Despite expecting the nearest enemy to be about 6km away, the Forbodians wisely spaced out their forces. Leading the pack was a recce platoon of BRDM which the Brits ignored. Next up was this PT-76 platoon (a Solido diecast). As it drove onto the bridge....
...boom! The Brits detonated the charges laid during the night. Then their (off table) battery of 105s opened up.
The luckiest shot of the game. A direct hit by a matchstick fired from 10 feet away!
Then the Forbodian infantry arrived. They were quite annoyed about the loss of the bridge.
The trucks are old Corgi ERFs standing in as East German Robur LO1800As.
The battery of 85mm AT guns deploys. The gun is a diecast PAK 40, the fake GAZ 66 is actually an old Corgi Jeep FC150.
Having waded the river the first Forbodian infantry co soon came under fire from Brits in the woods.
The Paras are old Britains Super Deetail figures with weapons, webbing and berets repainted.
The full Forbodian force assembled.
Two rifle companies advance...
...while a third crosses the river.
Who will win the firefight?
Will the Forbidians charge the Brits?
Will the Brit artillery ever hit anything again?
I should mention that the maps and briefings are available as downloads from the files section of the
Little Cold Wars Yahoo Group.
8 comments:
Gripping stuff!
Love the toys on the table mate.
We await more new sfrom the ancient world that was and is the 1970s...
Alan
A tense situation developing that could be disastrous for the side that fails its mission...
I was quite pleased to have picked the MRB march order from the manual which had an artillery battery attached to the Forward Detachment.
I am sure the mighty 85mm will soon see off those pesky paras...
Paul Foster
True Grip? We'll use that for the movie...
tradgardmastare
Forward to 1979 - you know it makes sense!
Archdule Piccolo
Damn right sir!
Martin Rapier
You definitely get marks for following the manual - but will that be enough?
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