A Large Game

First off, some purchasing news. Yesterday while looking at Wyndehurst Productions wargaming blog, I saw a link to GameCraft Miniatures, a producer of great miniature terrain. After browsing around I decided to buy some of their Middle East city buildings. So maybe there will be more urban AARs in the near future!

Now on to the meat of the post.

This is again set in current-day Western Europe with the unlikely occurrence of a Russian invasion. As the Russian tank brigades throw themselves against NATO's center defenses, a duo of Bradley IFVs are throwing TOWs down a main road, holding the attack up. A small Russian task force was ordered to silence the two vehicles at all costs.
This little battle takes place on a far flung flank of the local defending force, so a mere skeleton unit of one and a half squads, and two Javalin ATGMs are there to protect the Brads.

The Russian unit of two platoons mounted on BTR-Ts and BMPs, and supported by a T-90A, crash through a shallow stream. Their targets are the two Brads hidden behind the red house to the left. BTR-T platoon will advance on the hill to the left, and push directly into the village, while the BMP platoon swings right for the other woody hill, and hits the village from the rear.

The culprits!

The Russian attack: BTR-Ts, T-90, and BMPs. This is the view from the first hill. This is occupied by one whole squad, and a Javelin to the rear of the photo.

The Russians got initiative and blasted the first hill to bits with rockets from the BMP fleet. There were several casualties and the second fireteam was pinned.

The two Javelins opened up on the advancing BTR-Ts as they posed the greatest immediate threat. The hits only resulted in some mobility issues, but this forced the platoon to loose steam and dismount prematurely.

As more rockets slammed into the hills, as well as 20mm shells from the BTRs which began picking up targets, one of my Brads slipped out of the village and hit the T-90. The Javelins joined in on this and hit the BTR-Ts again, resulting in severe casualties to the dismounted crew who were near the blasts. The Brad was then brewed up either by the T-90's quick reaction, or the Kornets mounted on the BMPs (I have since forgotten).

As the BMP platoon began a foot advance on the village, the defending US fireteam began picking targets effectively pinning first squad. They were overrun in a couple turns nonetheless.

Long story short, the brad eventually emerged engaging targets. But was challenged by several squad level AT rockets and eventually overcome.

Overall this was a fun game which ended up being a close match until the very end. I at least got to test my new S&S BTR-Ts! Happy weekend!