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Old December 8th, 2011, 01:25 PM

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I also discovered that our LSV M04 LSW is being exchanged for the Minimi instead. Though the most popular LMG with the troops are still the good old workhorse MG62. Basically the LSW is useless as support weapon.

For anybody with an interest in DANCON ISAF, here is the OoB of the Combat Command:
  • Commander (Colonel) and SiC/CoS (Lietenant-Colonel)
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  • Staff and Logistics Company with lorries, MRAP Cougars, Piranhas,[/color] etc.. As well as medical personnel in ambulances, mechanics, workshop etc. [COLOR="rgb(139, 0, 0)"]Only the vehicles would figure in game, likely as APCs + ammo truck or carrier.[/color]
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  • Fire Support Element; basically Forward Observers. Including Raven UAVs since 2008.[/color]
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  • One M/10 120mm mortar from June 2010.[/color]
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  • Engineer Detachment "IGDET", probably 3 groups[/color] One combat, one construction, one mixed. Though they can all solve all tasks, the group operating from the Patrol Base Line, leading patrols and sweeping for IEDs has little to do but fight. The Engineers also has two mineploughs and some Minerollers down there.
  • Electronic Surveillance and recon unit that basically listens in on enemy mobile phones, etc.. From what I have seen and heard, they are VERY competent, but they can hardly figure in the game.
  • Signals Unit.
  • Training unit for ANA and ANP.
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  • Armoured Infantry Company employing CV90 IKK (CV9035)
  • Mechanised Infantry Company in M113 APCs or Piranha IIIs.
  • Leopard Squad with 3 Leo 2AF active and one in reserve if one breaks down.[/color]
  • Military Police, I have been unable to track down how many (they seem to have little to do), but my guess would be two to three groups.
  • Civilian-Military coorperation unit.
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  • Occasionally an unknown number of Jæger Patrols.[/color]
  • A Home Guard Platoon guarding the camp June - August to free up combat personnel during summer leave.
  • Various undisclosed specialists.
Under the command of the Danish Battalion is also a company of Gurkha rifles and ... I forgot the other British company.


[COLOR="rgb(139, 0, 0)"]Red[/color] Signifies that they are in game.


The Logistics Company operating from Camp Bastion also has 40 MRAP 6x6 Cougars that we have rented from the US and equipped with IR and a 12.7 mg. The first 20 arrived March 2011.

The LOPKESKs operates out of Camp Bastion as well and as far as I can determine, they take turns to be deployed.

From August 2009, the GD G270CDI has been exchanged for the AM General HMMWV M1045A2 Recon, known to Danes as the Jûlkat, in the Danish LOPESKs. Who has now upgraded to 8 man groups with 4 men in each Jûlkat.


The MLRS M270 has been phased out in 2008.

Danish ISAF troops are exchanged in Feb and July every year.

Let Opklaringseskadron is in fact abbrieved LOPKESK, not as I initially stated, LOPESK.

We may have had no 120 mm mortars for some years until it was decided to buy and deploy the 120mm M/10 TMT.


More to follow as I dig it out.
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