Lemmey,

Aww, don't be so bitter!

You're right, of course, but if I was worried about that I would have just given the CLA M1 Abrams.  At this extremely short range, a tank is just a tank, and everyone can KO everyone else. Just wait til you see the next one: M48s and Shermans vs T55s and T34s!  Gotta have a bit of fun, right? That's the beauty Imagi-nations/alternate history.

V/R,
Jack

Now that one does sound fun! Type of battle where the grunts head for cover and only come out when the sound of Diesel engines does away!

You'll like the next one; no tanks, but one helluva fight between CLA Popular Force and regime troops breaking out of the Matanzas garrison to reinforce Havana.

I'll post tonight.

V/R,
Jack

All,

It's 1030 on 3 Feb 1990, and the CLA's F Company, 9th Popular Battalion, has been tasked with the encirclement of the regime garrison at Matanzas.  But the enemy is wily, and, concerned for the wavering forces in the west, the regime orders its 7th Infantry Battalion, led by its 41st Infantry Company, to break out to the west to reinforce Havana.  The 41st Infantry Company's orders are to blast a hole in the CLA's encirclement and lead the 7th Infantry Battalion's three companies to Havana.  Failing that, the 41st Infantry Company is to pin down CLA forces long enough for the 7th Infantry Battalion's other two companies (43rd Infantry Company and 48th Provincial Militia Company) to break out and reinforce Havana.


So far we've had:
D-Day
...
15) 4th Infantry Battalion's 1st Air Assault Company conducts an air assault southeast of Sandino to counter enemy mechanized forces of 3rd Infantry Battalion (forcing 1st Airborne Battalion's right flank).
16) 9th Popular Force Battalion conducts a spoiling attack on the regime's 7th Infantry Battalion in the Matanzas garrison.
17) 2nd Air Assault Company, 7th Infantry Battalion, inserts east of El Rincon to block the escape of the regime's 6th Armored Battalion.
18) C Company of the UWG fought a running battle in the Escambray Mountains to delay/halt the regime's 12th Mechanized Battalion moving west.

D+1
19) A Squadron SOF holds off the regime's 2nd Airborne Company, 1st Airborne Battalion at the Radio Station in downtown Havana, while B Squadron SOF and 8th Popular Force Battalion move to reinforce.
20) 2nd Airborne Battalion, attacks north of Sandino to eliminate the regime's 4th Infantry Battalion.
21) 7th Infantry Battalion, attacks north of Sandino to eliminate the regime's 5th Territorial Infantry Battalion.
22) Colonel Huistrella's Unconventional Warfare Group fight another desperate holding action in the Escambray Mountains, this time against the regime's 10th Territorial Infantry Battalion.

D+2
23) The 5th Tank Battalion squares off against the regime's 2nd Armored Battalion just west of Artemisa.
24) 9th Popular Force Battalion holds the line at Matanzas as the enemy's 7th Infantry Battalion attempts to break out to reinforce Havana.


The opposing forces, with CLA on the right and regime on the left.  The CLA force is made up of Pendraken Brit and Argentinian SF from their Falklands Range, with crew served weapons being VC/NVA/Vietminh from the Vietnam/Indochina ranges.  The regime forces are Pendraken Argentinians, to include the Panhard armored car.

The CLA force has a Command Stand, five rifle stands, an HMG team, and a single leader figure representing their (acting) Battalion Commander.  The regime force has a Command Stand, seven rifle stands, an MG team, and a Panhard armored car.


Overview, north is up.  In the center is the Old Spanish Monastery atop Hill 75.  The CLA has established an outpost in the monastery, but it is occupied only by an HMG team as everyone else was out on patrol.  However, upon sighting the enemy (top right, armored force, and bottom right, infantry force), the HMG team put a call for help out on the net.  Captain Ballesteros led several rifle teams forward (top left), while the acting Battalion Commander, Captain Afflexio, led two more rifle teams (bottom left) towards the monastery.


Continuing my rocket theme

To see the whole fight, please check the blog at:
http://blackhawkhet.blogspot.com/2015/07/cuba-libre-liberation-batrep-24.html

Well, two down, two to go, and looking to fight some more this weekend, which is already upon us!

V/R,
Jack

Nice one jack! Makes a good read!

Casualties from friendly fire don't appear to concern your rocketeers!

Thanks Lemmey.

FK - I can't see where any unit endangered another unit, do you mean from their own rocket fire (the photo above)?  If so, part of that is my fault, in terms of giving the LAWs only 6" range (trying to make it harder for myself); the other part is, I'd rather take a little shrapnel from my own rocket then get run down by an armored car rattling machine guns and firing bee-hive out of its 90mm gun

V/R,
Jack

Well, I admire the resolution and fortitude of that rifleman, standing firm with a big firey projectile flaming past his ear like that.

FK,

No man, no one is shooting through that team, that team is the one that fired the rocket.  And the big, fiery projectile thing might be a little out of scale

V/R,
Jack

But looks cool

Appreciate it, Paul 

V/R,
Jack

Hi Jack, congratulations for your history arc.

I really love the tables, they have the flavour of cuban landscapes.

Very good again, Jack !
Cheers - Phil

"Holy crap, what a mess, and what a fight! "

Yes ! 

Thank you JChaos, Phil, and Ronan, I appreciate your kind words.

I'm still writing up the next two fights; #25 is okay, but #26 was another incredible fight.  For me, it was the funnest game I've played in Cuba Libre so far.

Having said that, I'm 26 games in to the War of Liberation, and I'm about ready for this to be finished, I have too many other things I want to do! 

Thanks again fellas.

V/R,
Jack