[Suhiir]

Finished the scenario, decisive victory for Norway.

Due primarily to catching a couple of platoons of Russian para's crossing a river in rubber boats.

Needless to say the Norwegian vehicles were of limited combat utility due to the sheer number of Russian AT weapons and the inherent inaccuracy of vehicle mounted machineguns. But as taxis to shift Norwegian units around the battlefield they were invaluable.
I made good use of the open airfield to keep Norwegian vehicles at the edge of Russian AT weapons range and slowly fall back firing as much as possible. They didn't inflict much damage but they did draw fire which my infantry really appreciated.

The Russian RMG once again showed its incredible utility. While not overly accurate it's ability to destroy and seriously suppress units in adjacent hexes due to being an FAE, and set cover aflame (thus automatically suppressing any units in the hex) has always made it one of the better infantry support weapons in WinSPMBT. I suspect the number of fires they set would pretty well strip the entire area of cover prior to the next battle (maybe something to consider if you plan a scenario covering a second attack on Bardufoss).

Of course the higher experience and morale of the Russians made it relatively easy for them to spot the Norwegians hiding in the trees before the Norwegians even noticed them advancing in the open. So the key is to find defensive positions that limit line-of-sight as much as possible to give the Norwegians the chance to ambush the Russians. And insure there are two Norwegian units stacked in each position as one can rarely inflict enough damage/suppression to prevent Russian counter fire after it's been attacked on from decimating the unit.

I didn't mention it before because I overlooked it, but there were no infantry machine-guns one either side which I found curious.

If I'd not caught those Russian paras in rubber boats I'd have been reduced to throwing spit-balls by the end of the battle, at least half the Norwegian infantry that was still alive was down to 10 or less ammo at the end.

Overall a very nice scenario.