Saturday 30 January 2021

TY Battle 6 Part 1 - Three Bridges

 

Hearty Soviet Airborne Troops head for the Bridges. 

This one is a mighty clash from quite a few months ago, 6mm Team Yankee.  A powerful Soviet Armoured force attempts to outflank the main West German lines by taking three unguarded bridges.   A Soviet Airborne Company is dropped in & holds the bridges, Soviet Armour races along to relieve them.  Too late, the West German Commander sees the danger & dispatches a West German Mechanized force to try & stop them...

Our Trusty "Cigar Box Quatre Bras Battlemat" is the battlefield.
The Soviet Airborne troops are already on the table.




SOVIET FORCES
Air Assault Platoon (small 7 bases) x3  21 pts

T-72 HQ                                                  5 pts
T-72 Coy  (6 tanks each) x3                   81pts
BMP1  Mech Coy                                  15pts                
BM2 Recon                                            6pts
Gaskin Platoon                                       2pts
Shilka Platoon                                        4pts
Carnation Arty                                        5pts

Acacia Arty                                            5pts
BRDM Recon                                         1pt
Spandrel                                                  2pts
BMP1 FO                                                1pt
HINDS                                                     10pts
FROGFOOT                                            7pts
total = 165 


TURN ONE

The view from the eastern edge.

Soviet Scouts Spearhead the attack.

FORWARD the Tanks!

No messing in this one... FORWARD!

Irregular Minis T-72's

OooRAH!


WEST GERMAN Forces

Leopard 2 Platoon
Mech Platoon
Recon Platoon
Leopard 1 Platoon
M109 Arty
Helo AT
Tornado 
Gepard Platoon
Jaguar Anti-tank
Force size about 150pts (sorry I lost the actual list...)

Ze Germans!  Heroics & Ros...

Mech HQ & Anti-Air elements take up home at the farm..

A FRG Mech Platoon attack one of the Bridges.

Deploy the Milans!

FRG Forces race to deploy...

View from the west side of the battlefield.

Soviets...Loads of them...

Jaguars take up position

TURN TWO


ARTILLERY!!!!!

SPEED SPEED SPEED....

The Company Commander looks on...

The Soviet Mech Platoon races ahead...

View from the North...
The Battlfield is awash with Soviets...

BAIL OUT for a Leopard 2!

Another BAIL OUT!

Soviet gunnery is impressive in this game.

'Scraping the barrel', the Leopard 1's arrive.

So does another Mech Platoon

The FRG Attack Choppers scan the Battlefield.


BOOM!

BOOM!

BOOM!


German Artillery lands....

The Soviet Airborne lads take Small Arms fire...

It's no competition on this side, SPAV is looking worried.

GAME ON!

PART TWO next time....  

Will the Tornados arrive in time?  Will the Leopards make the Soviets pay?  When will Lockdown end?????

2 comments:

Dave said...

Great stuff again Mr.F! Enjoy your 6mm TY game write ups. They show how much better they play in this scale. I play it too. However I halve the movement rates and play in cms on a small table due to space, around 80x50 so roughly equivalent to a standard 6x4. Keep them coming!
Dave

MrF said...

Now then Dave

6mm works well with Team Yankee, I'm glad our games bring you enjoyment. Though it is hard capturing a really good photo, it is difficult to get a detailed picture.

Soviet steamroller on this one, you don't get a lot of West Germans for the points!

Cheers
MrF