Cold Steel SBCT Campaign (Untested Conversion)

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Upgraded the standard core with the following,

Assault Engineer Squad x 4
MMG Team x 2
M1126 Stryker + x 4

Stinger Team x 2
M1126 Stryker +

AH-6J L Bird x 2

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for Support units I purchased

2 sections of
M270 MLRS
using 227mm m30 cm ammo

3 Scout Teams
4 M1009 cucv light trucks

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In addition to the above upgrades, I changed the HMMWV AOP FO vehicle to
a M981A3 Fist-V FO vehicle. Increases vision from 30 to 40.

The new core purchase of Assault Engineer Squads is x 3,not x 4.

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Here is the setup for the next battle.

Map looks very good.

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Turn 2 progress, uncovering individual infantry squads in the fields,and some enemy armored units spotted by helo. One of my support scout units was destroyed by enemy infantry.

Images show southern task force encountering an infantry unit,and the spotted armored vehicles.

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Turn 5 progress, lost a grenade launching stryker to a 90mm cannon shot to the side. From an enemy AT wheeled vehicle,EE-9 IV

cleaned up an enemy M8 greyhound formation.

images show both.

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Turn 7 progress,a leopard tank has made an appearance on the east side of the bridge on the road. Just in time a platoon of stryker vehicles traveling north of the river has managed to get in a good defensive position overlooking the bridge area.

Most of the enemy on the west side of the bridge has been destroyed. One last armored vehicle is seen in the area. The southern task force is moving into this area.

Images show both.

[scorpio_rocks]

Duzmond: Do you normally keep your units in 1 hex?

Seems unreasonable to me to have four+ 7x3m (stryker) armoured vehicles operating in the same 50 m hex. It would probably be against standard tactical doctrine of the US army too.

Or am I very wrong and fighting my battles badly? (open to anyone to answer - sorry for slight off topic)

[Duzmond]

I keep platoons together usually in the same hex. They don't stay that way if the situation demands it. This one doesn't.

I don't know about or follow any established military doctrine.My play style is a result of having played the game since 2001,though I took 2012,2013,and 2014 off.

Now about the multiple vehicles per hex.

Maybe the game should impose a limit of some kind?
I have found having an entire platoon together when defending is considerably more effective in the game. Attacking as well.

It also nice where terrain blocks vision,and having them all together allows better response when an enemy shows up,or you need to attack through a tight space.

It would be nice to find a human opponent actually,but that seems hard to do.

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At the end of turn 18 I spotted the enemy artillery.
And plotted strikes against them.

Images show this.

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This image shows the final results for the second battle.

A marginal victory. The game ended shortly after pressing end turn.