AAR [HLL PC] Operation Total War 13JUN2026

Von Busch.M · Saturday at 11:34 PM

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Name of Combat Mission: Operation Total War 13JUN2026
Game: Hell Let Loose
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Date of Combat Mission: 13JUN2026
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 2359z
Mission OICs: Captain Swanson.B, Corporal Fox.F
Mission Controller: Staff Sergeant Von Busch.M , Sergeant Roderick.S, Sergeant Basher.J
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Von Busch.M · Saturday at 11:35 PM

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

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White.C · 2026-06-14T02:10:09+0000

Element Callsign: Axis Squad Able
Element Leader: Sergeant Major White.C
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Major White.C

Pros:

Setting the map up ahead of time to set up nodes worked fantastically. Really looking forward to running it again in the future.
Map had little restrictions and allowed flow for tanks and infantry very well.

Moreau.M · 2026-06-14T02:13:38+0000

Element Callsign: Allies Squad 2
Element Leader:Sergeant First Class Moreau.M
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant First Class Moreau.M
Corporal Doss.T
Specialist Aponte.A
Specialist Loup.N

Pros:

Great set up
Chaotic at times

Cons:

Being left alone with a tank is not cash money

Tilley.B · 2026-06-14T02:14:08+0000

Element Callsign: AXIS
Element Leader: CPL.Tilley.B
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
MSG.Wisniewski.A
CPL.Plummer.M
PFC.Brakefield.W
PFC.Bauvil.C

Pros:

Good Def
Good Off
Good Teamwork
Good Garrison Placement

Cons:

Leadership comms were a little rough but better
Need to work more on taking out enemy tanks, Tank was alive on train directly on point for 3 mins and not being destroyed

Banfield.H · 2026-06-14T02:16:33+0000

Element Callsign: Axis Tank 2 "Heresy's Voice"
Element Leader: Corporal Banfield.H
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Private First Class Roche.S
Corporal Flick.J

Pros:

Grat concept would love to see on other maps!!
Tanking with the boys is always fun

Cons:

My IDACs comms was poor
Pushing two find 2 76s pre aimed was not fun

Stevenson.A · 2026-06-14T02:20:30+0000

Element Callsign: AXIS - Charlie Squad
Element Leader: Specialist Stevenson.A
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Stout.S
Specialist Marcum.J
Specialist Jat.R

Pros:

Very fun operation!
Squad did amazing, made amazing game changing plays that dictated the outcome of the map. One of the best squads I've had the pleasure of leading.
CPT.Swanson's communication was top tier, made excellent decisions and had amazing command and control.
Our tankers were heavily relied on, did an amazing job.
Our Satchel utilization easily changed the game. Especially thanks to Specialist Stout.S.

Cons:

SLs need to listen and respect to Commander's decision. Heard some push-back which is unnecessary and clogs up the comms.
Set up took longer than anticipated.
Sometimes transitioned off of defense too quickly after capping point.

Kenton.W · 2026-06-14T02:26:24+0000

Element Callsign: Allied Baker Squad
Element Leader: Corporal Kenton.W
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Sinclair.M
Private Devine.D
First Lieutenant James.M

Pros:

Squad worked really well with each other, good communication and call outs
Enjoyed doing the front line operations, keeping pressure on the point when able to

Cons:

Too armor/artillery heavy for the amount of people we had in the op 2 tanks, 1 SPA and artillery was rough when each side had about thirty people
The tank ID was also a little rough, people calling out P4's when it's a panther or Tiger made it difficult for our tanks to engage properly
Just wish more people showed up for the op to get the proper scale for the amount of commander assets, armor and artillery
Leadership comms were too busy with a lot of talking over each other

Cross.E · 2026-06-14T02:26:47+0000

Element Callsign: Allies
Element Leader: Corporal Cross.E
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Roderick.S
Private First Class Perrier.J

Pros:

Great OP well put together
Lots of fun
Great comms

Cons:

Need to work on taking out tanks, tank's just held train majority of time.

Austin.M · 2026-06-14T02:30:02+0000

Element Callsign: Axis How Squad
Element Leader:Specialist Austin.M
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Stripes.P
Private Hobbs.C
RCT.Turner.Z

Pros:

Good teamwork
Vanilla ish

Cons:

Low player count

Swanson.B · 2026-06-14T02:30:46+0000

Element Callsign: Axis Commander
Element Leader: Captain Swanson.B
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element: N/A

Pros:

This operation was a commander's dream. Unlimited ressource! Yay!
Axis tank crews did an outstanding job. They stayed together, maintained excellent cohesion, and operated as a team throughout the match.
Allied artillery was absolutely on point. Great work, Freeman and Owens.
Axis infantry was outstanding as well—no debate there.
Fox.F, I consider myself a fairly experienced commander, and we ended up with very similar stats. In fact, you had even higher support effectiveness than I did. That's extremely impressive for your first time commanding.

Cons:

I misunderstood the AO and mistakenly sent my recon team to hunt enemy artillery during pahse 3. That's on me :/.
During the preparation phase, a lot of people went out of bounds—far more than there should have been. I felt like I was constantly yelling in Discord for people to get back in bounds. We need to do a better job maintaining discipline and paying attention to the map during staging.

Veilleux.J · 2026-06-14T02:32:54+0000

Element Callsign: Allies Recon Jig Squad
Element Leader: Active Reservist Veilleux.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element: Maj.Argentini.E

Pros: Great concept. Resource heavy match. Makes late game resources available all game. Fun for engineers in building up defences.

Cons: Too many tanks and SPA's for the amount of infantry. One or the other would have been good.

Owens.J · 2026-06-14T02:33:29+0000

Element Callsign: US Artillery
Element Leader: SGT.Owens.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Private First Class Freeman.S

Pros:

We got to blow stuff up
OPs = fun

Cons:

We did not get to see the stuff actually get blown up
Needed more markers to get a better idea of enemy force progression

Rhodes.R · 2026-06-14T02:33:47+0000

Element Callsign: Fox Squad (Axis)
Element Leader: SGT.Rhodes.R
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Rhodes.R
Specialist Dupree.N
Specialist Milkovic.D
Recruit Allen.M

Solids:

Great comms, great command and control in the beginning.
Solid in-squad coordination.

Improvements:

Engineer buildables we made needed work.
Axis going places they shouldn't
Not enough people in squad to defense.

Fox.F · 2026-06-14T02:46:57+0000

Element Callsign: Allies Commander
Element Leader: Corporal Fox.F

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element: N/A

Pros:

Lots of fun, being able to use all the command abilities at all time is super fun.
Great comms, lots of great leaderships from tankers, infantry and recon.
Love to try this OP again on another map with more infantry.
Tanks and Artillery played amazing.

Cons:

I need better air drop awareness.
I need to use bombing runs and artillery better during operations where infantry is low.
Two recon is better than 1 Recon and 1 Sniper
Strategically, I think tanks should have sat on the defensive point and have infantry pushing the point for low pop operations.
I think I needed to be more aggressive in the red earlier on.
If I am going to be aggressive, need to assign someone to take supply trucks to build back garrisons like logistics in exfor fnf.
Totally forgot about giving static artillery marks to hit.

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AAR [HLL PC] Operation Total War 13JUN2026

Von Busch.M

Von Busch.M

White.C

Moreau.M

Tilley.B

Banfield.H

Stevenson.A

Kenton.W

Cross.E

Austin.M

Swanson.B

Veilleux.J

Owens.J

Rhodes.R

Fox.F