Map first
Before spawning, check whether defense is collapsing, your OP is useful, and the team has more than one realistic garrison.
30-second briefing
Read this before you spawn
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Spawns win
If you are unsure what to do, protect friendly spawns, build another spawn, or search for the enemy spawn that is feeding the fight.
Short comms
Say what, where, direction, and requested action. Long radio stories arrive too late.
Pocket card A
Beginner life cycle
Before spawning
- Is our defense flashing or about to be locked?
- Is the squad OP safe and close enough to matter?
- Does another squad need bodies on defense more than attack?
- Are supplies, armor marks, or enemy garrisons visible on map?
Every life
- Move with squadmates; lone open-field runs are donations.
- Use smoke before crossing watched lanes or reviving in the open.
- Ping, mark, and call enemy armor or spawn evidence.
- Destroy OPs/garrisons when safe; do not just farm around them.
If lost
- Defend the active point.
- Escort your Squad Leader or Support.
- Sweep around friendly garrisons for enemy OPs.
- Ask, “What spawn are we protecting or building?”
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Garrison rules
Build layers
One spawn near point is fragile. A useful network has backup, side staging, and a path to recover when the front collapses.
Hide from habits
Do not place obvious road, strongpoint-center, or artillery-bait garrisons unless the emergency leaves no alternative.
Use supplies with intent
Support supplies are best when paired with an Officer. Supply trucks and drops should create durable spawns, not random piles.
Defend the web
If a garrison locks, turns red, or receives pressure, the job is to sweep the approaches before it disappears.
Leader reminder: “Able defend point. Baker build north backup. Charlie sweep west garry. Armor mark accurate on ping.”
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Tank crew checklist
Crew rhythm
- Commander scans and decides.
- Gunner holds arcs and confirms target class.
- Driver moves only on concise commands.
- Repair only when covered or screened.
Callout format
- Class: recon / light / medium / heavy / unknown.
- Direction: clock for crew, compass/grid for team.
- Range and motion: “350m, moving left.”
- Intent: hold, kite, push, reverse, repair, disengage.
Fight discipline
- Do not repeat ricochets into bad armor angles.
- Track or engine-disable threats when kill shots are bad.
- Avoid unsupported city/hedge pushes into infantry.
- Disengage before a bad duel becomes a fuel donation.
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Commander / Officer reminders
Opening
Assign logistics, nodes, defense, armor comms, and first OP/garrison destinations before everyone scatters.
Recovery
When losing, name squads for defense and garrison rebuilding. Vague pleas do not move public teams.
Tempo
Resources should solve the next two minutes: supplies, reinforce, bombing, airhead, or final defense call.
Radio
Use short command language: squad name, task, place, reason. Repeat only the actionable part.
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Map-room reminders
Default markers are planning aids
Offensive default garrison overlays help anticipate early pressure, but live servers, patches, and commander choices can change reality.
Read lanes, not just points
Look for roads, hedges, bridges, fields, and hard cover that determine where armor and infantry can actually move.
Beginner map habit
Every death is a map check. Ask: where did pressure come from, which spawn is threatened, and what route avoids the same kill lane?
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Artillery fire mission
Before firing
Confirm target mark, shell type, friendly positions, and whether command can spare munitions.
Static timing
Use 100–1600m solutions and call roughly 25 seconds to impact. Give “splash in 5” before the push.
Corrections
Ask observer for short/long/left/right, then adjust mils or bearing. Do not keep firing stale marks.
Comms format
“Battery firing HE on infantry mark, 3 rounds, splash 25, cease when friendlies enter.”