AAR AAR Campaign War in the West (1/4) : Operation Theatre - Mortain

[Leifried.R]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
Name of Combat Mission: Campaign War in the West (1/4) - Operation Theatre - Mortain
Game: Hell Let Loose Server Hosted on: Training Server 1
Date of Combat Mission: 22MAR25
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 0045Z
Mission OIC: Second Lieutenant Leifried.R
Mission Controller: Second Lieutenant Leifried.R

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Number of Attendees: 91
7th Cavalry Personnel Involved in Action:
Major Rollins.R
Captain Anderson.P
First Lieutenant Korfias.F
First Lieutenant Rhodes.R
Second Lieutenant Hazen.D
Second Lieutenant Macpherson.C
Second Lieutenant Swanson.B
Second Lieutenant Leifried.R
First Sergeant Balazova.S
Master Sergeant Mueller.H
Sergeant First Class Busch.J
Sergeant First Class Hermes.S
Staff Sergeant Bean.P
Staff Sergeant Konn.G
Staff Sergeant White.C
Staff Sergeant Wisniewski.A
Sergeant Etoh.I
Sergeant Riley.D
Sergeant Wagner.D
Corporal Jay.JH
Corporal Hansel.R
Corporal Ackelson.K
Corporal Baldrick.D
Corporal Bell.T
Corporal Coutu.M
Corporal Ellison.C
Corporal Houser.J
Corporal LaRoche.P
Corporal Mair.B
Corporal Moreau.M
Corporal Von Busch.M
Corporal Warren.G
Corporal Watters.W
Corporal Willis.B
Corporal Angels.N
Specialist Koalafied.C
Specialist Lewis.P
Specialist Payne.J
Specialist Barrett.JH
Specialist Barzon.J
Specialist Belmont.E
Specialist Blade.B
Specialist Borek.T
Specialist Caldreas.B
Specialist Darko.M
Specialist Dupell.G
Specialist Dupree.N
Specialist Fabie.D
Specialist Fields.M
Specialist Freeze.T
Specialist Groves.T
Specialist Harris.W
Specialist Hawthorne.S
Specialist Heinz.B
Specialist Helmick.A
Specialist James.M
Specialist Keif.A
Specialist Kinder.E
Specialist Leaf.J
Specialist Loup.N
Specialist Moff.N
Specialist Parton.D
Specialist Raffles.R
Specialist Richman.A
Specialist Tawfik.Y
Specialist Yee.L
Private First Class Celestial.L
Private First Class Cook.L
Private First Class Dennis.V
Private First Class Fenrir.J
Private First Class Flick.J
Private First Class Kent.S
Private First Class Salvatore.J
Private First Class Smallbeck.E
Private First Class Milkovic.D
Private First Class Pick.S
Private First Class Austin.M
Private First Class Baktash.L
Private First Class Becker.J
Private Drezelan.O
Private Fog.M
Private Arnold.W
Private Giglio.M
Private Kajtar.P
Private Licht.N

Not Eligible:
Second Lieutenant DAmico.J - RET
Specialist Perez.T - Active NFA
Recruit Beaudoin.JL
Recruit Guru.E
Recruit Kyle.A
Recruit Zelaya.M

 

[Barrett.JH]

I had rubber banding issues but great op thank you

 

[Giglio.M]

Great time! Great SL.(2LT.Swanson)

 

[Raffles.R]

Operation Mortain, not the kind of rubber I was hoping for but Rubber Banding like hell

 

[Korfias.F]

S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT​

Element Callsign: Commander AXIS
Element Leader: First Lieutenant Korfias.F
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
First Lieutenant Korfias.F

Pros:

• Axis win!
• Prep before the match worked out well. Plans were well executed by PLs/SLs/TCs

Cons:

• Rubberbanding and high ping for the whole match.

 

[Richman.A]

That damn rubberbanding issue

 

[Borek.T]

Rubber-banding was atrocious, as a tank driver, almost unplayable.
Shoutout to RCT.Kajtar for doing his best in our 2 man situation, despite comms issues and lag, he hung in there and did a great job for his first time being in a tank and given the situation.

 

[LaRoche.P]

Element Callsign: Allies How Squad
Element Leader: Corporal Larocha.P
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Master Sergeant Mueller.H
Specialist Perez.T
Private First Class Becker.J

Pros:

• Good communication in squad.

Cons:

• Intense rubber banding.
• Outgunned the entire game.
• Command comms was insane at some point.
• Offensive game mode is really bad, it's literaly: try something for 10 minutes just to give up and swarm the point to capture it in 60 seconds with your opponent having between 15 to 40 seconds spawn time.. and that's not counting the travel time to make it to the point.

 

[Austin.M]

Great OP even with the rubber banding

 

[Macpherson.C]

Element Callsign: Allied Fox Squad
Element Leader: Second Lieutenant Macpherson.C
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Mair.B
Private First Class Milkovic.D
Private First Class Salvatore.J


Pros:

• Really good coordination with the squad
• Good game plan and execution
• Enjoyed the pre-game planning

Cons:

• Lag issues with the server, all of my squad had issues
• Command Comms were hectic

 

[Moreau.M]

Element Callsign: Axis AT Squad 1
Element Leader: Corporal Moreau.M
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Moreau.M
Specialist Delosreyes.D
Recruit Zelaya.M

Pros:

• We did what were supposed to do, being a nuisance to everything that moves, specially tanks.

Cons:

• Rubberbanding and FPS issues

 

[Von Busch.M]

Element Callsign: Axis TC (Goodwrench)
Element Leader: Corporal Von Busch.M
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Von Busch.M
Specialist Koalafied.C
Specialist Raffles
Pros:

• Despite the constant lag my crew was able to get their job done
• Communication with infantry was solid
• Leadership created a plan and for the most part stuck with it
• Nice competitive match
• Offensive mode was a nice change compared to the norm

Cons:

• Crazy map lag
• Rubber band simulator

 

[Bell.T]

Element Callsign: Baker / Allied Recon
Element Leader: CPL.Bell.T
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
PFC.Baktash.L

Pros:

• Communications were efficient and were clear majority of the time.
• Commanders plan was good and we seemed to adjust to changes on the battlefield well.

Cons:

• Major rubber-banding on server - Ping was 150+
• We were restricted to the points (for flares) and unable to flex as a Recon Unit.
• Explosive ammo drops were lacking (for flares).

 

[White.C]

Able Squad Allies (AT Crew)

1. SSG.White.C
2. SPC.Yee.L

Pros:

• Offensive game mode was awesome to have in an operation. Love how the outcomes of each match will affect the overall campaign and force the teams to adapt in the future.

Cons

• Ping and rubber banding was terrible and occurred throughout the entire match.
• Repeating the same callouts in command chat only clutters comms. As one of the AT squads, when it is the third or fourth callout that a tank is on a hardpoint, it becomes increasingly frustrating when, after I have already acknowledged the callout, to continue asking why a tank is still alive when there is half an enemy team shooting my rocket man while he attempts to engage the armour.

 

[Bean.P]

Element Callsign: Axis Infantry
Element Leader: SSG Bean.P
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
PFC. FENRIR
SPC. DARKO
SPC. PAYNE


Pros:
Fun event guys had a ton of fun.

Cons

• Ping and rubber banding was terrible and occurred throughout the entire match.

 

[Kajtar.P]

Rubber banding or not, i really enjoyed this op. This was my first big op with the 7th Cav since i joined last week, and this is defo why i joined this group. I will join more ops in the future 100%.

 

[Baldrick.D]

Element Callsign: Axis 1st Platoon MG squad 2
Element Leader:CPL.Baldrick.D
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
SPC.Angels.N
SPC.James.M
SPC.Fields.M

Pros:

• Good communication in squad.
• Good initial op planning but when it fell apart, command and SL's came up with a new plan and executed it perfectly and quickly
• SPC.Angels.N had a 317m kill with the MG, 41 kills, 207 shots hit, and 2774 shots fired
• Half the team threw like 20 smokes at a heavy tank on the north side of the last point, causing the tank to not see and get stuck, allowing us to satchel and kill him.
• Hope to see more offensive OP's in the future. It went a lot smoother than I thought it would.

Cons:

• Intense rubber banding
• pings (marking) not being placed or taking a second to be placed due to server ping

 

[Parton.D]

Element Callsign: Allies How Squad
Element Leader: SPC.Parton.D
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
CPL.Houser.J
CPL.Hansel.R
PFC.Flick.J
CPL.Ellison.C
Pros:
we did our job, great comms, loved all the planning and PR leading up to this op. interested to see where it goes!

Cons

-The ping on TS1 NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, seriously considering not join ops on that server going forward because the ping/hit reg/rubber banding is so bad.( opinion of SPC.Parton not reflective of whole squad)

-command comms were extremely cluttered and hard to get good information. highly suggest PLS are in the discord with their respective platoon and communicate with command through in game commands.

 

[Hawthorne.S]

I participated in the operation this evening on the Axis side, and due to severe lag issues there were serious skill concerns that prevented the Armored Platoon from being an effective offensive force.

Aside from that, I had a decent time.

 

[Etoh.I]

Element Callsign: Axis King Squad (Anti-Tank)
Element Leader: Sergeant Etoh.I
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Major Rollins.R - Anti-Tank
Private First Class Kent.S - Support

Pros:

• Very fun concept, love extra narrative elements. Adds to immersion in a big way and will continue as this campaign progresses
• Found success as a 3 man AT crew of competent communicative soldiers. Moved throughout the map fluidly to meet each identified target
• Two solo tank destructions, multiple first strikes on armor leading to destructions from friendly tanks and AT Squads
• 3 man AT Squads prove to be effective
• Clean and accurate armor callouts throughout operation in command comms

Cons:

• Terrible server performance for all involved
• Continued AO breaks during phase 2
• Locking squads (not troopers) to roles may be a more effective way of controlling tools while maintaining immersion. Would love to discuss this more if interested