US 9th
Infantry Division (Light Motorized)
For the Fistful of
TOWs 3 Project
Yeah, the division all the OOB freaks love in Twilight:
2000. I really wanted to do these guys for FFT 3 because they’re just going
to be such a fun unit to do. There’s going to be a few changes to the unit as
listed in the US
Army Vehicle Guide. I did this to make the unit easier to field for the
average wargamer. I also pulled some information from Chico’s Site on the Infantry
Units of US Army in the Twilight War (I helped write this sucker back in
the day, highly recommended!) I also pulled some info from Jane’s Armies
of NATO’s Central Front.
Some of the small changes I made:
- Replaced Tank Breaker with Javelin – It is the closest thing in the game to what Tank Breaker was in the game.
I’m going to assume that because the 9th was part
of Central Command’s Rapid Deployment Force, I rated it on the higher side of
the troop quality continuum.
9th Infantry Division (Light Motorized)
Quality: Good
Artillery Accuracy and Friction Response: 2+/2+
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Combat Formations:
LAV-75 Assault Gun Battalions: (Maximum of Two; 4-23rd and 2-60th Infantry Bn (Assault Gun)): o 2 recon FAV Stands (Scout Platoon)
o 1 M-18 120mm Mortar Carrier (Mortar Platoon)
o 1 Stinger Stand and 1 HMMWV (ADA Platoon)
o 3 LAV-75
Light Motorized Battalions: (Maximum of Five; 2-47th, 2-23rd, 3-1st, 3-60th,3-47th Infantry Bns): o 2 recon FAV Stands (Scout Platoon)
o 1 120mm Mortar Stand and 1 2 ½ Truck (Mortar Platoon)
o 1 Stinger Stand and 1 HMMWV (ADA Platoon)
o 3 HMMWV with Hellfire
o 1 LAV AT with TOW
o 1 HMMWV Fire Support Vehicle
- 2 Light Motorized Companies, each with:
o 3 Infantry Stands with Javelin ATGM
o 4 HMMWV
- 1 Heavy Motorized Company
o 3 LAV-25
o 3 Infantry Stands with Javelin ATGM
Light Attack Battalions (Maximum of Two; 2-1 and 2-2 Infantry Bns): o 2 recon FAV Stands (Scout Platoon)
o 1 120mm Mortar Stand and 1 2 ½ ton Truck (Mortar Platoon)
o 1 Stinger Stand and 1 HMMWV (ADA Platoon)
o 1 HMMWV with Hellfire (AT Platoon)
3 Light Attack Companies, each with:
o 1 HMMWV
o 4 FAV (1 vehicle has TOW)
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Attachments:
Divisional Cavalry Squadron (Maximum of One; 1-9th Cavalry Squadron): o 1 recon LAV-25 (NBC Recon Platoon)
o 1 M106 Mortar Carrier
- 3 Cavalry Troops, each with:
o 4 recon LAV-25s
Attack Helicopter Battalion (Maximum of One: 1-9th Attack Helicopter Battalion) - 3 AH Companies, each with:
o 1 OH-58
o 2 AH-64
Aviation Battalion (Maximum of One: 2-9th Aviation Battalion)
- 3 Aviation Companies, each with:
o 3 UH-60s
Field Artillery Battalion (Maximum of Three: 1-11th, 3-11th, and 6-11th Artillery Bns) - 3 M198 155mm Howitzers and 3 2 ½ ton Trucks
Light Field Artillery Battalion (Maximum of One: 1-84th Artillery Battalion) - 3 M102 105mm Howitzers and 3 2 ½ ton Trucks
- 2 LARS MRL Systems.
Air Defense Artillery Battalion (Maximum of One: 1-44th ADA Battalion) - 2 Gun Batteries, each with:
o 3 M990s
o 4 Stinger Stands and 4 HMMWVs
- 2 Missile Batteries, each with:
o 3 ADATS
Some of the systems here are well, to be honest, hard to find in micro armor, I have enclosed the following notes on what I use for the harder to find items:
FAVs - Scotia codes UM-11 to UM-14, 18, 22, and 23.
LAV-75s – Scotia codes UM-10
HMMWV FSV – Scotia code UM-4
ADATS – Heroics and Ros CM-6
You might have to do some work to come up with M990s. I’d suggest modifying a Gepard turret on the RDF light tank hull. It will look sorta like it. As for the LARS. I'd probably shorten a MLRS launcher, then put it on the back of an M548. As for all the game stats, you can find them
here.
