Quote from: mad lemmey on 22 September 2015, 07:05:00 AM
I ain't dead -yet!

It can be arraigned. 

IanS

Thanks Ronan and Phil, glad you liked it.  Should have the next one posted tomorrow night.

Ian - Court is adjourned, i.e., I think your auto-fill got you.

And regarding Lemmey, for what's it worth: anyone wishing to see Lemmey perish in the next batrep need only make a small donation to Jack's toy soldier collection 

V/R,
Jack

All,

This is the second part of Scenario 4, Team Whiskey's desperate rear-guard action to cover the withdrawal of 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment.  To refresh your memory, in Turn 1 the Soviets came on the table with a large armored force (Soviet Mech 1 of 6 BMPs and infantry, Soviet Tank 1 of 6 T-72s, Soviet Mech 2 of 6 BMPs and infantry, and Soviet Tank 2 of 6 T-72s) travelling at speed down the road.  I small US infantry detachment was dug-in in and around the village of Bad Stulz, and let rip with five TOW launchers, causing heavy casualties.  In Turn 2, the Soviets were able to reform, begin pushing forward, causing quite a few casualties among the severely outnumbered US troops.  But, just when things looked really dark, a platoon of M1 Abrams came on the board to even the odds a bit.

Back to the action, picking up at the start of Turn 3.


Captain Lemmey leads three Abrams forward on the right, where they exchange fire with BMPs at very close range.


The BMPs take the worst of it.


Things get crazy in the village: I'm known for my missile shots, but this one is going the wrong way!  A BMP launches a Spandrel at an M1.  To see how the fight turned out, please check the blog at:
http://blackhawkhet.blogspot.com/2015/09/team-whiskey-fulda-gap-batrep-4-part-ii.html

In the big picture, Team Whiskey re-formed and fell back with the rest of 11th ACR to its next defensive line near the major city of Frankfurt.  The 11th ACR (hell, all of NATO probably) has taken hellacious casualties, and the Regiment Commander is in the process of re-organizing his force (consolidating Troops** that have taken too many casualties) when something terrible happens...  Stay tuned!

**Am I screwing this up?  I've been calling Team Whiskey "4th Troop," though it is battalion strength.  But now it's seeming to me that cavalry units that are battalion-level should be Squadrons, not Troops. But I'm also using the term "Team," but I don't mean Company Team, I mean Battalion Team, if there is such a thing.  I mean, I know you can cross-attach different companies to make battalion-level teams, I just don't know if they would then be called a 'Team.'  I know I've heard the Army use the term "Battalion Task Force," so is that what I should be using?  Certainly Team Whiskey sounds better than Battalion Task Force Whiskey.  I hate the Army

Anyway, more to come.

V/R,
Jack

Cool report!

And I still ain't dead! 

The advantage of sitting in the best armoured box on the planet (barring the New Jersey!).

Good stuff Jack, high intensity combat really chews through men and materiel

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