Kol Saresk Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 So, I'm not the biggest on military vernacular, but I was wondering, what type of military formation would have something like Assault Troops as the core and the Javelin Land Speeders as support? Air Assault? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285720-what-would-it-be/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostMalone Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Hmmmmmmmm I'm not a full military buff but I think something like luftwaffe Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285720-what-would-it-be/#findComment-3571314 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyaenidae Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Air Assault. Check out the 101st Airborne on Wiki, might give you some solid ideas. 1st Cavalry Division as well. They made Airmobile in Vietnam into what it is today. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285720-what-would-it-be/#findComment-3571317 Share on other sites More sharing options...
depthcharge12 Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Air Assault. Check out the 101st Airborne on Wiki, might give you some solid ideas. 1st Cavalry Division as well. They made Airmobile in Vietnam into what it is today. *cues ride of the Valkyries* Aren't those the guys with the whatsit called patch, the "electric cherry"? So, I'm not the biggest on military vernacular, but I was wondering, what type of military formation would have something like Assault Troops as the core and the Javelin Land Speeders as support? Air Assault? I think the Jump Jet regiment has a nice ring to it since there aren't any jet packs in the military right now Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285720-what-would-it-be/#findComment-3571326 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyaenidae Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Air Assault. Check out the 101st Airborne on Wiki, might give you some solid ideas. 1st Cavalry Division as well. They made Airmobile in Vietnam into what it is today. *cues ride of the Valkyries* Aren't those the guys with the whatsit called patch, the "electric cherry" Lol, no, that my current unit, 25th Infantry Division. Lightfighters are down in Hawaii, we got the Airborne here. And we call it the Electric Strawberry. At least when we're in public. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/images/25id-4bde.gif Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285720-what-would-it-be/#findComment-3571330 Share on other sites More sharing options...
depthcharge12 Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Air Assault. Check out the 101st Airborne on Wiki, might give you some solid ideas. 1st Cavalry Division as well. They made Airmobile in Vietnam into what it is today. *cues ride of the Valkyries* Aren't those the guys with the whatsit called patch, the "electric cherry" Lol, no, that my current unit, 25th Infantry Division. Lightfighters are down in Hawaii, we got the Airborne here. And we call it the Electric Strawberry. At least when we're in public. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/images/25id-4bde.gif Ahh But just look at those waves man, Charlie don't surf. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285720-what-would-it-be/#findComment-3571332 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyaenidae Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 A thought, Kol. How about the original Airmobile, Glider troops. But instead of crappy fabric and tin gliders, you could use Cerberus's. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285720-what-would-it-be/#findComment-3571335 Share on other sites More sharing options...
depthcharge12 Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 A thought, Kol. How about the original Airmobile, Glider troops. But instead of crappy fabric and tin gliders, you could use Cerberus's. You can glide in those....into other things... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285720-what-would-it-be/#findComment-3571336 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine God Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 S o, I'm not the biggest on military vernacular, but I was wondering, what type of military formation would have something like Assault Troops as the core and the Javelin Land Speeders as support? Air Assault? I think the Jump Jet regiment has a nice ring to it since there aren't any jet packs in the military right nowSomeone hasn't seen the Discovery programme about jet-packs then. The Yanks experimented with jet and rocket packs in the 50's and 60's before Vietnam, however they weren't really fuel efficient enough having a range of 18 mins of fuel. So Uncle Sam went with Hueys! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285720-what-would-it-be/#findComment-3571412 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kol Saresk Posted January 17, 2014 Author Share Posted January 17, 2014 Which would mean that they aren't in the military right now. :P @Heathens, isn't the Cerberus a tank or am I thinking of something else? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285720-what-would-it-be/#findComment-3571413 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoebus Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Traditional Assault Marines with jump packs is as close as it gets to the Airborne divisions (think 82nd Airborne and the 101st circa World War Two) of the US and the Para Regiments of the UK. Jetbikes... don't really have a direct equivalent. The closet I can think of would be the Scout Weapon Teams of reconnaissance/scout helicopters. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285720-what-would-it-be/#findComment-3571481 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Brother 92 Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Aye even over here (Blighty) it would be 16 Air Assault (Paras, Commandoes, 29 Commando (RHA) and 7 Para (RA) with a sprinkling of REME and RE) - you're thinking of the Caestus for gliding tank - Cerberus is the super-heavy tank destroyer. Otherwise you could go real special and have an SF unit (UK is SAS, SBS, Int. Corp (sneaky beekies) and the SFSG (1 Para mainly)) for elite fun-time :D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285720-what-would-it-be/#findComment-3571483 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBA Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 There's a RoW that makes for sweet Air Cav letting you take Storm Eagles as dedicated transport. Unless the Raven Guard rite really wows me, I'll be going that way. Only downside is no tanks at all in your force. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285720-what-would-it-be/#findComment-3571485 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kol Saresk Posted January 17, 2014 Author Share Posted January 17, 2014 Traditional Assault Marines with jump packs is as close as it gets to the Airborne divisions (think 82nd Airborne and the 101st circa World War Two) of the US and the Para Regiments of the UK. Jetbikes... don't really have a direct equivalent. The closet I can think of would be the Scout Weapon Teams of reconnaissance/scout helicopters. I wasn't looking at the jetbikes so much a the land speeders, which now that Heathens mentions Vietnam, would be the closest equivalent to a helicopter outside the Caestus. So I think I'm going with Air Cav. :D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285720-what-would-it-be/#findComment-3571681 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veteran Sergeant Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Air Assault. Check out the 101st Airborne on Wiki, might give you some solid ideas. 1st Cavalry Division as well. They made Airmobile in Vietnam into what it is today. Pfft. They just borrowed it from the Marines who first did it in Korea. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285720-what-would-it-be/#findComment-3571721 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBA Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Traditional Assault Marines with jump packs is as close as it gets to the Airborne divisions (think 82nd Airborne and the 101st circa World War Two) of the US and the Para Regiments of the UK. Jetbikes... don't really have a direct equivalent. The closet I can think of would be the Scout Weapon Teams of reconnaissance/scout helicopters. I wasn't looking at the jetbikes so much a the land speeders, which now that Heathens mentions Vietnam, would be the closest equivalent to a helicopter outside the Caestus. So I think I'm going with Air Cav. I'd say Land Speeders would be Little Birds, with the Fire Raptor an Apache, and the Storm Eagles with their large capacity something like a heavily armed Chinook. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285720-what-would-it-be/#findComment-3571769 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyaenidae Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Speeders would be more like Kiowas (no trans, support focussed), Raptors similar to Cobras (close support compared to the distances Longbows sit), and the Eagles at bit like the old, armed Hueys. Air Assault. Check out the 101st Airborne on Wiki, might give you some solid ideas. 1st Cavalry Division as well. They made Airmobile in Vietnam into what it is today.Pfft. They just borrowed it from the Marines who first did it in Korea. That's a filthy lie, and I'd ask you to peddle them elsewhere. No one talks bad about my Screaming Eagles.... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285720-what-would-it-be/#findComment-3571788 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kol Saresk Posted January 17, 2014 Author Share Posted January 17, 2014 Where would the Kharybdis fit in I wonder? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285720-what-would-it-be/#findComment-3571790 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barabbas Sogalon Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Strange how this hobby attracts members of the armed forces (myself included) like moths to a flame. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285720-what-would-it-be/#findComment-3571796 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBA Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Speeders would be more like Kiowas (no trans, support focussed), Raptors similar to Cobras (close support compared to the distances Longbows sit), and the Eagles at bit like the old, armed Hueys. Yeah, those Storm Eagles are hard to fit considering their armaments. Harder yet are stuff like the Caestus. Flying tank that can ram things? Yeah, we don't have those... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285720-what-would-it-be/#findComment-3571802 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyaenidae Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 I still think that the old Glider Infantry fit the best there. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285720-what-would-it-be/#findComment-3571827 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Heinrich Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 A thought, Kol. How about the original Airmobile, Glider troops. But instead of crappy fabric and tin gliders, you could use Cerberus's. You can glide in those....into other things... Cerberus... Glide... http://memeorama.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Oh-You-Make-Me-Cry-Laughing-Meme-Rage-Face-.png Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285720-what-would-it-be/#findComment-3571839 Share on other sites More sharing options...
depthcharge12 Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 A thought, Kol. How about the original Airmobile, Glider troops. But instead of crappy fabric and tin gliders, you could use Cerberus's. You can glide in those....into other things... Cerberus... Glide...http://memeorama.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Oh-You-Make-Me-Cry-Laughing-Meme-Rage-Face-.png Lol the caestus is what he meant. And yes you can glide them...into tanks...because...'Merica Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285720-what-would-it-be/#findComment-3571850 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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