8 Armoured Brigade 42-45

[wulfir]

I need a commander for the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry - a unit that at the start of the war was a cavalry regiment that converted to artillery in 1940 and in that role already sew action in North Africa and Crete. Now it has been recast as a tank regiment and assigned to the new British 8 Armoured Brigade.

It is late 1942 and the Axis forces are advancing on Alexandria, Egypt, the 8th Brigade - with its Red Fox Mask insignia - is about to be thrown into the fray...


The idea is to play this as a campaign roughly following the history of the 8 Arm Bde between late 42 to the end in NW Europe 45..., I expect it will take around 30-40 battles to finish...

I build the scenarios, you lead the SRY to victory or doom...

[SaS TrooP]

Give me more details and I could surely take it

[wulfir]

You get a frame for a campaign and the scenarios will be added as you go along. You will yoursef have to add the scenarios to the campaign but I think you are familiar with this concept...


The whole thing will be based on the history of the British 8 Arm Bde and you will command the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry - this because it was the one regiment that served in the 8 Arm Bde for its entire war service, between 1942-45. A british WWII tank regiment equals about a battalion size unit in American or German armies...

IMHO, this is a fun way to build a campaign.
(I have a few other similar campaigns in mind as well...)

[SaS TrooP]

Allright. I will be happy to try. Battalion sized campaigns seems to be most interesting.
I still have one French running, but it will not interfere.

What do you say about some roleplay? If I could post here some requests for support, reinforcements, upgrades, tactical clarification etc.?

[wulfir]

Sure - but then I would prefer if we could base the campaign around any other unit, but the SRY. You pick - British or any other nation.

[SaS TrooP]

You make your choice as you throw the campaign. Why not SRY for this role? Tank crews will be excellent for roleplay.

[wulfir]

Ok, I'll cook something up.

[SaS TrooP]

No, mate, I am up for SRY unit. If you do not want any roleplay, its OK.

Proceed with it.

[wulfir]

Here are some suggestions:

Britain - 3 Royal Tank Regiment, 1940-45
Britain - 9 Royal Tank Regiment, 1944-45 (Churchill tanks)
Britain - Elements 7. Armoured Division 1944-45 (Cromwell tanks)
Britain - 7th Bn, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 51st Highland Division, 1940-45 (infantry)
Britain - Hallamshire Battalion, 79th Div, 1944-45 (infantry)

US Army - Elements 66th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Division, 1943-45
US Army - Elements 4th Armored Division, 1944-45
US Army - Elements 746th Tank Bn/9th Infantry Division 1944-45
US Army - Elements 45th Infantry Division, 1943-45

Germany - II/212. Infanterie-Regiment, 79. Inf-Div, 1940-45 (infantry)
Germany - Elements 13. Inf-Div(mot)/13. Panzer-Division/FHH Div, 1939-45 (infantry/armour)
Germany - Strumgeschütz-Brigade 191, 1941-45 (StuG)
Germany - SS-PzAA11, Division Nordland, 1943-45 (Armoured Recce)

Finland - Elements Infantry Regiment 61, 17th Division, 1941-44
Finland - Elements Rynnäkkötykkipataljoona (Assault Gun Bn), Finnish Armoured Division 1944

[scorpio_rocks]

If you have the time would love to see (or even play) a campaign for "The Polar Bears from Sheffield" - The Hallamshires!

I live in Sheffield and have the great book by Don Scott (signed by the author), which is a collection of diaries, letters, photos and recollections of the unit during WWII (including their time in Iceland and Normandy).

If you need any further info may I recommend an article which was written in 1948 for our local newspaper about the unit HERE.

I understand if you dont have the time (Or inclination). It is something I had thought about creating a scenario for at one point depicting the fighting around the "Depot de Mendicite" where Cpl. Harper won his VC (and lost his life).