Terror in Paradise: Fall of a Monarchy [OOC | MT | OPEN]

[Terempang]

To clarify, the island’s only airport, Terepang Sultan Abdurrahman International Airport is located right beside Kuala Putih and is still suitable for airlifting troops and supplies into the country. The terminal has been devastated, but landing on the runway shouldn’t be an issue with most cargo aircraft.

[Malden Republic]

Nation Name: Malden Island Republic
Side Supporting: (Islamists / Royalists / Neutral) Malden Island Republic will be supporting the Royalists return to the status quo
Order of Battle: (Structure/Number/List of your military/peacekeeping/monitoring personnel)



ORBAT 2nd Mechanized Brigade
- 3rd Infantry Company, & 7th Armoured Company plus Brigade HQ and Service & Support Company.

Commander: Major Commandant Noël Prudhomme

Non-Combat Role

Head Quarters

MCT HQ
1x AMFV-124 Command and Control Vehicle (3 Crew)
+ Cmdr Team (5 Members)
1x AMFV-34 Formation Reconnaissance Overwatch Vehicle (3 Crew)
+ 2iC Team (4 Members)
1x AMFV-23 Joint Fire Control Vehicle (4 Crew)
+ 3 Joint Fire Operators
1x AMFV-24 Ground Based Surveillance Vehicle (5 Crew)

Battalion Service/Support Company

Engineer Platoon (Sinclair)

EOD and Construction Group (Vincent)
-|1x AMFV-59 Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) (3 Crew)
|Plt. Cmdr and Team (6 members)

-|1x AMFV-51 Engineer Reconnaissance Vehicle (ERV) (3 Crew)
|1x AMFV-59 Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) (3 Crew)
|+ Engineer Group (8 Members)

-|1x AMFV-51 Engineer Reconnaissance Vehicle (ERV) (3 Crew)
|1x AMFV-59 Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) (3 Crew)
|+ Engineer Group (8 Members)

-|1x AMFV-53 Ordinance Disposal Vehicle (3 Crew)
| 1x AMFV-59 Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC)
|+ Engineer Group + EOD Team (10 Members)

Vehicle Recovery and Repair Group (d'Albert)
-|1x AMFV-59 Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) (3 Crew)
|Plt. Cmdr and Team (6 members)

-|1x AMFV-38 Recovery vehicle (RV) (4 Crew)
| 3x LMTV 15 ton
|+ Vehicle Recovery Team (8 Members)

-|1x AMFV-38 Recovery vehicle (RV) (4 Crew)
| 3x LMTV 15 ton
|+ Vehicle Recovery Team (8 Members)

Battalion Aid Station and Casevac Group (Brock)

-|1x AMFV-59 Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) (3 Crew)
|Plt. Cmdr and Team (6 members)
|4x LMTV (with enough supplies to set up a Field Hospital to support front-line warfare and the Casualties of the Battalion and allies.)

-| 1x LMTV Medical Evacuation Vehicle (MEV)
| Medical Team including Field Surgeon (5 Members)

-| 1x LMTV Medical Evacuation Vehicle (MEV)
| Medical Team including Field Surgeon (5 Members)

-| 1x LMTV Medical Evacuation Vehicle (MEV)
| Medical Team including Field Surgeon (5 Members)

Battalion Logistics Group (Bechard)
-| 1x AMFV-59 Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) (3 Crew)
|Plt. Cmdr and Team (6 members)

-| 10x LMTV 15ton (Modular Resupply Truck)
| 6x HMTV (Refueling Truck)


Battalion Rotary WIng (CH046 "Viking" Boeing Vertol) (Vilajosa)
-|1x CH046 "Viking" (2 Pilots, 3 Crew)
| 1x CH046 "Viking" (2 Pilots, 3 Crew)
| 1x CH046 "Viking" (2 Pilots, 3 Crew)
| 1x CH046 "Viking" (2 Pilots, 3 Crew)


Battalion Mess Group (Food / Canteen) (Verninac)

-| 5x LMTV's (with enough supplies to set up a Field Kitchen)
| Mess Staff + Officers (12 Members)

Combat Role

Charlie Combat Team (3rd Company troops + 1 platoon of tanks from the 7th Armoured)
Commander: Commandant Ansger Beaumont
107 Members + 124 Crew + 37 Vehicles (6 tanks, 1 C&C vehicle, 1 FRO Vehicle, 1 JFC Vehicle, 1 GBS (Radar) Vehicle, 15 IFV's, 6 Mortar Carriers, & 6 ADATS Vehicles)

MCT HQ (20 Members + 4 Vehicles and 15 Crew)
1x AMFV-124 Command and Control Vehicle (3 Crew)
+ Cmdr Team (5 Members)
1x AMFV-34 Formation Reconnaissance Overwatch Vehicle (3 Crew)
+ 2iC Team (4 Members)
1x AMFV-23 Joint Fire Control Vehicle (4 Crew)
+ 3 Joint Fire Operators
1x AMFV-24 Ground Based Surveillance Vehicle (5 Crew)

1st Platoon (Hacket) (5 Vehicles, 29 Infantry, 15 Crew)
-| AMFV-59 Armoured Personnel Carrier (3 Crew)
|Plt. Cmd. + MRLP "Spear" Pair (5 members Total)
-| AMFV-59 Armoured Personnel Carrier (3 Crew)
|Rifle team with Mk3 MLAW, MAAWS Mk4 Mod 1 Pair (6 Members total)
-| AMFV-59 Armoured Personnel Carrier (3 Crew)
|Rifle team with Mk3 MLAW, MAAWS Mk4 Mod 1 Pair (6 Members total)
-| AMFV-59 Armoured Personnel Carrier (3 Crew)
|Rifle team with Mk3 MLAW, MAAWS Mk4 Mod 1 Pair (6 Members total)
-| AMFV-59 Armoured Personnel Carrier (3 Crew)
|Rifle team with Mk3 MLAW, MRLP "Spear" Pair (6 Members total)

2nd Platoon (Thorel) (5 Vehicles, 29 Infantry, 15 Crew)
-| AMFV-59 Armoured Personnel Carrier (3 Crew)
|Plt. Cmd. + MRLP "Spear" Pair (5 members Total)
-| AMFV-59 Armoured Personnel Carrier (3 Crew)
|Rifle team with Mk3 MLAW, MAAWS Mk4 Mod 1 Pair (6 Members total)
-| AMFV-59 Armoured Personnel Carrier (3 Crew)
|Rifle team with Mk3 MLAW, MAAWS Mk4 Mod 1 Pair (6 Members total)
-| AMFV-59 Armoured Personnel Carrier (3 Crew)
|Rifle team with Mk3 MLAW, MAAWS Mk4 Mod 1 Pair (6 Members total)
-| AMFV-59 Armoured Personnel Carrier (3 Crew)
|Rifle team with Mk3 MLAW, MRLP "Spear" Pair (6 Members total)

3rd Platoon (Pasquier) (5 Vehicles, 29 Infantry, 15 Crew)
-| AMFV-59 Armoured Personnel Carrier (3 Crew)
|Plt. Cmd. + MRLP "Spear" Pair (5 members Total)
-| AMFV-59 Armoured Personnel Carrier (3 Crew)
|Rifle team with Mk3 MLAW, MAAWS Mk4 Mod 1 Pair (6 Members total)
-| AMFV-59 Armoured Personnel Carrier (3 Crew)
|Rifle team with Mk3 MLAW, MAAWS Mk4 Mod 1 Pair (6 Members total)
-| AMFV-59 Armoured Personnel Carrier (3 Crew)
|Rifle team with Mk3 MLAW, MAAWS Mk4 Mod 1 Pair (6 Members total)
-| AMFV-59 Armoured Personnel Carrier (3 Crew)
|Rifle team with Mk3 MLAW, MRLP "Spear" Pair (6 Members total)

4th Platoon (Osmond) (6 Tanks, 22 Crew)
-| MBT-20C "Marauder" (3 Crew)
| MBT-20C "Marauder" (3 Crew)
| MBT-13A "Tribesman" (4 Crew)
| MBT-13A "Tribesman" (4 Crew)
| MBT-13A "Tribesman" (4 Crew)
| MBT-13A "Tribesman" (4 Crew)

5th Platoon (Royall) (6 Vehicles, 24 Crew)
- |AMFV-48 120mm Advanced Mortar System Carrier (4 Crew)
|AMFV-48 120mm Advanced Mortar System Carrier (4 Crew)
|AMFV-48 120mm Advanced Mortar System Carrier (4 Crew)
|AMFV-48 120mm Advanced Mortar System Carrier (4 Crew)
|AMFV-48 120mm Advanced Mortar System Carrier (4 Crew)
|AMFV-48 120mm Advanced Mortar System Carrier (4 Crew)

6th Platoon (Cavelier) (6 Vehicles, 18 Crew)
-|AMFV-55 Air Defense Anti-Tank System Vehicle (4 Crew)
|AMFV-55 Air Defense Anti-Tank System Vehicle (4 Crew)
-|AMFV-55 Air Defense Anti-Tank System Vehicle (4 Crew)
|AMFV-55 Air Defense Anti-Tank System Vehicle (4 Crew)
-|AMFV-55 Air Defense Anti-Tank System Vehicle (4 Crew)
|AMFV-55 Air Defense Anti-Tank System Vehicle (4 Crew)

Hotel Combat Team (7th Armoured Platoon's with a Platoon of Mechanized Infantry from 3rd Mechanized)
(36 Members + 141 Crew + 40 Vehicles (1 Gen 4 MBT C&C, 7 Gen 4 MBT's, 12 Gen3 MBT's,1 FRO Vehicle, 1 JFC Vehicle, 1 GBS (Radar) Vehicle, 5 IFV's, 6 Mortar Carriers, 6 Wheeled Assault Guns )
Commander: Commandant Geralt Dorsey

ACT HQ (15 Members + 5 Vehicles and 18 Crew)
1x MBT-20C "Marauder" Command and Control Vehicle (3 Crew)
1x AMFV-34 Formation Reconnaissance Overwatch Vehicle (3 Crew)
+ 2iC Team (4 Members)
1x AMFV-23 Joint Fire Control Vehicle (4 Crew)
+ 3 Joint Fire Operators
1x AMFV-24 Ground Based Surveillance Vehicle (5 Crew)
1x MBT-20C "Marauder" (3 Crew)

1st Platoon (Malhortye) (6 Tanks, 18 Crew)
-| MBT-20C "Marauder" (3 Crew)
| MBT-20C "Marauder" (3 Crew)
| MBT-20C "Marauder" (3 Crew)
| MBT-20C "Marauder" (3 Crew)
| MBT-20C "Marauder" (3 Crew)
| MBT-20C "Marauder" (3 Crew)

2nd Platoon (Duhamel) (6 Tanks, 24 Crew)
-| MBT-13A "Tribesman" (4 Crew)
| MBT-13A "Tribesman" (4 Crew)
| MBT-13A "Tribesman" (4 Crew)
| MBT-13A "Tribesman" (4 Crew)
| MBT-13A "Tribesman" (4 Crew)
| MBT-13A "Tribesman" (4 Crew)

3rd Platoon (Condon) (6 Tanks, 24 Crew)
-| MBT-13A "Tribesman" (4 Crew)
| MBT-13A "Tribesman" (4 Crew)
| MBT-13A "Tribesman" (4 Crew)
| MBT-13A "Tribesman" (4 Crew)
| MBT-13A "Tribesman" (4 Crew)
| MBT-13A "Tribesman" (4 Crew)

4th Platoon (de Vere) (5 Vehicles, 29 Infantry, 15 Crew)
-| AMFV-59 Armoured Personnel Carrier (3 Crew)
|Plt. Cmd. + MRLP "Spear" Pair (5 members Total)
-| AMFV-59 Armoured Personnel Carrier (3 Crew)
|Rifle team with Mk3 MLAW, MAAWS Mk4 Mod 1 Pair (6 Members total)
-| AMFV-59 Armoured Personnel Carrier (3 Crew)
|Rifle team with Mk3 MLAW, MAAWS Mk4 Mod 1 Pair (6 Members total)
-| AMFV-59 Armoured Personnel Carrier (3 Crew)
|Rifle team with Mk3 MLAW, MAAWS Mk4 Mod 1 Pair (6 Members total)
-| AMFV-59 Armoured Personnel Carrier (3 Crew)
|Rifle team with Mk3 MLAW, MRLP "Spear" Pair (6 Members total)

5th Platoon (de Caulmont) (6 Vehicles, 24 Crew)
- |AMFV-48 120mm Advanced Mortar System Carrier (4 Crew)
|AMFV-48 120mm Advanced Mortar System Carrier (4 Crew)
|AMFV-48 120mm Advanced Mortar System Carrier (4 Crew)
|AMFV-48 120mm Advanced Mortar System Carrier (4 Crew)
|AMFV-48 120mm Advanced Mortar System Carrier (4 Crew)
|AMFV-48 120mm Advanced Mortar System Carrier (4 Crew)

6th Platoon (Maynet) (6 Vehicles, 18 Crew)
-| MWTD-125 Assault Gun (3 Crew)
|MWTD-125 Assault Gun (3 Crew)
-| MWTD-125 Assault Gun (3 Crew)
|MWTD-125 Assault Gun (3 Crew)
-| MWTD-125 Assault Gun (3 Crew)
|MWTD-125 Assault Gun (3 Crew)

Additional Information:

The 2nd Mechanized Brigade uses a FULL SPECTRUM OPERATIONS doctrine with the basis on MANEUVER WARFARE. Take this in mind when dealing with this unit as a whole.
(For those that do not know this here is some reading materials, FM3-0 Chptr 4 Fundamentals of Full Spectrum Operations)

[Crazybloxian Empire]

Nation Name: The Expansionist Democracy Of Crazybloxian Empire
Side Supporting: Royalists (Islamists / Royalists / Neutral)
Order of Battle: 1900 tanks, 1 million soldiers, 4,288 frigates, 28,127 coast guard craft, 1,184 oil tankers, 208 aircraft carriers, 1,110 fighters, 2,190 jets, 2,227 helicopters, 1,357 bombers

28 million landmines,
186 million bombs
3 nukes
2 billion punji sticks suitable for making 178 million traps
28 thousand propaganda posters for Islamists (to distract them) (Structure/Number/List of your military/peacekeeping/monitoring personnel)
Additional Information: We won’t assist any divisions with a leader of Chinese origin. (Any additional information you think people need to know)

[Terempang]

Nation Name: The Expansionist Democracy Of Crazybloxian Empire
Side Supporting: Royalists (Islamists / Royalists / Neutral)
Order of Battle: 1900 tanks, 1 million soldiers, 4,288 frigates, 28,127 coast guard craft, 1,184 oil tankers, 208 aircraft carriers, 1,110 fighters, 2,190 jets, 2,227 helicopters, 1,357 bombers

28 million landmines,
186 million bombs
3 nukes
2 billion punji sticks suitable for making 178 million traps
28 thousand propaganda posters for Islamists (to distract them) (Structure/Number/List of your military/peacekeeping/monitoring personnel)
Additional Information: We won’t assist any divisions with a leader of Chinese origin. (Any additional information you think people need to know)

Denied. 1 million soldiers and several thousand tanks is quite obviously larger than the 400-deployed personnel limit.

[Malden Republic]

@Terempang, ORBAT Still a work in progress, have a look i'll be finished and hopefully with your permission posting by this evening

[Terempang]

@Terempang, ORBAT Still a work in progress, have a look i'll be finished and hopefully with your permission posting by this evening

Sure, once you’re done with your ORBAT just shoot me the app and I’ll look over it.

[Prussian Polish Commonwealth]

Just a note: If I get attacked by either side I'll join theother side, and if both attack I'll make this a 3-way.

[United Islands of Polis]

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[Kykid8]

Nation Name: The Great Archipelago of the United Islands of Polis

Side Supporting: Neutral (Leaning more to Royalist side)

Order of Battle:
UIPNS Wall Maria - Domination Class Battleship
840 Crew Members
40 Officers
80 Air Crew
120 Constitutional Marines
8x N-73 Scorch Gunship/Transport

PMSRS St. Cosmas - Re-fitted Mercy Ship, Domination Class Battleship
210 Crew Members
20 Officers
536 Medical Crew
134 Volunteer Doctors (Military and Civilian)
80 Air Crew
50 Constitutional Police Units (Military Police)
36x Multiple Fixed Rotor Crafts

82nd "Recovery" Company
1x Captain
6x Sergeants
6x Corporals
237x Assorted Soldiers
5x Cougar HE MRAPs
6x M939 Transport Trucks
5x Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks
3x Basic Medical Assistance Trailers
2x Advanced Medical Assistance Trailers
2x M328 Scorpion MBTs (T-90s)

Additional Information:
Most supplies on both ships are relief aid and medical supplies for civilians. 82nd is acting in tandem with the Mercy Ship by going village to village and giving out basic and advanced medical treatment unless patients are required to be airlifted to the Mercy Ship itself. Tanks with the 82nd are also there to help keep order or should anyone try to directly engage and steal supplies or threaten the lives of the volunteer doctors and medical staff.

You might want to lessen your troop deployment numbers. Remember, this is a tiny island and I highly doubt an organized portion of the military with over 1,000 troops is going to swoop in and just give out aid while having a battleship sit outside.

[Rhunnland]

Nation Name: Rhunnland
Side Supporting: Neutral (for now; might end up supporting the Royalists in the future)
Order of Battle:

• 28th Schwesburger Infantry Battalion Alpha Company Platoon II
  • Command Squad
    • First Lieutenant Harvey Steinberg
    • 2 Corporals
    • 7 Infantrymen
  • Alpha Squad
    • 1 Sergeant
    • 2 Corporals
    • 7 Infantrymen
  • Beta Squad
    • 1 Sergeant
    • 2 Corporals
    • 7 Infantrymen
  • Charlie Squad
    • 1 Sergeant
    • 2 Corporals
    • 7 Infantrymen
  • Delta Squad
    • 1 Sergeant
    • 2 Corporals
    • 7 Infantrymen
• 5 Galaxy-class Air Supply Transports
• 5 C8 Combat Jets (for escort purposes only, unless attacked)
• All infantrymen armed with one D5 Assault Rifle and 5 hand grenades each.
  
  More troops may be sent in if conditions require it

Additional Information: Will probs start off with an airlift to TSA Airport, and a 50-man infantry platoon to run a refugee camp or other humanitarian/peacekeeping stuff. Will generally not escalate unless attacked.

[Nations United for Conquest]

Looks interesting...A good chance to flex some old muscles it would seem

[Ruslava]

Nation Name: Ruslavian Empire
Side Supporting: Royalists (Islamists / Royalists / Neutral)
Order of Battle: 1st Company,3rd Battalion, Imperial Ruslavan Parachute Regiment.
150 men commanded by Major Alexender Von Kuznetsov.
2 BMD-4M
2 BTR-MDM
6 Gaz Tigr jeeps
6 Ural-4320 trucks
Transport Aircraft
2 Antonov An-124 Ruslan
2 Antonov An-22
(Structure/Number/List of your military/peacekeeping/monitoring personnel)

Additional Information: (Any additional information you think people need to know)

[Union of Lesser Soviet Republics]

Nation Name:The Union of Lesser Soviet Republics
Side Supporting:Neutral
Order of Battle:

Ground Forces
3rd Motorized Infantry Regiment

• 80 soldiers
• 25 trucks
• 15 APCS
• 3 tanks

Air Forces

• 30 paratroopers
• 4 MiG-29Ms
• 2 Mi-28s
• 2 Ka-50s
• 2 Mi-8s
• 1 Mi-26
• 1 Il-76

Naval Forces

• 20 Naval Troops
• 4 patrol boats
• 2 corvettes
• 1 amphibious assault ship
• 1 destroyers
• 1 guided missile destroyer

Additional Information:The ground and air forces will begin peacekeeping and humanitarian operations inside the country while the naval forces will protect coastal areas and other humanitarian naval vessels from attacks.

[United Islands of Polis]

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[Vionna-Frankenlisch]

Terempang, I suggest you close applications for Royalists as its getting pretty crowded, particularly on their side.

[Allanea]

Nation Name: Free Kingdom of Allanea
Side Supporting: Royalists
Order of Battle: Between 10-100 Allanean soldiers, and up to 100-200 Ashtonbury Brigade royalist terrorists depending on how this unfolds. Possibly also 1-2 submarines.
Additional Information:

The headline seems to be implying that the fall of the monarchy is inevitable.

With your permission,I will operate on the following assumptions:

1. The Allanean government knows IC that the monarchy will most likely fall, and will not make attempts to preserve it.
2. The Allanean government will attempt to rescue as many noblemen and royalists as it can, with the clandestine intent of encouraging them to settle in Allanea and become its citizen, while carrying out assassinations, sabotage, and various attacks (some arguably terrorist) in nature against the Islamists, with the goal of 'imposing costs' on the Islamists, i.e. 'making them pay' for their victory.

Is this okay?

Also, for clarification:

1) What kind of Islamists are we dealing with here? Islamist ideology is very diverse (obviously, they're hard core religious fanatics, but what else do they believe? Some Islamist groups blend the Islam with socialist ideas, others with anti-socialist ones, some have messianic beliefs bout the return of a 'prophesied leader', and yet others have yet crazier beliefs. Many Islamist groups are in favor of literal slavery, others are not).

2) How much can my nation claim to IC know about yours, and what is the extent of IC intelligence it may have (can I claim to have agents in your nation, or maybe I am limited to reading the IC newspapers and viewing things from satellites)?

[Rhunnland]

Terempang, I suggest you close applications for Royalists as its getting pretty crowded, particularly on their side.

I do agree that, OOCly, the OP should balance the sides and (maybe temporarily) close down Royalist apps. But, ICly, it does make sense the most countries would support the legitimate government over (what seem to be) radical Islamists.

I'm not the OP, nor has my App been accepted, so obviously my opinion doesn't entirely matter, but still. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Munkchester]

Nation Name: FenwickCorp (company headquartered in Munkchester)
Side Supporting: (Islamists / Royalists / Neutral / FenwickCorp)
Order of Battle:
- 280 FenwickSoldiers
- 20 men in black who will go to the roof of a tower and shoot the head general killing him
- 15 FenwickFighters
Additional Information: FenwickCorp will seize control of the island so that George Fenwick can build a house there.

[Allanea]

Terempang, I suggest you close applications for Royalists as its getting pretty crowded, particularly on their side.

I do agree that, OOCly, the OP should balance the sides and (maybe temporarily) close down Royalist apps. But, ICly, it does make sense the most countries would support the legitimate government over (what seem to be) radical Islamists.

I'm not the OP, nor has my App been accepted, so obviously my opinion doesn't entirely matter, but still. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Well, it's not clear if the OP even wants the RP to be 'balanced'. (They don't have to! And it doesn't have to be balanced to be fun - even if we wanted to create a challenge for Royalist players, a challenge can be created in other ways than just 'balancing the amount of players').

[Rhunnland]

I do agree that, OOCly, the OP should balance the sides and (maybe temporarily) close down Royalist apps. But, ICly, it does make sense the most countries would support the legitimate government over (what seem to be) radical Islamists.

I'm not the OP, nor has my App been accepted, so obviously my opinion doesn't entirely matter, but still. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Well, it's not clear if the OP even wants the RP to be 'balanced'. (They don't have to! And it doesn't have to be balanced to be fun - even if we wanted to create a challenge for Royalist players, a challenge can be created in other ways than just 'balancing the amount of players').

True! I was thinking (if I got accepted) to have a 9/11-esque terrorist attack in my nation, funneling my resources towards that, instead.

[Sections of post edited out due to factual inaccuracies]

[Allanea]

Additionally, Guerrilla warfare has been shown to be very effective for a smaller force fighting a larger one. That's how the Viet Kong beat the US.

1. No, it hasn't. Guerrillas typically require having more forces than the enemy to succeed, as their casualties were vast.
2. The Viet Cong didn't beat the US. The Viet Cong was destroyed in the Vietnam War, and the North Vietnamese Army beat the US. It primarily succeeded not through guerrilla warfare, as late in the war its operations shifted primarily to conventional military action, with tanks, airplanes, and the like. The portrayal of the Vietnam War as a primarily guerrilla conflict between the Viet Cong and the USA is actually a Hollywood fiction, and totally ignores the role played in the war bth the South and North Vietnamese ( the South Vietnamese are typically ignored in most portrayals of the war, at best figuring as useless flunkies of the US, but that is far from how the war actually took place. Sadly this portrayal plays into the preconceptions of Americans who are anti-war, since it pretends the war was a conflict between the US and the common Vietnamese, and the pro-war ones, since it portrays the US army as the heroes who did most of the fighting and dying, and the South Vietnamese as not contributing anything of use).
3. The Vietnam War continued after the US' departure and ended in a series of highly successful armored operatgions vby the Nortgh Vietnamese Army.

I posted more about this here:

viewtopic.php?t=381205

[Allanea]

I apologize for adding another post, but I think we should all reduce our involvement.

The population of Terempang is less than 6,000 according to the factbooks, and the area of the country is 25 square kilometers.

There is literally not enough room there for more than two mechanized battalions to fight each other, and a single mechanized battalion on any side could literally take on the entire population if they chose to fight as guerrillas.

Between the people who have been accepted to the RP, more troops are being deployed than are living in Terempang, on either side!

[Nations United for Conquest]

I apologize for adding another post, but I think we should all reduce our involvement.

The population of Terempang is less than 6,000 according to the factbooks, and the area of the country is 25 square kilometers.

There is literally not enough room there for more than two mechanized battalions to fight each other, and a single mechanized battalion on any side could literally take on the entire population if they chose to fight as guerrillas.

Between the people who have been accepted to the RP, more troops are being deployed than are living in Terempang, on either side!

Don't cloud the issue with the facts

[New Aeyariss]

True! I was thinking (if I got accepted) to have a 9/11-esque terrorist attack in my nation, funneling my resources towards that, instead. Additionally, Guerrilla warfare has been shown to be very effective for a smaller force fighting a larger one. That's how the Viet Kong beat the US. That could make a very interesting RP, especially w/ the deployment size limits the OP has set.

Because the OP is a good friend and protege of mine, permit me to throw in my own feedback as well.

1) Successful guerilla warfare requires depth. Mao Zedong, though not entirely correct, assumed that guerilla warfare (in his style, at least) would have been impossible in a small country. We are talking here about an island of 25km2, an island that could be successfully controlled by a single battalion. There will be literally nowhere to withdraw to - limited space and restriction created by the very fact that the sea is around is already enough.

2) The island has 25km2. This means that simple and commonly available artillery pieces could, most likely hit anywhere on the island with exception of protection provided by reverse slope of the mountain (and even that would be relative).

3) The geography is yet another factor. Guns do not grow on the trees, you have to get them in place somewhere. If someone decided to blockade the island (which will be easy to do even with most basic means that don't involve aircraft carriers) it would pretty much curtail access to weapons and ammunition into the area. There are means to counter that, but it would require a lot of energy spent on evading the blockade - which will only further add to the costs.

[Nations United for Conquest]

-Snip-

Just burning this island to the ground continues to sound like a better idea with each passing moment