[Nightblade]

The tension feeling of the battle is very well done in this one.

At first, i had some hope seeing the TOW taking out several advancing T55, but i ran quickly out of those great AT missiles as i made a big mistake and lost a TOW squad after embarking them in a vehicle that unfortunately recieved a direct hit from a T55.

There, i thought i would be in a very difficult situation.

But the Marines squads resisted bravely and fought more fiercely that i expected in front of the advancing armored vehicles and finally put an end to the T55 assault while capturing the 2 objectives.
The support by some artillery that reinforced our position was really welcomed.

There i had the surprise to see T-64 coming between the burning T55 in the sands and with some BMP2 coming unnoticed from the dunes , the squads defending the front got several casualties.
We even had to move back , leaving again the objectives to the opposing force.
During the retreat, one of the Marine squad even found themselves running directly in front of a T64 that was hidden by the terrain .
After being mostly annhilated by the cross fire from the Tank and the Iraqi squads that were supported it, the survivor surrendered.

Again , thanks to the artillery support the defense line was stable again , as the enemy squads supporting their T64 were unable to advance more to the 2 other objectives.

But i thought all was lost after the majority of the LAV were destroyed by more advancing T-64 main gun.

It was the exact moment the air support appeared in the Marine side, 2 Cobra that were enough to stop the T64 main assault force, hope was back again.
The gunships did their job with efficiency and put an end to the T64 threat with some well placed Hellfires, as a bonus they striked heavily incoming Iraqi squads.

During this time, a heroic Marines squad and scout in the south west objective succeeded to destroy a menacing BMP2 that forced another Marine squad to pull back then (i must say it surprised me) a T64 all by themselves thanks to their AT weapons.

Finally this Marine squad even forced an Iraqi infantry that tried to attack the position to disperse.

In the end of the day, the enemy squads survivors were pulling back , the Iraqi armored forces burning in the desert and all the objectives secured again.

A Marginal victory, but i think it could have been better, as i got several casualties due to some of my poor strategic decisions that could have made it alive in the end.

Maybe the 2 Cobra support is a bit too strong, as despite i noticed some AA vehicles, they were able to give me a definite upper hand on the situation.
I will try a different approach next time to try minimize my casualties.

Thank you for this scenario, i like it.