On to Jahra. I ran this game at least twice - in January 2007 - with my own NATO Brigade Commander rules and then-new Hexon terrain. I'll let the photos and captions tell the story, which opens as the invading Iraqi forces trundle into Kuwait along the major road which bypassed the town of Jahra.
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Iraqi armoured forces move round and into Jahra - at 1 km per hex this was a fairly sizable town. It was garrisoned only by a few rather nervous Kuwaiti policemen... |
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Elements of a Kuwaiti brigade deploy from their desert base. The BRDM at the highway junction is a recce platoon moving ahead of the main Iraqi force. |
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Some of the Kuwaitis managed to cross the highway, hoping to stem the Iraqi advance. |
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The Kuwaitis had the best of the opening rounds - the white crosses are casualty markers (each company-sized stand takes two hits to 'kill' it), and the lead Iraqi tank battalion has suffered a morale crisis (the yellow marker). |
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Meanwhile, the Kuwaiti police - on their home turf - were working round the Iraqi flank. |
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Soon the opposing forces had fought each other to a standstill - with casualties and morale failures all round. |
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Sadly for the local boys, there were lots more Iraqis following on. Numbers soon began to tell... |
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Eventually the Iraqi artillery arrived - on tank transporters. |
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The fresh waves of invaders soon pushed the Kuwaitis out of central Jahra. |
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Several Iraqi battalions were shattered during the intense fighting for Jahra... |
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...but they pressed on as fresh units were thrown in. |
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By now the Iraqis had control of the highway. |
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Iraqi artillery deploying to support their tanks and infantry. |
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The Kuwati last stand - literally. Well, not quite, as the brigade's HQ and artillery slipped away to the west into the desert. |
Gosh, this is an interesting scenario
ReplyDeleteI remember news clips of Saladin Armoured Cars fighting in urban surrounding
Spookily accurate Tim
Very original game Tim
ReplyDeleteGeordie
ReplyDeleteThe actual game had just the right atmosphere, with the Iraqi players rubbing their hands gleefully and the Kuwaiti being appalled by the amount of incoming kit.
Al
ReplyDeleteThanks. Seeing the photos makes me want to run it again!
Nice looking game Tim. Pleasing to see the Iraqi's getting some hits as per usual.
ReplyDeletePaul
ReplyDeleteIt was a messy business all round on both of the game's outings. Seeing the photos again has raised my enthisiasm levels for the period!
I think I vaguely remember playing this one. Those tank transporters on the main highway look terribly familiar!
ReplyDeleteMartin Rapier
ReplyDeleteAmazing how a mere game can induce flashbacks!
Good looking game- appropriate too as I watched 'The Devil's Double' this evening and it had footage of the Saracens in.
ReplyDeleteIs NBC an update of Megablitz for post war games?
Pete
ReplyDeleteThanks for the heads-up on the film - I hadn't heard of it. NBC is a lower level game than Megablitz, with players generally running a brigade and toys representing companies. In Megablitz it's divisions (at least!) and battalions.
Memories indeed. I was a Kuwaiti player and really enjoyed commanding Chieftain tanks. Until the Iraqi main force turned up !
ReplyDeleteWg Cdr Luddite
ReplyDeleteDid we have Chieftains first time out? I'd completely forgotten!
Coming round a decade later to be interesting again!
ReplyDeleteJust when we all thought that the era of tanks crossing international borders had came to and end, 2022 shows us different!