A Challenge for Suhiir

[wulfir]

Originally Posted by Suhiir

Ahhh ... thought this was a stand-alone scenario.

I think this is a fun way of building a campaign, and have it playtested.

Originally Posted by Suhiir

Feel free to try the scenario with the forces I've added, at 36 turns ... may need to be longer we'll see.
Decided to take advantage of the LVTs and I have a mini amphib landing going on.

Cool!

[Suhiir]

Originally Posted by wulfir

I think this is a fun way of building a campaign, and have it playtested.

Agreed.
When I get off my butt and get back to work on my 13th MEU campaign - 2018,Iraq, ISIS inspired civil war - I'll toss it at you.
I plan at least 7 scenarios in it.

[RetLT]

Originally Posted by Suhiir

Gonna try it with 2x Infantry company, 2x LAI platoon, 1x Tank platoon (assume the other infantry company and transport helos are elsewhere setting up an advance base for the follow-on missions).

Feel free to try the scenario with the forces I've added, at 36 turns ... may need to be longer we'll see.
Decided to take advantage of the LVTs and I have a mini amphib landing going on.

This was fun to play. I got a 4:1 victory in 32 turns after a hard fight. Russian ATGs gave me fits but the Cobras were the key to victory after the Russian AAA was suppressed.

[DRG]

Originally Posted by Suhiir

Maybe increase it to 36 turns (6 hours)?

where do you get 36 turns = 6 hours, not even close

PAGE 1 of the GG

-One game move (player 1 turn plus player 2 turn) represents roughly 2 - 3 minutes of 'real time'.

[Suhiir]

Originally Posted by DRG

where do you get 36 turns = 6 hours, not even close

PAGE 1 of the GG

For some reason I was thinking 1 turn = 10 minutes.
I stand corrected!

[Suhiir]

I certainly understand your reasoning, but I decided to take my idea couple steps further ...

2x Norwegian Infantry Battalions at 75% strength; they have been fighting the Russians for days after all. 1x USMC LAI Co, 1x USMC Tank Platoon, 2x USMC CAAT (Combined Anti-Armor Team); what little "armored punch" the USMC has to support the Norwegians. 1x USMC Rifle Company in LVTs making a mini amphibious assault in the west (top of the map) of the town.

Give it a try.

[Suhiir]

Glad you liked it but most of the credit goes to wulfir.
I just thought since this was suppose to be a primarily Norwegian attack I'd just have the Marines back them up with assets they didn't have available themselves.

I hope staggering the arrival of the Russian AA made things more "interesting"?

[RetLT]

I played your first version so all the AAA was present from turn 1.

Just tried the scenario as Russia and got a DV. The AI never moved the gunboats and put the Cobras on overwatch so they only took a few shots. The rest of the units dutifully marched into the arty barrage and got chewed up.

[Suhiir]

The AI has no clue what to do with boats so they never move, much the same with amphibious units.

AI helo handling is pretty passive so in a situation where they need to be fairly aggressive it tends to not do well.

[DRG]

We are "exploring possibilities" in regards to boats in the AI's hands. They do interesting things when they are " heavy armoured cars"