× ATTENTION! New campaign Firestorm: Stripes has launched! Sign up @ firestormstripes.warconsole.com

Firestorm: Red Thunder

The Team Yankee Global Campaign

Ruhr to Kassel (Armchair #8 Bridge Head)

View Linked Report - CLICK HERE 100 POINTS
West German
Spud
VS Warsaw Pact
Mikle friesky

They came on in the same old way, and we sent them home in the same old way.

With the speakers turned up to eleven in the command tank, the music helped to drown out some of the leopards machinegun. "Every body want's to rule the world" by foreigner creating that disco beat. All the commander needed was a disco ball in the turret to complete the whole disco theme, his gunner Kurt thought, as he watched his commander dance about the turret with his walkman.
Kurt ruminated on the history of his company commanders in recent times, the commander who liked stylish outfits, but who's high heals had caught on the firing lever and taken out the blue bratwurst wagon in a fiery explosion while on manoeuvres. But to be fair they weren't very good bratwurst anyway. The next commander who had had been "eccentric" if you are being kind and barking mad if you were being truthful. That commander had been sent for an "extended leave" after starting to talk to his service pistol. So the new commander who liked 80's pop music and had his uniform tailored to include flares and a man bag wasn't so strange.

The Battlefield looking North! West German area to right
The German Right Flank and Center looking from the East
The West German Left Flank lookingfrom the East
"Platoon one take out the t64's on the left flank if you please", Elvis type pose pointing to the left and the 5 t64's disappeared one after another in the IR scope. "Thank you very much, ah huh!"
Kurts maintained a pained look as he lined up an soviet team hiding in foxholes to his front in his main gun sights. The shot flew wide of the antitank team. "Missed it by that much, 99" was the commander’s reply. "aagh!" thought Kurt.
"Platoon 2, take out the T64's coming past the building on the left flank, if you please"
Just a shot in the dark! The West germans stand at range and plink at their opponents without fear of retaliation.
Hunter flight if you please assist, platoon 2. target enemy hiding behind grannies house if you please" The two copters and the 3 leopards made short work of the five t64's,

"Oh yes Ivan don't surf that one did he?"

I'm pretty sure that made no sense at all" thought Kurt, though he wasn't sure as his understanding of English appeared to be as poor as his commanders was.
Two units of troop transports with what appeared to be rockets mounted on them appeared in the distance.
A quick change of tapes in the Walkman, soon resulted in Gerry lee yelling at the top of his lungs and pounding on a keyboard.
"Platoon 2 and Hunter flight if you please, target right behind grannies house".
"GREAT BALLS OF FIRE!" shouted the commander as the enemy disappeared in flames and debris.
Kurt slowly begins to bash his forehead on the gun site mumbling about idiots and how do they keep finding him.
At his point it's late so.....

The gepards slowly kill things and make a mess of the second unit of transports in the center. Tornados slowly kill infantry dug in in the center.
The commander manages to bail his Leopard while assaulting the spandrel team and is assaulted in turn by the spandrel team that has bounced shots all game. Sigh when it's not to be it's not to be but he manages to grab his walkman and move to the nearest tank in platoon two who is bogged in the river.

The pair of Gepards, two lots of two red eye team attachments and the Rolands? take out all four of the attacking Russian planes.
The armoured infantry assaults down the road to take the right-hand objective, losing all the transports then succumbing to counter assaults themselves. But only after having chipped the right-hand Russian platoon down to 3 elements. The other platoon of Russians have to withdraw to contest the objective but are caught in the open by Gepards and the Platoon of three Leopards.
Platoon two Leopards assault the remaining Russian infantry off the objective for the win.
On the left flank, a Russian unit of 10? tanks of some sort (it was hard to tell what they were with all their burning friends obscuring the view) came on near the end and killed one tank from platoon one and were in turn spanked by the Tornadoes.

"Now that was fun!" the commander said while flashing a big smile. He then put some music on the walkmen "take on me!, taaake me ooon" by A-HA came crashing out over the company net.

Read the rules yesterday, played today. Thanks to my opponent for a great game.

Battle Report Average Rating



Log in to rate this battle.

Recommend Commander For Commendation

5 People Recommended Spud for commendation

Share this battle with friends

West German
Spud
Wins

12 Comments