AAR Campaign Vanilla (4/4) Operation Sundae - 24JAN26

[Komar.T]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
Name of Combat Mission: Operation Sundae
Game: Hell Let Loose
Server Hosted on: Training Server 1
Date of Combat Mission: 24JAN26
Time of Combat Mission : 8:00 PM EDT
CRCON STATS
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Mission OIC: Corporal Arnold.W
Mission Controller: Corporal Arnold.W
Number of Attendees: 77
7th Cavalry Personnel Involved in Action:
COL Cameron.J
MAJ.Argentini.E
CPT.Macpherson.C
1LT.Sotelo.R
2LT.Angels.N
1SG.Herber.R
1SG.Mueller.H
SFC.Wisniewski.A
SSG.VonBusch.M
SSG.Felton.J
SSG.Moreau.M
SGT.Belmont.E
SGT.Plummer.M
SGT.Heller.T
SGT.Flick.J
SGT.Heinz.B
CPL.Roderick.S
CPL.Thrawn.N
CPL.Beauchamp.R
CPL.Jinto.H
CPL.Barnes.D
CPL.Hermes.S
CPL.Rhodes.R
CPL.Rhamaad.K
CPL.Giglio.M
CPL.Berkowski.C
CPL.Williams.S
CPL.Teague.B
CPL.Hellious.T
CPL.Feathers.A
CPL.Wagner.D
SPC.Curry.P
SPC.Theo.H
SPC.Basher.J
SPC.Josephs.E
SPC.Morgan.A
SPC.Cazeault.J
SPC.Milkovic.D
SPC.Rowe.S
SPC.Atkins.DS
SPC.Stripes.P
SPC.Walker.TR
SPC.Freeze.T
SPC.Graves.J
SPC.Austin.M
SPC.Kinder.E
SPC.Banfield.H
SPC.Guru.E
SPC.VonKnispel.K
SPC.Bonderant.F
SPC.Daelomin.J
SPC.Doss.T
SPC.Veilleux.J
SPC.Cross.E
SPC.Ingram.M
SPC.Beckner.Z
SPC.Farmer.D
SPC.Riley.D
PFC.Regis.L
PFC.Lee.TJ
PFC.Badger.J
PFC.Reynolds.Z
PFC.Burns.C
PFC.Mustard.C
PFC.Fox.C
PFC.Bas.D
PFC.Cross.JA
PFC.Miller.H
PFC.Recker.A (Craciun.A)
PFC.Schwartz.J
PVT.Wolfe.Di
PVT.Strole.Z
PVT.Sinclair.M
PVT.Boone.A


RET
CPL.Sokol.Z
SPC.Rousseau.A

 

[Komar.T]

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

Element Callsign:
Element Leader:
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:



Pros:

Cons:

 

[Moreau.M]

Element Callsign: Axis Squad 1
Element Leader:Staff Sergeant Moreau.M
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Staff Sergeant Moreau.M
Major Argentini.E
Corporal Teague.B
Specialist Bonderant.F

Pros:

• We did a lot of damage as airborne in the backline
• Got to see more of Smolensk

Cons:

• Point layout questionable

 

[Angels.N]

Element Callsign: Axis Commander
Element Leader: Second Lieutenant Nate Angels
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:



Pros:

• Great communication from the Squad Leaders.
• Great pings whenever able.
• Formations were good even if we get picked off left, right and center.
• Everyone did outstanding during tonight's operation. Absolutely glad to have led them for the first operation of 2026!

Cons:

• My ability to command properly. I should've planned more to lead the squads effectively even if I was picked for commander last minute.

 

[Banfield.H]

Element Callsign: Axis tank 2 "Heresy's voice"
Element Leader: Specialist Banfield.H
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Heinz.B
Private First Class Fox.C


Pros:

• Good to be back
• Great fight over the point to start
• Good tank duels
• Great command comms

Cons:

• Map is super buggy for tanks
• Point layout was sub optimal!!
• Not much of the map was explored

 

[Von Busch.M]

Element Callsign: Goodwrench
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Von Busch.M
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Staff Sergeant Von Busch.M
Corporal Thrawn.N
Specialist Curry.P

Pros:

• Fun Operation
• Balanced Rules
• Solid Infantry callouts
• Decent comms

Cons:

• Smolensk is unoptimized and borderline unplayable for tanks

 

[Daelomin.J]

Element Callsign: Axis Squad 2
Element Leader:Specialist Doss.T
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Private Sinclair.M
Specialist Daelomin.J
Specialist Cross.E
Pros:

• Good backline activity and comms.
• Vanilla with Cav is always fun.

Cons:

• Could have been more aggressive sooner on the final push.

 

[Herber.R]

Element Callsign: Allied Dog Squad
Element Leader: First Sergeant Herber.R
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Captain Macpherson.C
Corporal Hermes.S
Sergeant Plummer.M

Pros:

• Fun OP as always.
• Relatively good gameplan and went off without a hitch

Cons:

• Assigned attack and ended up on defense a majority of the match.
• Calling for an attack while losing a point is never a good idea resulting in some really close calls with the center point.
• Quick reaction to Garrison's or Outpost's lighting up, being destroyed, or even being locked out.
• Ensure that everyone knows their roles for the match and commit to the role.

 

[Farmer.D]

Element Callsign: Axis - Bravo
Element Leader: SPC.Farmer.D
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
PFC.Schwartz
SPC.Rousseau.A (RET)
SPC.Riley.D


Pros:

• Love the vanilla game
• Close game and very competitive
• Good squad comms

Cons:

• Rough coming back into squad lead role trying to follow command and squad chat

 

[Walker.TR]

Element Callsign: Allied Easy Squad
Element Leader: SPC.Walker.TR
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
SPC.Walker.TR
CPL.Rhamaad.K
SPC.Graves.J
SPC.Freeze.T

Pros:

• Good communication
• Fun, tough match
• Good job hunting and killing tanks/garrisons

Cons:

• Garrison placement led to troopers spawning in non-enterable buildings and garrison network kept us from keeping a garrison near the point at times.

 

[Hellious.T]

Element Callsign: Axis Squad 1
Element Leader:Corporal Hellious.T
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Master Sergeant Komar.T
Specialist Ingram.M
Private First Class Miller.H
Private First Class Craciun.A

Pros:

• Squad movement was good, one of the few squads that created pressure on the point
• leadership channel to start was ok
• flanks were ok little deep in some regard

Cons:

• garrison placements were a little deep
• leadership channel was dead after things started to trip
• on certain pushes infantry did not collapse fast enough onto attack to take the point

 

[Vonk.K]

Element Callsign: Axis Arty
Element Leader: SPC.Von Knispel.K
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
PFC.Bas.D
CPL.Williams.S



Pros:

• command was very responsive
• command chat was active
• tanks were very aggressive
• axis arty had 20 more kills than allied arty

Cons:

• no callouts for arty at all
• map was too large for arty as inf was too spread out
• map was not good for tanks and spa

 

[Rhodes.R]

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

Element Callsign: Charlie (Allies)
Element Leader: CPL.Rhodes.R
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
CPL.Rhodes.R
Specialist Milkovic.D
Specialist Atkins.DS
First Sergeant Mueller.H
Specialist Rowe.S

Solids:

• Strong combined arms emphasis made a huge difference in combat effectiveness of elements.
• Strong communication between squads and lots of spotting and marks for tanks.

Improvements:

• Command comms were loud.
• There were a few moments of combined arms action that need polish. Practicing tank sprints would go a long way.

 

[Wisniewski.A]

Element Callsign: Axis Squad 3, "How"
Element Leader:Sergeant First Class Wisniewski.A
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Colonel Cameron.J
Corporal Arnold.W
Private Boone.A
Corporal Sokol.Z (Retired)

Pros:

• Squad cohesion was great, everybody was moving well together, comms were great and we managed to hold the defensive point for the entire match
• Teams seemed very evenly matched

Cons:

• Room for improvement with offensive garrison placement

 

[Lee.TJ]

Element Callsign: Allies Tank
Element Leader: Private First Class Lee.TJ
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Theo.H
Corporal Jinto.H


Pros:

• Great call outs from other SLs about tanks
• Allies' infantry covered the tanks well, pushing together
• Allies' infantry stacheled Axis' tanks very well, meaning Axis' tank should push up with infantries

Cons:

• Remove tank marks that were called destroyed
• This map does not have much flanking opportunities as a tank
• My gunner's PC crashed when enemy Puma was directly in front of us and flanking around

 

[Giglio.M]

Element Callsign:Axis Lead Tank
Element Leader: Corporal Giglio.M
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Berkowski.C
Private First Class Mustard.C
Pros:

• Good to be back
• Troopers and balance of teams was spot on
• Great work by squad and Co TC

Cons:

• Some server jank reported by troopers
• North point's of map not the most hospitable to tank engagements.
• In our own lines CQC on team satchel troopers made way to take us out.

 

[Roderick.S]

Element Callsign: Soviet Allies Commander
Element Leader: Corporal Roderick.S
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element: N/A



Pros:

• Great effort on infantry support for the tanks. Obviously there are many things we could improve, but what I saw during the operation was very promising.
• Great reaction to comms from everyone. We successfully reinforced the defense on Overpass numerous times.
• Great callouts flow of info on command comm.
• Great work from Recon and Arty squad with flares, allowing the team to be more aware of enemy movement.
• Kudos to S3 organizers, the roster was nearly perfectly balanced.

Cons:

• Slow start and couple out of position at the start, I could've conveyed better on mission start movement.
• I could've organized and used more AT guns at some of the pre-determined spots, but thankfully our AT did great job without it.

 

[Sotelo.R]

Element Callsign: Soviet Artillery Squad
Element Leader: 1LT.Sotelo.R
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
1LT.Sotelo.R
SGT.Belmont.E
SPC.Basher.J

Pros:

Cons:

 

[Beauchamp.R]

Element Callsign: Allies How Squad
Element Leader: CPL.Beauchamp.R
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
SPC.Stripes.P
PFC.Reynolds.Z
PFC.Badger.J
PVT.Strole


Pros:

• Great vanilla vibes
• Local and command comms were clean and helpful
• Flanks were helpful to team/ taking pressure off
• Found places to picket line and be able to have enemy come to us

Cons:

• Soviet kit hurts at times
• Still a new map to many
• Spread too thin at times

 

[Rutkowski.P]

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