Nik Harwood had just published his solo batrep using this scenario from the CWC rule book.  A bit of banter and an opportunity for a face to face with a gaming buddy brings us here.

For the background we had been running a modern campaign set in 1985 in the Northag region.  Work pressure (driving 3 hours a day into Wales) meant that I could only game every other monday and didn't have the time to keep this up.  With lots of background etc available I set this encounter in the same time frame in the I Ger Corps area pitting elements of 1 Pz Div against elements of 2 GTA in the close terrain North and North East of Celle.

For the table layout we didn't have out as much as for some other games but even this amount viewed from above was sufficient to cause LOS problems for both sides.

Force elements

West German Defenders

CO

HQ

Recce Luchs

6 Infantry with M72 Upgrade

3 Milan 1

2 M113/120mm Mortars

3 Leopard 1A1A1

1 Leopard 2

6 M113 Transports

2005 Points don't equate to lot. But you would even less if it was just armour!

Soviet Attackers

CO

3 HQ's

FAO

FAC

2 Recce BRDM-2

2 Recce BRM-1

12 Infantry with RPG-7

12 BMP-1 (without Sagger)

8 T-64 ERA

1 ZSU 23-4

1 SA-13

4 SP 122mm Guns

2 SU-17

4035 Points.  The problem with this force is that it cannot afford any losses to infantry in order to meet the victory conditions of the scenario.  So  a question to be asked is what/how could you change this force.  You can get 2 BMP IFV with passengers (approx) for each MBT but without the MBT you are going to get ripped open by gun fire while mounted.  Discuss...

Terrain

Batrep to follow:

Overall a good game and has been a while since we have had the models out properly (apart from soloing).

Si