Great stuff again, Jack. 
Cheers - Phil.

Thanks fellas.  The games have been great, and yes, the weapons of WWIII are turning out to be at least as capable as everyone thought they'd be   Bodies dropping like flies, hunks of twisted, burning metal littering the West German countryside.

More to follow!

V/R,
Jack

I need to know.....

Do I, (as Captain Phillips) need a sick note to get out of the last battle ?
Cheers - Worried of Wales. 

Only if it was signed by your mother-in-law!

Phil - It will help you to relax if you resign yourself to the fact none of us are going to make it out alive 

Lemmey - His mother-in-law asked that we put him in every battle! 

V/R,
Jack

Quote from: bigjackmac on 24 September 2015, 04:45:02 PM
Lemmey - His mother-in-law asked that we put him in every battle! 

She can microwave her own bl**dy meals at lunchtime, then ! 
Cheers - Phil.  (All praise to Wiltshire Farm Foods mini meals. )

Quote from: Techno on 24 September 2015, 07:23:40 PM
She can microwave her own bl**dy meals at lunchtime, then ! 
Cheers - Phil.  (All praise to Wiltshire Farm Foods mini meals. )

Got to be better than MRE.

IanS

MREs aren't so bad, unless you're eating them for 6 months+.

Even Phil wouldn't do that to his poor old Mum-in-law 

(that was me trying to sound British) 

V/R,
Jack

Quote from: bigjackmac on 25 September 2015, 01:13:34 PM
Even Phil wouldn't do that to his poor old Mum-in-law 

Bets ?   
No...'Course I wouldn't.....It's hard enough to encourage her to eat her 'proper' meal from time to time.

Quote from: bigjackmac on 25 September 2015, 01:13:34 PM
(that was me trying to sound British) 

Not bad, Buddy. (That was me trying to sound American.  )

Cheers - Phil

Phil,

Sorry man, you're accent is way off, I can't tell by the fact you capitalized 'buddy'

V/R,
Jack

 

Cheers - Phil

All,

And my above post should say "I can see...," not "I can't see..." 

It's 1600 on 5 August 1986, and Team Whiskey, as part of 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, has successfully fought its rear-guard action to delay the Soviet advance, allowing it breathing space to fall back to its next defensive positions north of Frankfurt.  11th ACR is reforming and reorganizing, having suffered atrociously at the hands of the Soviets, who also know a thing or two about heavy losses.  The Soviets have reorganized and pushed ahead, nipping at the heels of the retreating NATO troops.

Team (or, more appropriately, Task Force, but Team sounds cooler) Whiskey is in the process of reorganizing while serving as 11th ACR's reserve, when Soviet artillery begins falling on the NATO front lines.  No one gave much attention to it, having become accustomed to the constant pounding of Soviet artillery, but then 11th ACR outposts began going off the air, and finally a mumbled, confused transmission was picked up that mentioned "...NBC-1..." which sent a chill down everyone's spine (an NBC-1 report is the initial alert sent out by a unit experiencing or witnessing a Nuclear, Biological, or Chemical attack; NBC-2 and 3 reports are typically put out by HQ or NBC units, providing further info friendly casualties, hot zone location, and type of agent, and an NBC-4 report is the 'final' report put out by the HQ NBC unit which consists of the survey of the hot zone).

Team Whiskey's CO, Lt Col Lacy, got off the radio, then turned to Captain Phillips, head of India Company.  "The transmission that mentioned NBC-1 came from OP-3, but we can't raise them.  Here's their grid," pointing at the map, as Lt Ensmith scribbled down the coordinates.  "Get your company out there and figure out what the hell is going.  Oh, and have have your men go to MOPP-2."  (MOPP-2 is wearing chemical boots and overgarment, but not mask and gloves).

Captain Phillips acknowledged the order, then sprinted to his company and briefed them.  "Mount up!  And go to MOPP-4, Gas! Gas! Gas!"


The opposing forces: this is a smaller game, and the forces are identical (capability-wise).  The big differentiation in the game will be random entry onto the table.  Each side will start with their company commander (CC) on the table, but every other unit will have to roll to come on the table, with a 33% chance of success each turn.

For the US, this is Captain Phillips, the India Company commander, with Lt Ensmith's 2nd Platoon and Lt Macot's 3rd Platoon.  Both sides have an APC (M-113 for US, BTR-50 for Soviet) carrying their CC's command team, six IFVs( Bradleys for US, BMPs for Soviets), six rifle teams, and an MG team (riding with the PC).


Overview of table, north is up, US baseline on left (west) and Soviet baseline on right (east).  You can see the US M-113/CC at bottom left on the road, and the Soviet BTR-50/CC on the road at top right.


The Soviets move up on the right side of the board, catching Lt Macot's Bradley all by its lonesome in the south.  Distracted by the BMP at far right, a Soviet rifle team creeps up and launches an RPG.  To see how the fight turned out, please check the blog at:
http://blackhawkhet.blogspot.com/2015/09/team-whiskey-fulda-gap-batrep-5.html

That was a fun, quick, sharp fight, and so I was able to get another fight in.  Stand by, I'm working on the batrep!

V/R,
Jack

Unfortunately Jack your efforts have been usurped on the northern flank, as forces of the DDR and 3rd Shock Army burst through West German and Dutch lines to capture Hanover. Just a small CWC game we ran over the weekend. (I had only one of the 6 Soviet Divisions involved.)

There will be more on the CWC forum I have no doubt.

IanS

Great report Jack, bad news from the north though. 

Is my medal in the post ?
Great report, Jack.
Can I have my sick note now, before I do something even more daft ! 
Cheers - Phil