NVA Maneuvers 9/1965
NVA Maneuvers
This was never meant to be a scenario.
Idea of this battle was born when I saw extensive archive footage of East German Military (NVA) maneuvers, cooperating with Warsaw Pact troops in year 1965. It is a very specific period of time, often ommited in history of military. Eyes of most people are directed towards Ia Drang and rapidly raising PAVN combat abilities.
I asked a friend of mine to prepare me this battle. It is setup on a map that was not made either by me or him. This map was invented for a tournament of some sort. I deployed entire regiment the way I would prefer to have it deployed. His objectives was to deploy the Dutch mechanized battalion, supported with tank company and some recon elements, enough to make defences reliable. NVA troops are supported with divisional guns (152mm battalion) and some air force, mainly MiG-17 aircraft.
This would be a typical battle should Warsaw Pact move towards West Germany. At first I expected NVA troops to overrun the Dutch quickly. To my great surprise, long and extremely bloody combat ensued with both units anihilating each other.
Have fun. This scenario is a good basis to try different WP nations and deployments. Can be played on any side, though invented for East Germany. Scenario is most likely capable of PBEM play.
Source: YouTube channel "Filmarchiv der Nationale Volksarmee", recently closed
Guys, play it and let me know how it was. This could be a good base for historical discussion. At the end, I managed to destroy the Dutch, but literally like 10% of my entire regiment was still combat capable. What means it is no victory at all.
I was suppressing enemy with artillery and advancing in three columns, heads of which were deployed into line in the process. Armour supports the middle. Aircraft are picking HVTs.
I resigned from deploying smoke screens and relayed on firepower rule. I am not sure if it ended well. Centurion tanks are great compared to T-55A of the NVA.
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