Fun Playtoy for the Americans

War Plan Orange: Dreadnoughts in the Pacific 1922-1930, from the team that brought you War in the Pacific.

Moderator: Tankerace

Post Reply
User avatar
Tankerace
Posts: 5408
Joined: Fri Mar 21, 2003 12:23 pm
Location: Stillwater, OK, United States

Fun Playtoy for the Americans

Post by Tankerace »

Even though it was considered failure, and disbanded after 3 month, WPO in 1928 allows Allied players a chance to play with the Experimental Mechanized Force, also known as the Mechanized Brigade:

It conists of a Heavy Tank Battalion (of Mk VIII Liberty Tanks), a Light Tank Battalion (Of M1917s), and Infantry Battalion, an Artillery Battalion, and an Engineer and Signals Company.

This force would have been a failure, and probably would be in WPO too. The slow, WWI era tanks aren't fast enough for wide flanking moves, and for a slow, deliberate attack with tactics of the time it doesn't have enough infantry support. However, with tatics of the time, If the force is divided and parcelled out to infantry divisions, it may find some success.

Image
Attachments
USMechanizedForce.jpg
USMechanizedForce.jpg (123.1 KiB) Viewed 87 times
Designer of War Plan Orange
Allied Naval OOBer of Admiral's Edition
Naval Team Lead for War in the Med

Author of Million-Dollar Barrage: American Field Artillery in the Great War coming soon from OU Press.
Top
User avatar
DuckofTindalos
Posts: 39781
Joined: Fri Apr 22, 2005 11:53 pm
Location: Denmark

RE: Fun Playtoy for the Americans

Post by DuckofTindalos »

The more toys, the better...
We are all dreams of the Giant Space Butterfly.
Top
Post Reply

Return to “War Plan Orange: Dreadnoughts in the Pacific 1922 - 1930”