-role helicopters can also be fitted with Hellfire missiles to attack land and surface targets. The Harpoon IIs and Hellfires are limited in supply, with your frigates carrying 8 of each as standard. Ammunition for your 127mm guns on the other hand, is plentiful--with 300 rounds of high explosive point detonating (HE-PD) ammunition that is extremely well suited to NGS. You may recall from Basic Surface Operations 1.3 that HE-CVT ammunition is loaded by default to defend against unexpected air threats; assigning HE-PD ammunition to a target means the crew will automatically reload the desired ammunition before firing.</P>
<P>Select HMAS Stuart and use the manual attack order (Shift+F1) to assign 127mm/54 HE-PD shells to each target in the NGS Target Field on Pelee. You can allocate a fixed number of shots to each target in the target list by first selecting the firing unit then pressing Shift+F1 to order manual weapon assignment, drag-selecting the target contacts, then using Ctrl+Click or Shift+Click to select multiple targets in the target list, and finally entering a number in the "Allocate weapons to selected target(s)" field and clicking the associated button. Since we have 300 rounds of HE-PD ammunition and six targets, we can allocate 50 rounds to each target using that method. Once a target is destroyed, any weapons allocated but not yet fired are de-allocated and available for use on other targerts.</P> <P>Once you have allocated your 127mm HE-PD ammunition to the 6 targets on Pelee, start time by pressing Space or clicking 'Close &amp; Resume'.</P></BODY>

17/08/2020 00:32:29 - [OPFOR] Snoop #2 (CN-235MPA Persuader [T.19B, VIGMA]) departed OPFOR Airbase.

17/08/2020 00:55:12 - [Australia] New contact! Designated BOGEY #7 - Detected by DDG 125 USS Jack H. Lucas  [Sensors: AN/SLQ-59 [ESM]] at 91deg - Estimated 160nm

17/08/2020 00:55:13 - [OPFOR] New contact! Designated SKUNK #1 - Detected by Snoop #2 (CN-235MPA Persuader [T.19B, VIGMA])  [Sensors: CA/APS-504(V)5 [AN/APS-140]] at 268deg - 98nm

17/08/2020 00:55:13 - [OPFOR] New contact! Designated SKUNK #2 - Detected by Snoop #2 (CN-235MPA Persuader [T.19B, VIGMA])  [Sensors: CA/APS-504(V)5 [AN/APS-140]] at 268deg - 97.8nm

17/08/2020 00:55:13 - [Australia] Contact: BOGEY #7 has been type-classified as: MPA (Classification by: DDG 125 USS Jack H. Lucas [Sensor: Mk20 Mod 0 TIS [IR]] at Estimated 160 nm)

17/08/2020 00:55:27 - [Australia] Contact: MPA #7 has been classified as: CN-235MPA Persuader [T.19B, VIGMA] - Determined as: Hostile (Classification by: T-AO 205 USNS John Lewis [Sensor: Sentinel RESM] at Estimated 98 nm)

17/08/2020 01:02:13 - [OPFOR] New contact! Designated SKUNK #3 - Detected by Snoop #2 (CN-235MPA Persuader [T.19B, VIGMA])  [Sensors: CA/APS-504(V)5 [AN/APS-140]] at 260deg - 84.2nm

17/08/2020 00:00:00 - Switched side to: Australia

17/08/2020 00:00:01 - [Australia] <BODY scroll=auto><P>We are currently on station to the south of Pelee; HMAS Stuart has detached from the task group to complete a Naval Gunfire Support serial against shore targets on Pelee. HMAS Anzac has just completed a replenishment at sea (RAS, also known as underway replenishment--UNREP) with our high value unit (HVU) HMAS Sirius in preparation for transit of the Ceram Sea to RP Oscar.</P>
<P>Naval Gunfire Support (NGS) is often overlooked in the age of cruise missiles and air power, however naval gunfire has some advantages that missiles and aircraft lack. Aircraft and missiles are vulnerable to air defences, and while shells from naval gunfire can be countered with specialised systems they remain relatively uncommon and do not maintain their effectiveness well in the face of sustained attack.</P>
<P>Your frigates are equipped with Harpoon II cruise missiles which can be used against land targets or surface ships, and their MH-60R multi-role helicopters can also be fitted with Hellfire missiles to attack land and surface targets. The Harpoon IIs and Hellfires are limited in supply, with your frigates carrying 8 of each as standard. Ammunition for your 127mm guns on the other hand, is plentiful--with 300 rounds of high explosive point detonating (HE-PD) ammunition that is extremely well suited to NGS. You may recall from Basic Surface Operations 1.3 that HE-CVT ammunition is loaded by default to defend against unexpected air threats; assigning HE-PD ammunition to a target means the crew will automatically reload the desired ammunition before firing.</P>
<P>Select HMAS Stuart and use the manual attack order (Shift+F1) to assign 127mm/54 HE-PD shells to each target in the NGS Target Field on Pelee. You can allocate a fixed number of shots to each target in the target list by first selecting the firing unit then pressing Shift+F1 to order manual weapon assignment, drag-selecting the target contacts, then using Ctrl+Click or Shift+Click to select multiple targets in the target list, and finally entering a number in the "Allocate weapons to selected target(s)" field and clicking the associated button. Since we have 300 rounds of HE-PD ammunition and six targets, we can allocate 50 rounds to each target using that method. Once a target is destroyed, any weapons allocated but not yet fired are de-allocated and available for use on other targerts.</P> <P>Once you have allocated your 127mm HE-PD ammunition to the 6 targets on Pelee, start time by pressing Space or clicking 'Close &amp; Resume'.</P></BODY>

17/08/2020 00:00:31 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #139 has malfunctioned.

17/08/2020 00:00:41 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #140 missed NGS Target A-1 by 8m

17/08/2020 00:00:41 - [OPFOR] NGS Target A-1 has suffered fragmentation damage: 2.1 DPs

17/08/2020 00:00:41 - [OPFOR] NGS Target A-1 has a minor fire.

17/08/2020 00:00:41 - [OPFOR] NGS Target A-1 has suffered blast damage: 3.9 DPs

17/08/2020 00:00:41 - [OPFOR] NGS Target A-1 has been destroyed!

17/08/2020 00:00:41 - [Australia] Contact NGS Target A-1 has been lost.

17/08/2020 00:00:51 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #141 impacts surface. 

17/08/2020 00:01:00 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #143 has impacted NGS Target A-2. 

17/08/2020 00:01:00 - 100% penetration achieved

17/08/2020 00:01:00 - [OPFOR] NGS Target A-2 has suffered weapon damage: 14 DPs

17/08/2020 00:01:00 - [OPFOR] NGS Target A-2 has been destroyed!

17/08/2020 00:01:00 - [Australia] Contact NGS Target A-2 has been lost.

17/08/2020 00:01:11 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #145 has detonated, 0.6m from intended target point.

17/08/2020 00:01:21 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #147 missed NGS Target B-1 by 7m

17/08/2020 00:01:21 - [OPFOR] NGS Target B-1 has suffered fragmentation damage: 2.6 DPs

17/08/2020 00:01:21 - [OPFOR] NGS Target B-1 has a minor fire.

17/08/2020 00:01:21 - [OPFOR] NGS Target B-1 has suffered blast damage: 4.2 DPs

17/08/2020 00:01:21 - [OPFOR] NGS Target B-1 has been destroyed!

17/08/2020 00:01:21 - [Australia] Contact NGS Target B-1 has been lost.

17/08/2020 00:01:31 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #148 impacts surface. 

17/08/2020 00:01:40 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #150 missed NGS Target B-2 by 5m

17/08/2020 00:01:40 - [OPFOR] NGS Target B-2 has suffered fragmentation damage: 3.4 DPs

17/08/2020 00:01:40 - [OPFOR] NGS Target B-2 has suffered blast damage: 4.7 DPs

17/08/2020 00:01:40 - [OPFOR] NGS Target B-2 has been destroyed!

17/08/2020 00:01:40 - [Australia] Contact NGS Target B-2 has been lost.

17/08/2020 00:01:51 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #152 impacts surface. 

17/08/2020 00:02:01 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #154 has impacted NGS Target C-1. 

17/08/2020 00:02:01 - 98% penetration achieved

17/08/2020 00:02:01 - [OPFOR] NGS Target C-1 has suffered weapon damage: 13.7 DPs

17/08/2020 00:02:01 - [OPFOR] NGS Target C-1 has been destroyed!

17/08/2020 00:02:01 - [Australia] Contact NGS Target C-1 has been lost.

17/08/2020 00:02:11 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #156 impacts surface. 

17/08/2020 00:02:21 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #158 missed NGS Target C-2 by 3m

17/08/2020 00:02:21 - [OPFOR] NGS Target C-2 has suffered fragmentation damage: 4.4 DPs

17/08/2020 00:02:21 - [OPFOR] NGS Target C-2 has a major fire.

17/08/2020 00:02:21 - [OPFOR] NGS Target C-2 has suffered blast damage: 5.4 DPs

17/08/2020 00:02:21 - [Australia] <P>Good work, the NGS targets have been destroyed.</P><P>It is easy to focus on air power and cruise missiles when considering options to attack shore targets; keeping NGS in mind as an option may allow you to remove threats to aircraft as well as engage targets without exposing your forces to return fire.</P><P>With our naval gunfire serial complete it is time for HMAS Stuart to rejoin the task group and commence the transit of the Ceram Sea to RP Oscar; however first we need to replenish fuel and ammunition to ensure we are ready for the upcoming anti-air, surface and submarine warfare serials.</P><P>Select HMAS Stuart and order it to replenish from HMAS Sirius by using the right-click unit context menu and selecting 'UNREP if possible' &gt; 'Select Provider Manually' and then clicking on HMAS Sirius. Once you have ordered HMAS Stuart to UNREP, resume time by pressing Space or clicking 'Close & Resume'.</P>

17/08/2020 00:02:21 - [OPFOR] NGS Target Field has no units left; dissolving...

17/08/2020 00:02:21 - [OPFOR] NGS Target C-2 has been destroyed!

17/08/2020 00:02:21 - [Australia] Contact NGS Target C-2 has been lost.

17/08/2020 00:02:31 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #160 impacts surface. 

17/08/2020 00:00:00 - Switched side to: Australia

17/08/2020 00:00:01 - [Australia] <BODY scroll=auto><P>We are currently on station to the south of Pelee; HMAS Stuart has detached from the task group to complete a Naval Gunfire Support serial against shore targets on Pelee. HMAS Anzac has just completed a replenishment at sea (RAS, also known as underway replenishment--UNREP) with our high value unit (HVU) HMAS Sirius in preparation for transit of the Ceram Sea to RP Oscar.</P>
<P>Naval Gunfire Support (NGS) is often overlooked in the age of cruise missiles and air power, however naval gunfire has some advantages that missiles and aircraft lack. Aircraft and missiles are vulnerable to air defences, and while shells from naval gunfire can be countered with specialised systems they remain relatively uncommon and do not maintain their effectiveness well in the face of sustained attack.</P>
<P>Your frigates are equipped with Harpoon II cruise missiles which can be used against land targets or surface ships, and their MH-60R multi-role helicopters can also be fitted with Hellfire missiles to attack land and surface targets. The Harpoon IIs and Hellfires are limited in supply, with your frigates carrying 8 of each as standard. Ammunition for your 127mm guns on the other hand, is plentiful--with 300 rounds of high explosive point detonating (HE-PD) ammunition that is extremely well suited to NGS. You may recall from Basic Surface Operations 1.3 that HE-CVT ammunition is loaded by default to defend against unexpected air threats; assigning HE-PD ammunition to a target means the crew will automatically reload the desired ammunition before firing.</P>
<P>Select HMAS Stuart and use the manual attack order (Shift+F1) to assign 127mm/54 HE-PD shells to each target in the NGS Target Field on Pelee. You can allocate a fixed number of shots to each target in the target list by first selecting the firing unit then pressing Shift+F1 to order manual weapon assignment, drag-selecting the target contacts, then using Ctrl+Click or Shift+Click to select multiple targets in the target list, and finally entering a number in the "Allocate weapons to selected target(s)" field and clicking the associated button. Since we have 300 rounds of HE-PD ammunition and six targets, we can allocate 50 rounds to each target using that method. Once a target is destroyed, any weapons allocated but not yet fired are de-allocated and available for use on other targerts.</P> <P>Once you have allocated your 127mm HE-PD ammunition to the 6 targets on Pelee, start time by pressing Space or clicking 'Close &amp; Resume'.</P></BODY>

17/08/2020 00:00:31 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #139 missed NGS Target A-1 by 3m

17/08/2020 00:00:31 - [OPFOR] NGS Target A-1 has suffered fragmentation damage: 4.4 DPs

17/08/2020 00:00:31 - [OPFOR] NGS Target A-1 has a minor fire.

17/08/2020 00:00:31 - [OPFOR] NGS Target A-1 has suffered blast damage: 5.4 DPs

17/08/2020 00:00:31 - [OPFOR] NGS Target A-1 has been destroyed!

17/08/2020 00:00:31 - [Australia] Contact NGS Target A-1 has been lost.

17/08/2020 00:00:41 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #140 impacts surface. 

17/08/2020 00:00:50 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #142 missed NGS Target A-2 by 4m

17/08/2020 00:00:50 - [OPFOR] NGS Target A-2 has suffered fragmentation damage: 4 DPs

17/08/2020 00:00:50 - [OPFOR] NGS Target A-2 has suffered blast damage: 5.1 DPs

17/08/2020 00:00:50 - [OPFOR] NGS Target A-2 has been destroyed!

17/08/2020 00:00:50 - [Australia] Contact NGS Target A-2 has been lost.

17/08/2020 00:01:00 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #144 impacts surface. 

17/08/2020 00:01:11 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #146 missed NGS Target B-1 by 3m

17/08/2020 00:01:11 - [OPFOR] NGS Target B-1 has suffered fragmentation damage: 4.6 DPs

17/08/2020 00:01:11 - [OPFOR] NGS Target B-1 has a minor fire.

17/08/2020 00:01:11 - [OPFOR] NGS Target B-1 has suffered blast damage: 5.5 DPs

17/08/2020 00:01:11 - [OPFOR] NGS Target B-1 has been destroyed!

17/08/2020 00:01:11 - [Australia] Contact NGS Target B-1 has been lost.

17/08/2020 00:01:21 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #148 impacts surface. 

17/08/2020 00:01:30 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #150 missed NGS Target B-2 by 5m

17/08/2020 00:01:30 - [OPFOR] NGS Target B-2 has suffered fragmentation damage: 3.6 DPs

17/08/2020 00:01:30 - [OPFOR] NGS Target B-2 has a severe fire.

17/08/2020 00:01:30 - [OPFOR] NGS Target B-2 has suffered blast damage: 4.8 DPs

17/08/2020 00:01:30 - [OPFOR] NGS Target B-2 has been destroyed!

17/08/2020 00:01:30 - [Australia] Contact NGS Target B-2 has been lost.

17/08/2020 00:01:41 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #152 impacts surface. 

17/08/2020 00:01:51 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #154 has impacted NGS Target C-1. 

17/08/2020 00:01:51 - 100% penetration achieved

17/08/2020 00:01:51 - [OPFOR] NGS Target C-1 has suffered weapon damage: 14 DPs

17/08/2020 00:01:51 - [OPFOR] NGS Target C-1 has been destroyed!

17/08/2020 00:01:51 - [Australia] Contact NGS Target C-1 has been lost.

17/08/2020 00:02:01 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #156 impacts surface. 

17/08/2020 00:02:11 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #158 missed NGS Target C-2 by 3m

17/08/2020 00:02:11 - [OPFOR] NGS Target C-2 has suffered fragmentation damage: 4.8 DPs

17/08/2020 00:02:11 - [OPFOR] NGS Target C-2 has a minor fire.

17/08/2020 00:02:11 - [OPFOR] NGS Target C-2 has suffered blast damage: 5.6 DPs

17/08/2020 00:02:11 - [Australia] <P>Good work, the NGS targets have been destroyed.</P><P>It is easy to focus on air power and cruise missiles when considering options to attack shore targets; keeping NGS in mind as an option may allow you to remove threats to aircraft as well as engage targets without exposing your forces to return fire.</P><P>With our naval gunfire serial complete it is time for HMAS Stuart to rejoin the task group and commence the transit of the Ceram Sea to RP Oscar; however first we need to replenish fuel and ammunition to ensure we are ready for the upcoming anti-air, surface and submarine warfare serials.</P><P>Select HMAS Stuart and order it to replenish from HMAS Sirius by using the right-click unit context menu and selecting 'UNREP if possible' &gt; 'Select Provider Manually' and then clicking on HMAS Sirius. Once you have ordered HMAS Stuart to UNREP, resume time by pressing Space or clicking 'Close & Resume'.</P>

17/08/2020 00:02:11 - [OPFOR] NGS Target Field has no units left; dissolving...

17/08/2020 00:02:11 - [OPFOR] NGS Target C-2 has been destroyed!

17/08/2020 00:02:11 - [Australia] Contact NGS Target C-2 has been lost.

17/08/2020 00:02:21 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #160 impacts surface. 

17/08/2020 00:32:29 - [OPFOR] Snoop #2 (CN-235MPA Persuader [T.19B, VIGMA]) departed OPFOR Airbase.

17/08/2020 00:55:11 - [OPFOR] New contact! Designated SKUNK #1 - Detected by Snoop #2 (CN-235MPA Persuader [T.19B, VIGMA])  [Sensors: CA/APS-504(V)5 [AN/APS-140]] at 267deg - 91.4nm

17/08/2020 00:55:11 - [OPFOR] New contact! Designated SKUNK #2 - Detected by Snoop #2 (CN-235MPA Persuader [T.19B, VIGMA])  [Sensors: CA/APS-504(V)5 [AN/APS-140]] at 268deg - 95.3nm

17/08/2020 00:55:12 - [Australia] New contact! Designated BOGEY #7 - Detected by DDG 125 USS Jack H. Lucas  [Sensors: AN/SLQ-59 [ESM]] at 89deg - Estimated 160nm

17/08/2020 00:55:13 - [Australia] Contact: BOGEY #7 has been type-classified as: MPA (Classification by: DDG 125 USS Jack H. Lucas [Sensor: Mk20 Mod 0 TIS [IR]] at Estimated 160 nm)

17/08/2020 00:55:27 - [Australia] Contact: MPA #7 has been classified as: CN-235MPA Persuader [T.19B, VIGMA] - Determined as: Hostile (Classification by: T-AO 205 USNS John Lewis [Sensor: Sentinel RESM] at Estimated 98 nm)

17/08/2020 00:00:00 - Switched side to: Australia

17/08/2020 00:00:01 - [Australia] <BODY scroll=auto><P>We are currently on station to the south of Pelee; HMAS Stuart has detached from the task group to complete a Naval Gunfire Support serial against shore targets on Pelee. HMAS Anzac has just completed a replenishment at sea (RAS, also known as underway replenishment--UNREP) with our high value unit (HVU) HMAS Sirius in preparation for transit of the Ceram Sea to RP Oscar.</P>
<P>Naval Gunfire Support (NGS) is often overlooked in the age of cruise missiles and air power, however naval gunfire has some advantages that missiles and aircraft lack. Aircraft and missiles are vulnerable to air defences, and while shells from naval gunfire can be countered with specialised systems they remain relatively uncommon and do not maintain their effectiveness well in the face of sustained attack.</P>
<P>Your frigates are equipped with Harpoon II cruise missiles which can be used against land targets or surface ships, and their MH-60R multi-role helicopters can also be fitted with Hellfire missiles to attack land and surface targets. The Harpoon IIs and Hellfires are limited in supply, with your frigates carrying 8 of each as standard. Ammunition for your 127mm guns on the other hand, is plentiful--with 300 rounds of high explosive point detonating (HE-PD) ammunition that is extremely well suited to NGS. You may recall from Basic Surface Operations 1.3 that HE-CVT ammunition is loaded by default to defend against unexpected air threats; assigning HE-PD ammunition to a target means the crew will automatically reload the desired ammunition before firing.</P>
<P>Select HMAS Stuart and use the manual attack order (Shift+F1) to assign 127mm/54 HE-PD shells to each target in the NGS Target Field on Pelee. You can allocate a fixed number of shots to each target in the target list by first selecting the firing unit then pressing Shift+F1 to order manual weapon assignment, drag-selecting the target contacts, then using Ctrl+Click or Shift+Click to select multiple targets in the target list, and finally entering a number in the "Allocate weapons to selected target(s)" field and clicking the associated button. Since we have 300 rounds of HE-PD ammunition and six targets, we can allocate 50 rounds to each target using that method. Once a target is destroyed, any weapons allocated but not yet fired are de-allocated and available for use on other targerts.</P> <P>Once you have allocated your 127mm HE-PD ammunition to the 6 targets on Pelee, start time by pressing Space or clicking 'Close &amp; Resume'.</P></BODY>

17/08/2020 00:00:31 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #139 has impacted NGS Target A-1. 

17/08/2020 00:00:31 - 91% penetration achieved

17/08/2020 00:00:31 - [OPFOR] NGS Target A-1 has suffered weapon damage: 12.7 DPs

17/08/2020 00:00:31 - [OPFOR] NGS Target A-1 has been destroyed!

17/08/2020 00:00:31 - [Australia] Contact NGS Target A-1 has been lost.

17/08/2020 00:00:41 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #140 impacts surface. 

17/08/2020 00:00:50 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #142 has impacted NGS Target A-2. 

17/08/2020 00:00:50 - 93% penetration achieved

17/08/2020 00:00:50 - [OPFOR] NGS Target A-2 has suffered weapon damage: 13 DPs

17/08/2020 00:00:50 - [OPFOR] NGS Target A-2 has been destroyed!

17/08/2020 00:00:50 - [Australia] Contact NGS Target A-2 has been lost.

17/08/2020 00:01:00 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #144 impacts surface. 

17/08/2020 00:01:11 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #146 has impacted NGS Target B-1. 

17/08/2020 00:01:11 - 100% penetration achieved

17/08/2020 00:01:11 - [OPFOR] NGS Target B-1 has suffered weapon damage: 14 DPs

17/08/2020 00:01:11 - [OPFOR] NGS Target B-1 has been destroyed!

17/08/2020 00:01:11 - [Australia] Contact NGS Target B-1 has been lost.

17/08/2020 00:01:21 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #148 impacts surface. 

17/08/2020 00:01:30 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #150 has malfunctioned.

17/08/2020 00:01:40 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #152 has impacted NGS Target B-2. 

17/08/2020 00:01:40 - 100% penetration achieved

17/08/2020 00:01:40 - [OPFOR] NGS Target B-2 has suffered weapon damage: 14 DPs

17/08/2020 00:01:40 - [OPFOR] NGS Target B-2 has been destroyed!

17/08/2020 00:01:40 - [Australia] Contact NGS Target B-2 has been lost.

17/08/2020 00:01:51 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #153 impacts surface. 

17/08/2020 00:02:01 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #155 missed NGS Target C-1 by 4m

17/08/2020 00:02:01 - [OPFOR] NGS Target C-1 has suffered fragmentation damage: 3.9 DPs

17/08/2020 00:02:01 - [OPFOR] NGS Target C-1 has a major fire.

17/08/2020 00:02:01 - [OPFOR] NGS Target C-1 has suffered blast damage: 5 DPs

17/08/2020 00:02:01 - [OPFOR] NGS Target C-1 has been destroyed!

17/08/2020 00:02:01 - [Australia] Contact NGS Target C-1 has been lost.

17/08/2020 00:02:11 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #157 impacts surface. 

17/08/2020 00:02:21 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #159 missed NGS Target C-2 by 3m

17/08/2020 00:02:21 - [OPFOR] NGS Target C-2 has suffered fragmentation damage: 4.4 DPs

17/08/2020 00:02:21 - [OPFOR] NGS Target C-2 has a minor fire.

17/08/2020 00:02:21 - [OPFOR] NGS Target C-2 has suffered blast damage: 5.4 DPs

17/08/2020 00:02:21 - [Australia] <P>Good work, the NGS targets have been destroyed.</P><P>It is easy to focus on air power and cruise missiles when considering options to attack shore targets; keeping NGS in mind as an option may allow you to remove threats to aircraft as well as engage targets without exposing your forces to return fire.</P><P>With our naval gunfire serial complete it is time for HMAS Stuart to rejoin the task group and commence the transit of the Ceram Sea to RP Oscar; however first we need to replenish fuel and ammunition to ensure we are ready for the upcoming anti-air, surface and submarine warfare serials.</P><P>Select HMAS Stuart and order it to replenish from HMAS Sirius by using the right-click unit context menu and selecting 'UNREP if possible' &gt; 'Select Provider Manually' and then clicking on HMAS Sirius. Once you have ordered HMAS Stuart to UNREP, resume time by pressing Space or clicking 'Close & Resume'.</P>

17/08/2020 00:02:21 - [OPFOR] NGS Target Field has no units left; dissolving...

17/08/2020 00:02:21 - [OPFOR] NGS Target C-2 has been destroyed!

17/08/2020 00:02:21 - [Australia] Contact NGS Target C-2 has been lost.

17/08/2020 00:02:31 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #161 impacts surface. 

17/08/2020 00:32:30 - [OPFOR] Snoop #2 (CN-235MPA Persuader [T.19B, VIGMA]) departed OPFOR Airbase.

17/08/2020 00:37:26 - [OPFOR] New contact! Designated SKUNK #1 - Detected by Snoop #2 (CN-235MPA Persuader [T.19B, VIGMA])  [Sensors: AN/ALR-86] at 289deg - Estimated 90nm

17/08/2020 00:37:26 - [OPFOR] New contact! Designated SKUNK #2 - Detected by Snoop #2 (CN-235MPA Persuader [T.19B, VIGMA])  [Sensors: AN/ALR-86] at 289deg - Estimated 90nm

17/08/2020 00:39:43 - [Australia] New contact! Designated BOGEY #7 - Detected by FFG 62 USS Constellation  [Sensors: AN/SPY-6(V)1 AMDR] at 108deg - 152.1nm

17/08/2020 00:45:27 - [Australia] New contact! Designated VAMPIRE #8 - Detected by T-AO 205 USNS John Lewis  [Sensors: Sentinel RESM] at 113deg - Estimated 29nm

17/08/2020 00:45:27 - [Australia] New contact! Designated VAMPIRE #9 - Detected by T-AO 205 USNS John Lewis  [Sensors: Sentinel RESM] at 108deg - Estimated 29nm

17/08/2020 00:00:00 - Switched side to: Australia

17/08/2020 00:00:01 - [Australia] <BODY scroll=auto><P>We are currently on station to the south of Pelee; HMAS Stuart has detached from the task group to complete a Naval Gunfire Support serial against shore targets on Pelee. HMAS Anzac has just completed a replenishment at sea (RAS, also known as underway replenishment--UNREP) with our high value unit (HVU) HMAS Sirius in preparation for transit of the Ceram Sea to RP Oscar.</P>
<P>Naval Gunfire Support (NGS) is often overlooked in the age of cruise missiles and air power, however naval gunfire has some advantages that missiles and aircraft lack. Aircraft and missiles are vulnerable to air defences, and while shells from naval gunfire can be countered with specialised systems they remain relatively uncommon and do not maintain their effectiveness well in the face of sustained attack.</P>
<P>Your frigates are equipped with Harpoon II cruise missiles which can be used against land targets or surface ships, and their MH-60R multi-role helicopters can also be fitted with Hellfire missiles to attack land and surface targets. The Harpoon IIs and Hellfires are limited in supply, with your frigates carrying 8 of each as standard. Ammunition for your 127mm guns on the other hand, is plentiful--with 300 rounds of high explosive point detonating (HE-PD) ammunition that is extremely well suited to NGS. You may recall from Basic Surface Operations 1.3 that HE-CVT ammunition is loaded by default to defend against unexpected air threats; assigning HE-PD ammunition to a target means the crew will automatically reload the desired ammunition before firing.</P>
<P>Select HMAS Stuart and use the manual attack order (Shift+F1) to assign 127mm/54 HE-PD shells to each target in the NGS Target Field on Pelee. You can allocate a fixed number of shots to each target in the target list by first selecting the firing unit then pressing Shift+F1 to order manual weapon assignment, drag-selecting the target contacts, then using Ctrl+Click or Shift+Click to select multiple targets in the target list, and finally entering a number in the "Allocate weapons to selected target(s)" field and clicking the associated button. Since we have 300 rounds of HE-PD ammunition and six targets, we can allocate 50 rounds to each target using that method. Once a target is destroyed, any weapons allocated but not yet fired are de-allocated and available for use on other targerts.</P> <P>Once you have allocated your 127mm HE-PD ammunition to the 6 targets on Pelee, start time by pressing Space or clicking 'Close &amp; Resume'.</P></BODY>

17/08/2020 00:00:31 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #139 missed NGS Target A-1 by 3m

17/08/2020 00:00:31 - [OPFOR] NGS Target A-1 has suffered fragmentation damage: 4.4 DPs

17/08/2020 00:00:31 - [OPFOR] NGS Target A-1 has a minor fire.

17/08/2020 00:00:31 - [OPFOR] NGS Target A-1 has suffered blast damage: 5.4 DPs

17/08/2020 00:00:31 - [OPFOR] NGS Target A-1 has been destroyed!

17/08/2020 00:00:31 - [Australia] Contact NGS Target A-1 has been lost.

17/08/2020 00:00:41 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #140 impacts surface. 

17/08/2020 00:00:50 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #142 missed NGS Target A-2 by 3m

17/08/2020 00:00:50 - [OPFOR] NGS Target A-2 has suffered fragmentation damage: 4.6 DPs

17/08/2020 00:00:50 - [OPFOR] NGS Target A-2 has a major fire.

17/08/2020 00:00:50 - [OPFOR] NGS Target A-2 has suffered blast damage: 5.4 DPs

17/08/2020 00:00:50 - [OPFOR] NGS Target A-2 has been destroyed!

17/08/2020 00:00:50 - [Australia] Contact NGS Target A-2 has been lost.

17/08/2020 00:01:01 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #144 impacts surface. 

17/08/2020 00:01:11 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #146 missed NGS Target B-1 by 3m

17/08/2020 00:01:11 - [OPFOR] NGS Target B-1 has suffered fragmentation damage: 4.4 DPs

17/08/2020 00:01:11 - [OPFOR] NGS Target B-1 has a minor fire.

17/08/2020 00:01:11 - [OPFOR] NGS Target B-1 has suffered blast damage: 5.4 DPs

17/08/2020 00:01:11 - [OPFOR] NGS Target B-1 has been destroyed!

17/08/2020 00:01:11 - [Australia] Contact NGS Target B-1 has been lost.

17/08/2020 00:01:21 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #148 impacts surface. 

17/08/2020 00:01:30 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #150 has impacted NGS Target B-2. 

17/08/2020 00:01:30 - 90% penetration achieved

17/08/2020 00:01:30 - [OPFOR] NGS Target B-2 has suffered weapon damage: 12.6 DPs

17/08/2020 00:01:30 - [OPFOR] NGS Target B-2 has been destroyed!

17/08/2020 00:01:30 - [Australia] Contact NGS Target B-2 has been lost.

17/08/2020 00:01:40 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #152 impacts surface. 

17/08/2020 00:01:51 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #154 missed NGS Target C-1 by 3m

17/08/2020 00:01:51 - [OPFOR] NGS Target C-1 has suffered fragmentation damage: 4.6 DPs

17/08/2020 00:01:51 - [OPFOR] NGS Target C-1 has a minor fire.

17/08/2020 00:01:51 - [OPFOR] NGS Target C-1 has suffered blast damage: 5.5 DPs

17/08/2020 00:01:51 - [OPFOR] NGS Target C-1 has been destroyed!

17/08/2020 00:01:51 - [Australia] Contact NGS Target C-1 has been lost.

17/08/2020 00:02:01 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #156 impacts surface. 

17/08/2020 00:02:11 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #158 has impacted NGS Target C-2. 

17/08/2020 00:02:11 - 85% penetration achieved

17/08/2020 00:02:11 - [OPFOR] NGS Target C-2 has suffered weapon damage: 11.9 DPs

17/08/2020 00:02:11 - [Australia] <P>Good work, the NGS targets have been destroyed.</P><P>It is easy to focus on air power and cruise missiles when considering options to attack shore targets; keeping NGS in mind as an option may allow you to remove threats to aircraft as well as engage targets without exposing your forces to return fire.</P><P>With our naval gunfire serial complete it is time for HMAS Stuart to rejoin the task group and commence the transit of the Ceram Sea to RP Oscar; however first we need to replenish fuel and ammunition to ensure we are ready for the upcoming anti-air, surface and submarine warfare serials.</P><P>Select HMAS Stuart and order it to replenish from HMAS Sirius by using the right-click unit context menu and selecting 'UNREP if possible' &gt; 'Select Provider Manually' and then clicking on HMAS Sirius. Once you have ordered HMAS Stuart to UNREP, resume time by pressing Space or clicking 'Close & Resume'.</P>

17/08/2020 00:02:11 - [OPFOR] NGS Target Field has no units left; dissolving...

17/08/2020 00:02:11 - [OPFOR] NGS Target C-2 has been destroyed!

17/08/2020 00:02:11 - [Australia] Contact NGS Target C-2 has been lost.

17/08/2020 00:02:21 - Weapon: 155mm/52 M982 Excalibur Ia-1 #160 impacts surface. 

17/08/2020 00:00:00 - Switched side to: Australia

17/08/2020 00:00:01 - [Australia] <BODY scroll=auto><P>We are currently on station to the south of Pelee; HMAS Stuart has detached from the task group to complete a Naval Gunfire Support serial against shore targets on Pelee. HMAS Anzac has just completed a replenishment at sea (RAS, also known as underway replenishment--UNREP) with our high value unit (HVU) HMAS Sirius in preparation for transit of the Ceram Sea to RP Oscar.</P>
<P>Naval Gunfire Support (NGS) is often overlooked in the age of cruise missiles and air power, however naval gunfire has some advantages that missiles and aircraft lack. Aircraft and missiles are vulnerable to air defences, and while shells from naval gunfire can be countered with specialised systems they remain relatively uncommon and do not maintain their effectiveness well in the face of sustained attack.</P>
<P>Your frigates are equipped with Harpoon II cruise missiles which can be used against land targets or surface ships, and their MH-60R multi-role helicopters can also be fitted with Hellfire missiles to attack land and surface targets. The Harpoon IIs and Hellfires are limited in supply, with your frigates carrying 8 of each as standard. Ammunition for your 127mm guns on the other hand, is plentiful--with 300 rounds of high explosive point detonating (HE-PD) ammunition that is extremely well suited to NGS. You may recall from Basic Surface Operations 1.3 that HE-CVT ammunition is loaded by default to defend against unexpected air threats; assigning HE-PD ammunition to a target means the crew will automatically reload the desired ammunition before firing.</P>
<P>Select HMAS Stuart and use the manual attack order (Shift+F1) to assign 127mm/54 HE-PD shells to each target in the NGS Target Field on Pelee. You can allocate a fixed number of shots to each target in the target list by first selecting the firing unit then pressing Shift+F1 to order manual weapon assignment, drag-selecting the target contacts, then using Ctrl+Click or Shift+Click to select multiple targets in the target list, and finally entering a number in the "Allocate weapons to selected target(s)" field and clicking the associated button. Since we have 300 rounds of HE-PD ammunition and six targets, we can allocate 50 rounds to each target using that method. Once a target is destroyed, any weapons allocated but not yet fired are de-allocated and available for use on other targerts.</P> <P>Once you have allocated your 127mm HE-PD ammunition to the 6 targets on Pelee, start time by pressing Space or clicking 'Close &amp; Resume'.</P></BODY>

17/08/2020 00:32:28 - [OPFOR] Snoop #2 (CN-235MPA Persuader [T.19B, VIGMA]) departed OPFOR Airbase.

17/08/2020 00:55:18 - [OPFOR] New contact! Designated SKUNK #1 - Detected by Snoop #2 (CN-235MPA Persuader [T.19B, VIGMA])  [Sensors: CA/APS-504(V)5 [AN/APS-140]] at 269deg - 103.9nm

17/08/2020 00:55:18 - [OPFOR] New contact! Designated SKUNK #2 - Detected by Snoop #2 (CN-235MPA Persuader [T.19B, VIGMA])  [Sensors: CA/APS-504(V)5 [AN/APS-140]] at 269deg - 103.6nm

17/08/2020 00:55:18 - [Australia] New contact! Designated BOGEY #7 - Detected by T-AKE 1 USNS Lewis and Clark  [Sensors: Sentinel RESM] at 91deg - Estimated 161nm

17/08/2020 00:55:45 - [Australia] Contact: BOGEY #7 has been classified as: CN-235MPA Persuader [T.19B, VIGMA] - Determined as: Hostile (Classification by: DDG 125 USS Jack H. Lucas [Sensor: AN/SLQ-32(V)7 [ESM]] at Estimated 113 nm)

17/08/2020 00:00:00 - Switched side to: Australia

17/08/2020 00:00:01 - [Australia] <BODY scroll=auto><P>We are currently on station to the south of Pelee; HMAS Stuart has detached from the task group to complete a Naval Gunfire Support serial against shore targets on Pelee. HMAS Anzac has just completed a replenishment at sea (RAS, also known as underway replenishment--UNREP) with our high value unit (HVU) HMAS Sirius in preparation for transit of the Ceram Sea to RP Oscar.</P>
<P>Naval Gunfire Support (NGS) is often overlooked in the age of cruise missiles and air power, however naval gunfire has some advantages that missiles and aircraft lack. Aircraft and missiles are vulnerable to air defences, and while shells from naval gunfire can be countered with specialised systems they remain relatively uncommon and do not maintain their effectiveness well in the face of sustained attack.</P>
<P>Your frigates are equipped with Harpoon II cruise missiles which can be used against land targets or surface ships, and their MH-60R multi-role helicopters can also be fitted with Hellfire missiles to attack land and surface targets. The Harpoon IIs and Hellfires are limited in supply, with your frigates carrying 8 of each as standard. Ammunition for your 127mm guns on the other hand, is plentiful--with 300 rounds of high explosive point detonating (HE-PD) ammunition that is extremely well suited to NGS. You may recall from Basic Surface Operations 1.3 that HE-CVT ammunition is loaded by default to defend against unexpected air threats; assigning HE-PD ammunition to a target means the crew will automatically reload the desired ammunition before firing.</P>
<P>Select HMAS Stuart and use the manual attack order (Shift+F1) to assign 127mm/54 HE-PD shells to each target in the NGS Target Field on Pelee. You can allocate a fixed number of shots to each target in the target list by first selecting the firing unit then pressing Shift+F1 to order manual weapon assignment, drag-selecting the target contacts, then using Ctrl+Click or Shift+Click to select multiple targets in the target list, and finally entering a number in the "Allocate weapons to selected target(s)" field and clicking the associated button. Since we have 300 rounds of HE-PD ammunition and six targets, we can allocate 50 rounds to each target using that method. Once a target is destroyed, any weapons allocated but not yet fired are de-allocated and available for use on other targerts.</P> <P>Once you have allocated your 127mm HE-PD ammunition to the 6 targets on Pelee, start time by pressing Space or clicking 'Close &amp; Resume'.</P></BODY>

