"Remember the Alamo! Take II" Topic

(I figured this was more appropriate for the Battle Reports section) A buddy of mine and I decided to reenact the Battle of the Alamo with my new Paradox ruleset. The only difference from historical events is that a US Army mechanized column from 2023 is moving in from Fort Hood to assist the Texans…

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But, where were the chupacabras?

Only 10 victory point for the Texians holding on the the Alamo? You jest, right?

My thoughts were that they should have been able to do a whole lot more with the addition of the Bradley platoon. We were debating whether the reinforcements should come in after Turn 4 or Turn 3. If it had been Turn 3, we would have seen a fairly decisive Texian victory, as the Mexicans would have been badly mauled and unable to inflict the killing blow.

The repeating rifles alone should skew the outcome!

Basically no repeating rifles were in common service until things like the Colt revolver rifles and Spencers showed up around the late 1840s-1860s. If you're referring to the M4 carbines, yes, they did inflict serious casualties once the Guardsmen dismounted and engaged. By my math, a single M4A3 (I aggregated standard-issue weapons into one statistic per stand) is the equivalent of 2.5 muskets. What you don't see is that each Texian/Mexican unit of two figures represents ten men, while each US fireteam represents only four.
When I begin factoring in grenade launchers and SAWs, the overall combat effectiveness is 2.4:1 in favor of the US. Overall, a 2023 US Army/National Guard infantryman is 600% as effective as a early-mid 19th century soldier. If I take into account the rough points system I have in effect, the modern advantage is something like 353%, but fails to take into the theoretical 2.125:1 advantage the older troops have in survivability in a theoretically balanced engagement, as well as the short range of some modern support weapons.

Reminds me of an old Twilight Zone episode with an M5 Stuart some how ending up at the Little Big Horn !

That…does not sound like a bad idea at all :D

I'm also planning a campaign to 'defuse' the War of Northern Aggression. Special Forces operating covertly in the middle of Second Corinth should be good fun…