Fought At Hanover
2426 days 22 hours 48 minutes ago
Battle Report
Map reference, NW of Hanover
60 POINTSSpah trupp leader looked nervously back through the town to the North West for the promised tank support. They had spotted the scouts at the vanguard of the latest Soviet motor rifle battalion to push into their sector, company command was called, and an under strength Leopard 2 company was ordered to setup a blocking position. A smoking Leopard 2 was spotted in the distance, looked to be abandoned from a previous engagement. Trupp leader made a mental note to investigate that area if the battle allowed.
Spah troops pushed up into town taking a position among the nearest buildings once they saw the tanks pulling into position to their rear. "Only five Leopards, that won't be enough." Scanning to the town's South East, ten plus BMP were counted. Second troop leader called out a similar number pushing up to the North of the first. In between was artillery, AAA, and other support units.
Leopards and supporting Gepards start thinning out he BMPs then remove the Storm platoon from the far hill.
Infantry bailout and with BMPs push forward into the teeth of the Leopards. A lone scout BMP is able to move into the flank of a Leo 2 focusing on the distant forces. 30mm rounds score some penetrating hits and send the crew bailing from the smoking hull.
The Soviet artillery was finally spotted by a British observer in the area, focused on, and destroyed, but not before they destroyed a Leo 2.
Battle ends for now. Soviet infantry digs in around town and the remaining Bundeswehr tanks stay in their covering positions.A lone spah Luch pulls back away from town to the South then moves North West to link up with the remaining tanks outside of town. Smoke from burning BMPs and Leo 2s obscure the remaining forces and cover their movements. Calls for support and reserves cover the net. Alone with his crew the spah troop leader listens to orders for reconnaissance of the enemy to the North of town and new blocking positions
Final outcome was a Draw.
Great table. Both armies looked good.
A great report with a great table and minis!
Great report, and great looking models
Good job on the report, wouldn’t have minded a bit more text.
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Nice photos and a bloody stalemate.
Good we have more tanks. They may be outdated but seen NATO will have none.
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Nice to see a good table and painted figures all around
Nice looking table
In this conflict, Draws are wins for the Bundeswehr! Well done, and great looking table.
Baron, we wanted to run some smaller tables to get more people into the action. We picked 62 points and the Soviet army was one point over. We rolled on the quick mission table, the Soviet player won the roll off and picked attacking in daylight. I would like to try some of the others missions, but the focus in our area is FoW MW at the moment. We will probably get more into TY in the second round of Firestorm Red Thunder.
pretty, very pretty
Great looking table, and always good to see two nicely painted forces on the field. It adds a little extra to the mix. A good battle report, disappointing that it ended in a draw, it looks like it would have gone either way.
Nice table! And painted models +++++ 😀
Cool outcome being a draw and all 😉
How did you experience the Quick Missions?
Nice looking report…