"Team Whiskey - Fulda Gap Batrep 3 Part II" Topic

All,

This is the second part of my third Fulda Gap fight, starting at Turn 3. When last we spoke, Team Whiskey had two Mechanized Infantry platoons on the board, and the supporting tank platoon had just come on. Regarding the Mech Inf platoons, Captain Phillips' India Company had lost a couple Bradleys and 1st Platoon's infantry has pretty much been wiped out, while Captain Keepers' Kilo Company got the stuffins knocked out of it, down to two Brads and a five rifle teams.

It's Turn 3, and so the US side is able to bring in its AH-64 Apache for rotary attack support, but, to be honest, I'm a bit scared to call it up as the Soviets still have quite a few surface to air missile (SAM) systems on the table.

But the Soviets have suffered to, with their tank platoon decimated (one T-72 left) and half their SAMs gone, but they still have the majority of their infantry, and their four ATGMs are still in play.

The AH-64 Apache zooms in just feet above the ground, slows to a hover, then pops up over the small knoll the US mortars (bottom center, at far left table edge) are sheltering behind.

India Company's 3rd Platoon, under 1Lt Macot, moves up and wreaks destruction. A TOW knocks out an SA-9 Gaskin (top right), while another Bradley fires its 25mm chain gun on an enemy MG in a building (far right). To see how the fight turned out, please check the blog at:
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I'm really hoping to get two more fights in this weekend, but can only promise one, so stay tuned for more Team Whiskey action.

V/R,
Jack

Excellent as always!!!

I'm going to have to give these rules a try….

Great stuff!

Excellent report Jack! I enjoy the detail and time you put into them..

I didn't read of Lt. Colonel Lacy's demise, so I assume he survived to fight another day?

Thanks guys, I'm glad to hear people are reading them and liking it ;)

Mark – I highly recommend the 5Core system, they've been a lot of fun for me. Certainly everyone has their own idea about what rules should look and feel like, and these do it for me. I've also found that, for those items you're not a fan of, or think are missing, the system is very flexible, very hard to break (trust me, I've tried, having played about 75 games), so you can modify as you wish.

I think the activation system is key, and you're going to love it or hate it, which will decide how far you go with them. But I always tell folks, when I read the rules I thought the activation system was ridiculous, and modified it before even playing my first game. Played it, modified it again, played it, then tried the rules as written. The rest is history.

Ben – Yeah, you made it man, led the force forward in the north, then fell back with them.

Of course, CavScout8thCav is the XO, "Major Kavscott," and I'll be looking for more recruits soon as we've taken heavy casualties ;)

V/R,
Jack

You should buy all of Nordic Weasel's games Extra Crispy….all the cool Kids have.

Rub it in Kyote. I'm still gathering up my forces! Now I'm just waiting on my soviet infantry.. grrrrrr….

Great stuff as always, Jack. Inspiring. Almost got me to buy 5cCC. Thinking about adding this activation mechanism to the game I'm currently playing.

I'm going 6mm myself. I love 15mm but it's just too much for me right now so I'm doing this on the cheap. But I'll grab the Team Yankee stuff when it gets marked down and easy to get on Ebay.

Wait, plastic BMP's? That's a thing that exists?

I must get some.

That seems to be the route Battlefront is going: plastic kits. I wouldn't be surprised to see the whole line is plastic. Except maybe the grunts.

I'm just now catching up with your posts. Excellent play by play. I like the pipe cleaner missile markers, I may have to use some sometime.

TGunner – Hurry up. I got most of my 6mm stuff off Ebay too, and to me it's perfect for Cold War.

Josta – Get with the program, man! If ~75 5Core batreps won't convince you, I don't know what will ;)

Dances – Thanks man, more on the way.

V/R,
Jack