TEAM YANKEE: CHECK/CHECKMATE*
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___________Team Yankee*
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Elements of Motor Rifle Regiment*
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Date: Aug 6, 1987*
Location: Staatwald (Forest)*
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(See special note at bottom before playing.)*
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CHECK: Lt. Col. Yuri Potecknov has his reinforced Motor Rifle Company
positioned to strike hard at the American force that overran the Soviet
positions on the hill near the town of Lemm. A probing attack to feel
out the American positions is coupled with a follow up aatck through the
enemy lines once contact is made. While the American's attention is drawn to
that area a two pronged attack from different directions would be launched.
One prong would attack from the town of Arnsdorf and the other prong
would attack from the wooded area with massed infantry. The entire assault
would be supported by their tanks and BTR60s and by the battalion
120mm mortar batteries and artillery. He will drive the Americans from
their positions and resecure the regiment's flank.*
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CHECKMATE: Capt. Sean Bannon has deployed his drastically diminished
force along the most likely avenues of approach. The Team lost four of
the tanks attacking Objective LOG and 66 in the duel with the Soviet
tanks pulling back from Lemm. Only two of the Team's tracks, 23 and 24,
remain with the second and third squads of the Mech platoon infantry.
Two Dragon teams and two M60s teams complete the roster for a total of
35 men to defend Hill 214 Objective LINK from the expected Soviet counter
attack. The the Mech platoon infantry, M60s, and Dragon teams are
positioned in the forest near the dirt track. A two man OP is on the
back side of the hill to watch for a Soviet attack from that area. The
tanks are up on the ridge facing Arnsdorf.*
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2300 hours, the OP reports sounds from the area to the southeast of the
hill. Tanks 24 and 22 are dispatched along with the two tracks to
reinforce that area. It's going to be a long night....*
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Defend Hill 214 from the Soviet onslaught. Preserve your forces and
deal the Soviets a heavy blow. If your forces survive long enough be sure
to do a sweep of the village of Arnsdorf to clear it of any stragglers
or security personel. If you play your cards right the battle may turn
into a "bug hunt" with your armor hunting down fleeing Soviet infantry.*
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Based on the Harold Coyle book "Team Yankee".*
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(Special note: While this scenario plays reasonably well at the default
preference settings I STRONGLY recommend that Team Yankee scenarios be
played with altered PREFENCE settings. To compensate for the "dumb" AI
SP2 possesses and to give the Soviets a fighting chance the human player
should set the PREFERENCES to the following:*
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US Forces*
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Searching          70-90*
Hitting            70*
Route/Rally        100*
Troop Quality      100*
Tank Toughness     100*
Infantry Toughness 100*
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Soviet Forces*
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Searching          200*
Hitting            90*
Route/Rally        110*
Troop Quality      105*
Tank Toughness     130*
Infantry Toughness 120*
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These setting appear to be lopsided in favor of the
Soviet forces, but after playtesting with these
settings many times they don't really give the Soviet
side much of a advantage. It just gives them a
better chance of surviving for the sake of the battle.*
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If you play Team Yankee versus human opponents all
settings should be set to 100 or whatever you agree
to with your opponent.*
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At present all Team Yankee scenarios should use the
above settings. This scenario does play fairly well
with all settings at 100.)*
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__________Created By
________Keith Heitmann*
______dheitm8612@aol.com
