Monday 29 December 2014

West of Kleineburg, 1979 - part 4


Back in 1979, the second company of Brits reveals itself.  Half (above) were Britains Deetail figures, while (below) the others were conversions - not by me - of Airfix figures.

The first two Forbodian rifle companies were preparing to assault the enemy held wood.  The dice are the close assault tests - each stand needs to roll equal to or less than the remaining number of figures in order to press home their attack, so it can be seen that two are going in (having rolled 2 and 4) while the others have bottled it by rolling 5, 6).
The Brit CO watching from the hills to the east....
...while nearby the BRDM platoon had returned to recce the hill.
An overview of the nasty scrap for the central wood.
At this point, the Forbodian mortar suffered a rather fatal 'short' - the round hit the radio operator in the HQ stand!  We then tested for additional casualties....
...resulting in the demise of several trucks, half the Sagger Platoon and the Battalion CO!
The 3rd rifle company was proving reluctant to join in the action...
...but a visit from a representative of SPARK (Special Police And Revolutionary Kommissars) stiffened their resolve.
Eventually the Comrades had the better of the fighting and the Brits crept away...
...but not before that British HQ had stalked the BRDM plt through the woods...
...and scored a hit!

We decided that the action was a draw as while the Fodbodians were left in possession of the field they had suffered quite badly.  I'm sure the Comrades will want to avenge this outrage soon....

10 comments:

tradgardmastare said...

Excellent game Tim.I particularly like the Scottish soldier. BTW will the rules be available for us all to buy in 2015?
Alan

Tim Gow said...

Tradgardmastare
The chap with the glengarry is a real touch of class, isn't he?
I'll stick my neck out and say that is is indeed the plan to publish in 2015...

Paul Foster said...

Excellent action Tim.

The short round was hilarious.

Pete. said...

Great looking game Tim, enjoyed following it. Nicely set up scenario too though the Brits seemed a little under manned....

Cheers,

Pete.

Chris Kemp said...

Nice report, Tim. There must be a Bureau called SMIRK somewhere - Spezial Militarische Intelligence Regionale Kabinett?

Martin Rapier said...

" Nicely set up scenario too though the Brits seemed a little under manned...."

I think four platoons of paras with artillery support dug in on he wrong side of a river was plenty for a single Forbodian infantry battalion to take on!

The short was very funny, although the 120 did almost manage to hit some enemy on at least two occasions, as did the 85mm.

Tim Gow said...

Paul Foster
The 'short' was far more satisfying than a dodgy dice roll.

Tim Gow said...

Pete
I'd say the attackers has odds of 2:1, and only 1.5:1 in infantry.

Tim Gow said...

Chris Kemp
I'm sure they are watching us both Chris!

Tim Gow said...

Martin Rapier
Somehow I thought we'd hear from you on that subject!