THE NATO 3 MANUAL

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Single Player and Cooperative Tactics

 This section will provide a few basic Rogue Spear tactics and how to use NATO 3 with those tactics.
The mission is key

Intel is vital, pay attention to what kind of mission it is. Specifically, what are the Tangos wearing, what sort of ranges will you be engage them at, do you need to disable vehicles, and is it a hostage rescue mission? Do you need silenced weapons? If in doubt, take them anyway. Better safe than sorry.

Here are a few types of missions you will be involved in and some ideas as to how to equip your team.

Hostage Rescue (short ranges) - Use submachine guns for the assaulting teams with JHP or JSP rounds to avoid overpenetration. Also consider shotguns, but don't use them in the rooms with hostages. They have a fairly wide spread and can easily have stray buckshot hit hostages. Example, Rogue Spear mission 1 (Museum),

Hostage Rescue (medium ranges) - Teams entering rooms with hostages should have the same sort of weapons as the short range hostage rescue scenario. Other team members should take SD or SP weapons, either SMG's or assault rifles depending on whether the Tangos have body armor or not. A sniper rifle may also be needed, take a SP version, either the T.C.I. or the Acc. Int. AW-SD.

Recon-only (any range) - Basically take no weapons they just weigh you down and make you noisy.

Assault (short range) - SMG's, shotguns, or assault rifles. Don't bother with a sniper rifle on these missions. You won't need their accuracy and they are all quite heavy. Don't forget that stealth is your friend. Try the SP and SD weapons first.

Assault (medium range) - Assault rifles and usually at least one sniper. Consider a support weapon or a Frag grenade launcher, but don't give the GL to a computer controlled operative, they don't know how to use them. Don't forget that stealth is your friend. Try the SP and SD weapons first.

Other conditions

Against armored Tangos - SMG's with AP rounds, shotguns with slugs or flechettes, assault rifles and support weapons with FMJ or AP rounds and any of the sniper rifles.

Against unarmored Tangos - SMG's with JHP or JSP rounds, any of the shotguns, and any other of the rifles with any round except AP.

Anti-vehicle weapons - Barrett M82A1 with FMJ or AP rounds is your first pick. The  Walther WA2000 with FMJ or AP rounds is your next choice because it is semi-auto and can get off rounds quickly. The Accuracy International AWSM and Remington M700 with FMJ or AP rounds are your next choices. After that, and of the 7.62x51mm NATO or 7.62x54mmR Russian rifles but they will have a hard time even with AP rounds.