Fireteams are groups of two people that function as a micro team. Fireteam members always stick together, as in the buddy system of SWAT teams.
So the idea is to divide the squad into at least 3 parts.
For example :
Fireteam 01 (Heart) : Officer(L) and Medic(F)
Fireteam 02 (Anti-armor) : Light-AT(L) and Support(F)
Fireteam 03 (Anti-infantry) : Grenadier(L) and Marksman(F)
So you have an egg, an anvil and a hammer. The egg will become the arm with the 0.7. You should have understood the metaphore..
Since some classes are complementary, you can use this complementaries to improve their effectiveness.
The Squad Leader has to survive, so the Medic becomes his bodyguard.
The AT needs ammo, so the Support follows him to be able to resupply him.
The idea is also that at any time, each one has someone who is covering his back. So, whenever one member encounter a threat, they are at least 2 members facing the threat. And if this fireteam communicate. The Squad Leader could assign the two other fireteams to attack the threat one from the North (for example) and the other from the South. Always the idea of surrounding your adversaries.
In french we say "diviser pour mieux régner" : divide so as to lead better.
Each fireteam may be given specific orders by the squad leader. For example, if a tank or APC is spotted, the AT fireteam 02 is ordered to engage it. The rest of the squad assists by covering the AT fireteam 02 from enemy infantry or else by distracting the armor.
If at the begining you assign fireteams, the complicity between each fireteam members will quickly grow. It will tremendously improve the fireteam effectiveness and leads your squad mates to communicate (even the shyier one).
Furthermore, if at the begining you say :
- Fireteam 01 : Kahn / kunderjan
- Fireteam 02 : Bishop / Foehrunner
- Fireteam 03 : Danny / DrRobin
And you assign the kits.
When you will be into the fire, you will only have to say :
- Fireteam 02 : provide suppressive fire on my target (attack/destroy marker)
- Fireteam 01 & 03 : Flank them from the East
Another example when you defend a building :
- Fireteam 01 : defend the last floor
- Fireteam 02 : defend the second floor
- Fireteam 03 : defend the first floor
Example when you attack a flag :
- Fireteam 01 : Attack from the North
- Fireteam 02 : Attack from the East
- Fireteam 03 : Attack from the West
Example when you move :
- Fireteam 02 : Take the lead
- Fireteam 01 : Follow 02
- Fireteam 03 : Cover our back
Example when you defend a flag :
- Fireteam 01 : defend the North
- Fireteam 02 : defend the East
- Fireteam 03 : defend the West
In less than 5 secondes you will set a "complex" tactic. I did this several times on public servers and this was deadly effective. Imagine how this could be with a full private squad.
I was in numerous squad and some Squad Leaders knew these tactics but they didn't use the fireteam concept. You can't imagine how it could improve the effectiveness of your squad.
Another interesting thing is that if you assign fireteam/kits. Every squad member should be able to anticipate the near battle. For example if you hear "fireteam 02 is down", and this fireteam was defending the South. All immediatly know from where it comes.
Plus, if you spot an armor. Automatically the AT fireteam (02) will engage your target. And all will know what he has to do. All will immediatly know that the 02 position will be weakened during the armor hunt. And all will automatically move according to the situation.
The drawbacks of the fireteam concept is that you will quickly have a lot of communication. So your radio will quickly be full and you will have less "spaces" to give orders. According to my experience, it could quickly become the chaos for the Squad Leader. Because the Squad Leader will hear the squad mates voice plus the commander one. You quickly become surrounded by the informations. So the flux has to be managed. The simple way to manage it is to simply give the Squad Leader the priority to speak, and allow the Squad Leader to ask to his squad to stop talking unless if necesary.
Examples of various specialized squads:
DEFAULT SQUAD
Fireteam 01: Officer(L) and Medic(F)
Fireteam 02: AT(L) and Support(F)
Fireteam 03: Grenadier(L)
Fireteam 04: Marksman(L)
ANTI-TANK SQUAD
Fireteam 01: Officer(L) and Medic(F)
Fireteam 02: AT(L) and Support(F)
Fireteam 03: AT or Engineer(L) and Rifleman(F)
URBAN SQUAD (CQC)
Fireteam 01: Officer(L) and Medic(F)
Fireteam 02: AT(L) and Support(F)
Fireteam 03: Spec Ops(L)
Fireteam 04: Marksman(L)
FOREST SQUAD (High cover)
Fireteam 01: Officer(L) and Medic(F)
Fireteam 02: AT(L) and Support(F)
Fireteam 03: Grenadier(L)
Fireteam 04: Rifleman(L)
DESERT SQUAD (Low cover)
Fireteam 01: Officer(L) and Medic(F)
Fireteam 02: AT(L) and Riffleman(F)
Fireteam 03: Grenadier(L)
Fireteam 04: Marksman(L)
SABOTAGE SQUAD (e.g. Anti-bunker)
Fireteam 01: Officer(L) and Medic(F)
Fireteam 02: AT(L) and Support(F)
Fireteam 03: Engineer(L) and Engineer(F) or SpecOps(F)
RIFLEMAN SQUAD
Fireteam 01: Officer(L) and Medic(F)
Fireteam 02: Rifleman(L) and Medic(F)
Fireteam 03: Rifleman(L) and Rifleman(F)
Classes marked with...
(L) = lead the fireteam ( take initiative )
(F) = follow & support the leader
Quote:
"As a Fireteam Leader, the Squad Leader tells you to hold up while he waits for another squad to catch up to the platoon. You see that the location that you're presently at is about 20 meters short of having a good perspective on the terrain in front of you, due to a brush line that is obstructing your view. You take INITIATIVE and move your fireteam 20 meters forward so that they can observe the terrain past the brush line."
(Quote from
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Example:
Make a RECON FireTeam
Assign one or two members to recon an area to assess the location and danger of potential threats. For example: the Rifleman and Support soldiers are moved to fireteam [05], and the AT stays in fireteam 02. Before he "leaves" the fireteam, the Rifleman/Support should lays down an ammo pack near the AT.
[edited by bishop_smith2 for english]
Edit : When you are in a Fireteam, if you are eliminated and your teammates is too. Set a place where to regroup (Rally Point/Squad Leader/APC/Firebase) with chat or VOIP. Always stick TOGETHER.
