Operation CAST LEAD

MarkSheppard · #1 January 6th, 2009, 09:09 PM

Version 3:

Changes:

QASSAM :-P

Don's corrected briefing file included.

Israeli troop costs per squad are now 100, not 47; don't lose these guys.

Israeli F-16Is now carry 2 x 500 lb LGBs and 2 x 1,000 lb LGBs. Pick your choice of BOOM!

Israelis lose their UAV; I felt it revealed too much of enemy positions early on, considering this is a very small map.

Israeli Commander now has access to 2 x 155mm tubes and one FO squad.

Israeli APCs are now Azcharits, not Classicals; apparently a lot of Azcharits are in the Golani Brigade (whcih is attacking into the Strip now), and in general in the west bank and gaza areas...

Israeli APCs are now cross-attached to the Paratroop company hq.

The HAMASholes have been beefed up, and the Israelis have all their tech toys back.

DRG · #2 January 9th, 2009, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MarkSheppard

Version 3:

Changes:

QASSAM :-P

Don's corrected briefing file included.

Israeli troop costs per squad are now 100, not 47; don't lose these guys.

Israeli F-16Is now carry 2 x 500 lb LGBs and 2 x 1,000 lb LGBs. Pick your choice of BOOM!

Israelis lose their UAV; I felt it revealed too much of enemy positions early on, considering this is a very small map.

Israeli Commander now has access to 2 x 155mm tubes and one FO squad.

Israeli APCs are now Azcharits, not Classicals; apparently a lot of Azcharits are in the Golani Brigade (whcih is attacking into the Strip now), and in general in the west bank and gaza areas...

Israeli APCs are now cross-attached to the Paratroop company hq.

The HAMASholes have been beefed up, and the Israelis have all their tech toys back.

Ryan, I haven't had a chance to play this yet we're up to our ears in patch work ATM but somewhere on the forum someone mentioned that the Merkava Mk 4 are being held back ATM and it's the earlier Merkavas like the Baz that are being used now.

Don

Anthony_Scott · #3 January 9th, 2009, 11:19 PM

Here's a very good article about the tanks in Gaza:

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Tank...field_999.html

I liked the scenario very much and look foreward to more of the same.

Semper Fi, Carry On

gingertanker · #4 January 10th, 2009, 05:58 PM

Well done with the scenario. I think perhaps Hamas stil needs more forces. I got a decisive victory with 15 men lost. 194 Hammas morons bought it though, so i think its OK. A good noumber of those thanks to forgetting to call-off an artillery strike. One of My Mk4s was dead in the center of the bombardment...It survived but somehow lost 3 men(?)One of my Achzarit APCs got immobilized on a mine(Yes, I drove the Aczarit through a building

) Those nests were hard to get. Very fun scenario.

MarkSheppard · #5 January 11th, 2009, 12:45 PM

Version Four will be coming, I just noticed a throwaway line in a news report about that UNRWA school attack:

Quote:

The troops had intended to launch a smart missile to take out the Palestinian launch team but a technical malfunction made this impossible, according to the probe. The commanders of the force instead decided to fire on the Qassam team with mortar shells equipped with a Global Positioning System for accurate fire.

So apparently the Israelis now have GPS guided artillery; most likely IMI has rushed pre-production prototypes of that 120mm GPS mortar bomb, and 155mm Shell that were "finishing development" in 2009 to the troops.

So expect a FO bump to take advantage of this ability, as well as a downgrade of the Merks to Merk 3s.

Also guys, by what turn are you well into fighting in the settlement?

gingertanker · #6 January 11th, 2009, 02:32 PM

turn 15 i was already in the first houses. I did a lot of recon by fire with my AFVs, because i expected some nasty surprises. and i was right

Anthony_Scott · #7 January 11th, 2009, 10:18 PM

Here is the second part of that 2 part article about tank combat in Gaza.

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Tank...t_Two_999.html

I thought that the scenario designer could make use of the articles. Maybe i should make an entirely new thread with these articles.

Semper Fi, Carry On

MarkSheppard · #8 January 12th, 2009, 08:51 PM

Version Four:

Israelis now have GPS FOs for more accurate shelling.

Merkava 3 Baz replaces Merkava 4s.

A little bit into the game, the Israelis gain an Apache to assist in in clearing out the hidey holes. Weapons loadout may have to be tweaked a little.

HAMAS gains two more platoons of people who appear into the game to represent people leaving their bunkers or spider pits...