soviet afghan war scenerio's?

[jivemi]

So it was. Got all the objectives after 17 turns, but at the cost of 8 (out of 10) APC's and a bunch of grunts. There weren't enough arty assets--just 3 mortars!--to make a systematic push along the main road so a flanking force was sent to the high-value rear objectives. They made it, but only one APC and a couple para squads survived.

Meanwhile, after being stymied for several turns along the same stretch of village road, I threw caution to the winds and charged the 3 remaining APC's of that force through to the last intermediate objective. One made it, and managed to hang on almost single-handedly against an RPG team and guerrilla squads for several turns, miraculously surviving a close assault and 1 or 2 RPG shots at close range. Whew!

That, along with the flanking move, was key to the battle. Final score was 5741 to 1020, but that doesn't show how close it really was. If either surviving APC had gotten whacked, Muji reinforcements might have retaken enough VH's to make me the loser. Very well done, Mr. Lundstrom!