Can fast transport TFs make contested landings?

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richlove -> Can fast transport TFs make contested landings? (12/1/2014 3:23:31 PM)
Subject says it all, I think. I have 4 APDs in Brisbane, and I want to use them to land a USMC Raider Battalion somewhere (occupied by about 200 IJA troops). When I create a FT TF, it wants the troops in strategic mode (?). What am I doing wrong? Should it be an amphibious TF instead?

Jorge_Stanbury -> RE: Can fast transport TFs make contested landings? (12/1/2014 6:39:21 PM)
Doesn't seems to be right; I have done many fast transport missions with troops on combat mode. snapshots can sometimes help can you try docking the TF before loading?

LoBaron -> RE: Can fast transport TFs make contested landings? (12/1/2014 7:05:20 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: richlove Subject says it all, I think. I have 4 APDs in Brisbane, and I want to use them to land a USMC Raider Battalion somewhere (occupied by about 200 IJA troops). When I create a FT TF, it wants the troops in strategic mode (?). What am I doing wrong? Should it be an amphibious TF instead? Most plausable explanation would be that you inadvertedly set to 'Transport' instead of 'Fast Transport'. Did you doublecheck on TF type?

richlove -> RE: Can fast transport TFs make contested landings? (12/1/2014 7:45:16 PM)
Sure, here's the FT TF docked @ Brisbane: [image]local://upfiles/31763/2163C2DE69014C6BBC3FDEA7CFEC3422.jpg[/image]

richlove -> RE: Can fast transport TFs make contested landings? (12/1/2014 7:49:34 PM)
.... and I figured it out, at least the loading part. The 3rd Marine Raider Btn was in rest mode. Flipping it to combat mode allows me to load it. A small bug in what's displayed in the 'status' column, maybe? Here's the original troop load screen before I flipped them to 'combat'. Back to my original question - can I use this TF to amphib assault an enemy held base? I've never tried that with a FT TF, and I can't find a mention of it in the forum. [image]local://upfiles/31763/C5E29B05FB234A839D28687B465AA3E2.jpg[/image]

wdolson -> RE: Can fast transport TFs make contested landings? (12/1/2014 10:10:39 PM)
4 APDs are not going to carry a lot of troops or bring a lot of supply, so it would have to be a pretty small scale amphibious landing, but I think I have used them to take unoccupied bases. My memory is a little hazy about it at the moment. Bill

Lowpe -> RE: Can fast transport TFs make contested landings? (12/1/2014 11:13:39 PM)
I have used fast transport to take empty dot bases, empty bases, and reinforce existing landings. Never tried an initial attack but I think it would work.

Lokasenna -> RE: Can fast transport TFs make contested landings? (12/2/2014 1:04:21 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lowpe I have used fast transport to take empty dot bases, empty bases, and reinforce existing landings. Never tried an initial attack but I think it would work. You should add this tool to your repertoire, particularly for early war Japan.

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