French Foreign Legion 2nd REP for RECON
The French Foreign Legion 2nd Para Regiment (2nd REP) is composed of 1350 men and 60 Officers. This entire Regiment is trained as elite paratroops and many have additional training above and beyond. The best soldiers in the legion are transferred into the 2nd REP. The leadership of the 2nd REP also tries to add any new combat/military skills to this unit by transferring Legionnaires who possess skills which can improve various units by training/osmosis. All units are trained in an Anti-Tank course and receive 3 weeks of training in their specialization at night so they can fight with almost 100% effectiveness at any time of day.
Each of the companies in the 2nd REP are specialized beyond being Paras:
1st Coy. Specializes in Intell gathering, deep penetration raids, and operations behind enemy lines. They are nicknamed the “tank crushers” because of strong Anti-Tank training (using the 89mm LRAC) and has several two-man sniper teams.
2nd Coy. Specializes in Mountain Warfare and has a 40man Ski Scout unit. The entire 2nd Coy. Is ski trained, has MILANs (2), 82mm Mortars (a battery), and a single 20mm AA gun.
3rd Coy. Specializes in Amphibious Operations, SCUBA infiltration, and has combat swimmers. Each member of the 3rd Coy is trained to near SEAL capability and would spearhead any FFL landing.
4th Coy. Specializes in mine warfare and sniping. The 4th Coy. is equipped and trained for mining, demining and demolitions. They also have numerous sniper teams with Barrett .50 cal rifles for EOD as well as sniping (post 1990).
5th Command and Service Coy. This Coy. handles communications, logistics, health, security and of course command functions.
6th Recon and Support Coy. This Coy. has 2x MILAN platoons, 1x 120mm Mortar platoon, 1x 20mm AA platoon, 1x Jeep Recon platoon, and a team of “Commandos de Recherche et d'Action dans le Profondeur” (Commandos of Research and d'Action in the Depth) or “Rear Action Recon Commandos*”.
*The French name is given first, its acronym is CRAP, a rough translation is given next, then my personal translation, which I like best because it produces the usable acronym RARC.
RARC These commandos would behave like US army Rangers or LRRPS. They are organized into 2x 10 man groups and a 5 man command group (with the officers). Each RARC team has members who have the specialized training of the other Coys. as well as the rest of the French Military. The RARC conducts intelligence and offensive operations. Typical Intel operations would include: gathering Intel on enemy strength, on objectives held by the enemy, enemy infrastructure, enemy movement. Typical Offensive operations include: seizing key locations and holding them until larger units (FFL or regular Army) arrive, pathfinding for larger units, destruction of objectives behind enemy lines, destabilizing attacks on the enemy’s rear support elements, or rescue of civilian or military personnel held by the (an) enemy. Standard weapon of the RARC is the MP5SD. Most RARC carry 3 or more weapons and are trained to use most western and “enemy” weapons.
While in Chad in the 1960s a 35 man Mounted Unit was formed by purchasing horses locally to provide mobility during the rainy season.
Creating a 2nd REP Character
Characters in the 2nd REP or Mercenaries who have served in the FFL will tend to be very powerful characters, no matter, a .50 caliber bullet will still kill them almost as dead as a landmine or artillery. That being said, these characters will fit well into Chad, Bosnia, Somalia, Sierra Leone, Desert Storm, or any number of Post Colonial African conflicts (Zaire for one).
1. Many FFL soldiers have prior military careers in the French Military or a Foreign Military. If this is the case for your character, add 1d10 years to age, weight, and ST. Also add 1 weapon skill at +10% (must be a specific weapon from nation of origin). All FFL soldiers Read, Write and Speak French. If the characters are from a foreign country, they will also have that language (or more if from bilingual country).
2. Standard Skills for 2nd REP. All Basic Training Skills (As per Deluxe Revised Recon pg 14-15** ). One weapon skill must be FAMAS (assault rifle) or MAS 56 (semi-auto rifle), or MAT-49 (Submachine gun) depending on the year of the game setting.
3. Choose a MOS for REP soldier. Any MOS is possible because of foreign Enlistment.
4. Extra Skills due to 2nd REP training: Choose or roll for Characters Company in 2nd REP (roll 1d6)
1. 1st Coy. Anti Tank Coy. Add: LRAC Bazooka skill, Airborne Basic, Intelligence Basic, 1 extra weapon skill.
2. 2nd Coy. Mountain Warfare Coy. Add: Airborne Basic, Cross Country Skiing, Snow Showing, Rappelling, Winter Survival, +5 to ST attribute
3. 3rd Coy. Amphibious Warfare Coy. Add: Airborne Basic, SCUBA, Rebreathers, Submersible: Tow Sub, Demolitions: Underwater, Underwater Navigation
4. 4th Coy. Mine warfare and Demolitions Coy. Airborne Basic, Demolitions, Demolitions Disposal, Sniping, Bolt-action Rifle, Starlight Scopes
5. 5th Coy. Command and Service Coy. Airborne Basic, Intelligence Basic, Intelligence: Detect Guerrillas, Intelligence: Detect Unit and Rank, Interrogation, Language Basic: choose two.
6. 6th Coy. Recon and Support Coy. Choose Support or RARC.
1. Support Element: Airborne Basic, AT weapon MILAN missile, 120mm Mortar Weapon (and 81mm Mortar), Heavy Machine Gun 20mm cannon, +10 to ST (all heavy weapons and ammo moved by hand), Weapon light machinegun (MINIMI or AAT-50)
OR:
2. RARC Team. Add Airborne: Pathfinder, Airborne HALO, Intelligence: Detect Guerrillas, weapon submachine gun (H&K MP5-SD), Supressors/Silencers, Radio: advanced.
Bonus:
1. Free Desert Climate MOS to those who have served in Chad (7 major deployments in the 70s-1980s. + horsemanship to those in Mounted Unit.
**It is absolutely necessary that you buy this book from Palladium to play recon…
| UNCLASSIFIED OPERATIONS | | |
| DATES | OPERATION | LOCATION |
| 1960's-70's | Counter-insurgency | Djibouti
Chad |
| 1978 | Hostage
Rescue | Kolwezi
Zaire |
| 1982 | UN
MNF | Beirut
Lebanon |
| 1989-94 | Counter-insurgency | Rwanda |
| 1990-91 | Operation Desert
Storm | Kuwait-Iraq |
| 1992-93 | UN
Peacekeeping | Somalia |
| 1992-93 | UN
Peacekeeping | Sarajevo |
| 1995-96 | INFOR | Bosnia |
| 199 | Op Pelican II | Chad & Congo |
| 1999 | Op Allied Force | Kosovo |
| 2002-Present | Peace Keeping | COTE D'IVOIRE
(Ivory Coast) |
ORYX/RESTORE HOPE in SOMALIA 1992
December 9 1992: after the recon of the landing zone by the scuba recon teams,the company was
the first landed with the USMC and take the strategic areas of Mogadishu. The same day at 2030, the first section
came under fire. USMC LVT7, LAV and infantry had the same reception. December 10 1992: an enemy vehicle
rammed a company barracade. We opened fire with the support of USMC LAV: the vehicle is destroyed. In the nexts
days the company and USMC elements take Baisoa. Important arms caches, and vehicles was taken from the enemy.
December 20 1992: two sections of the company and recon teams take part in a night ambush. December 25 1992:
the company came back to the french dispositive BAT13 and formed the 13 DEMI BRIGADE DE LA LEGION ETRANGERE.
The company retured to Calvi, Corsica one month later.
| MISSIONS:QUALIFICATIONS:LOCATIONS: | | |
Rapid Intervention
in Overseas Emergencies
| Mountain and Artic Warfare
Amphibious and SCUBA Operations
All-terrain Survival Course
Long Range Reconnaissance Course
| Aubagne, Southern France
Calvi,Corsica
French Guiana
Tahiti
Djibouti
Madagascar |
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Published on: 2005-07-17 (950 reads)
