All,
Whaddaya know, it's circa-1985 again, and this time we find ourselves in Germany with "Team Yankee" (with apologies to Mr. Harold Coyle, but his book was part of my formative experiences). I did Marines, so I figured I owed it to my Doggie brethren to throw some love their way. So, the balloon has gone up in Germany, and Team Yankee has been in heavy combat the past couple days. Here we see surviving elements of Team Yankee conducting a spoiling attack into an East German armored formation.
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This was a big'un.
East Germans: two platoons of tanks (6 T-72s), two platoons of motorized infantry (6 BMPs, 6 rifle squads, each with RPGs), and 1 BTR carrying the CO and two AT5 Spandrel ATGMs.
Team Yankee: a tank platoon of three M-1 Abrams (survivors); an infantry platoon of 3 M-113s (w/.50 cals), 1 M-113 with TOW, one M-113 with 81mm mortar, three infantry squads, and one dismount TOW; a Scout platoon of four HMMWVs (one TOW, two .50 cals, 1 Mk19) and two dismount squads; and one M-113 carrying the CO.
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You had to know the missiles would make another appearance ;)
A short, sharp fight that again sees the Warsaw Pact forces seen off, the report for which can be found here:
http://blackhawkhet.blogspot.com/2015/04/team-yankee-ish-with-5core-company.html
Been having a good time, need to get back to my dogfighting!
V/R,
Jack
Very nice again, Jack !
Cheers - Phil
Love it.
Cracking little battle. Do like those rocket trails. :)
Thank you, gentlemen, glad you liked it.
The missiles are cool as heck, aren't they? I've got to make sure I don't overuse them; I find when writing batreps I'm often trying to show 'unit x fired on unit y,' and I've been thinking about using the little orange pipe cleaners I have. Put them on the table about halfway between the shooter and target, it can be machine gun or main gun round tracers, right?
I'll have to give it a shot.
V/R,
Jack