Brigade Nord: Delaying Actions 3 - Action at Overbygd*
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Date:  28 April, 2015*
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Battle Location:  Overbygd (Skjold Garrison), Malselv (Tromms County), Norway.*
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Battle Type:  Russian Assault vrs. Norwegian Defense*
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Description:  Russia moves to invade Norway.*
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Russian forces have moved across the Norwegian and Finnish Border, executing a series of coordinated attacks on Norwegian defenses.  It is now Invasion Day plus 6.*
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You command units stationed at Skjold Garrison near Overbygd, home of the Norwegian Army's 2nd Battalion.   The Second is the standing army's mechanized battalion.  Charlie Company and the Recce Squadron are forward deployed.  You are in direct command of Bravo Company (mechanized) and the Headquarters and Support Company.  Home Guard Units are deployed south of the Malseva River.*
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Your main assets are the light CV9030N APC's.  Sufficient against other APC's, they lack the firepower to standup to Soviet MBT's.  As such, you will have to defend in depth.  Strike, withdraw, and draw armor into kill boxes.  Such is War in the North.*
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Your Mission is to defend the Skjold Garrison, it's maintenance and ordinance stores, while still husbanding your meager mechanized forces.  The Russians can replace their losses, you can't.*
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Home Guard and Nowegian Rangers indicate that the Russian 25th MRB has moved north on Route E6 and the 138th MRB now is moving south and west towards your positions.  The Recce Squadron is in contact and is withdrawing.  The Russian Main Axis of Advance has been determined to be west on Route 87.  The Russians also have an ASR parallel, west along a newly constructed service route, south of the Malseva River.*
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You have no air support.  Your only artillery assets are SP Mortars in the CSS Coy, and a reserve element of SP mortars en route.  What you do have are ATGM stores at Skjold.  You have deployed ATGM teams and Hunter/Killer teams with M2 Gustavs.  Anti Tank Units have been ordered to hold fire until targets are effectively in range or in pre designated kill boxes.  Follow those orders and you may live.*
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Remnants of the Recce Squadron are falling back.  Pass them through your lines and use them as a ready reserve.  Refurbished CV9030's from the maintenance center are also available as reserves.*
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The Russians are pursuing your units and approaching quickly.  Good luck!*
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