Al Basrah

= = Overview== Al Basrah is mainly an Insurgency Map. The map is part desert, part rural, and part city. This combination leads to some interesting battles. The map itself is devided in half by the river which runs east to west across the ma into the main river on the east of the map. The city iteself is devided by a main road spliting the city into a east and west part. The city also has an island futhur deviding the city.

Playing as BLUFOR
The BLUFOR (British) can start at either the Al Basrah Airport of the Vehicle Checkpoint (VCP). They are given helicoptors, tanks, APC, jeeps, and logistic trucks as assets. Early on the VCP will be attacked by the Insurgency so the BLUFOR should try to quickly take the vehicles which spawn there to minimize ticket loss. The BLUFOR should use the large amounts of desert to maneuver around the city before entering it.

Playing as Insurgency
Insurgents start the game being able to spawn at either of the two caches as well as the large mosque in the center of the city. Insurgents should try to attack the VPC as quickly as possible with a bomb car in order to destory vehicles and to stop the British from spawning there. The Insurgents should also place IEDs and mines on the roads and bridges throught the city to try and destory to BLUFOR's assets. Insurgents can also use artillery IEDs to blow up bridges to constrict the BLUFOR's movement. Commonly some of the harder caches to defend are those further outside the city away from the mosque where many of the insurgents assets and weapon kits spawn.

In real life
Al Basrah or Basra is a city located in Southern Iraq near the Persian Gulf. It is the second largest city in Iraq with Baghdad being the largest. The city is mainly based off of the oil field located around the city. During the Iraq War in 2003, the United States and British invaded the city. In 2007, the city was finally given back to Iraqi police. The airport was damaged in the Gulf War and only destroyed after the 2003 invansion.