USMC Airmobile units deploy into the Iraqi rear supported by a Cobra gunship
Matt Varnish from the Dice Devils and I played a game of a modernized Flames of War game using the Stopping the Red Tide rule set. If you haven't checked out www.stoppingtheredtide.blogspot.ca I highly recommend it. Both Matt and I were more interested in having a thematic game where we could get a ton of cool pictures more than anything else. We definitely made some mistakes while playing but as you can see from this battle report it looked stunning. The mission was a modified Free-for-all with both of us holding some units in reserve and with 3 objectives in the centre of the table. Basically whoever held the most objectives at the end of the game would win. We used a variety of models from converted Battlefront, QRF, Peter Pig and some scratch builds.
Matt Varnishes Iraqi Republican Guard (Confident Conscripts)
OC in T80 with reactive armour, 2IC in T72
3 x T72s
3 x T72s
3 x T72s
3 x T55s
3 x T55s
Infantry platoon in APCs
2 x AA guns (SP)
Big Willie's USMC (Fearless Trained)
OC and 2IC in HMMWVs
Infantry platoon in HMMWVs
4 x M60s
Infantry platoon in Sea Knights (Chinooks)
2 x TOW HMMWVs
1 x Cobra Attack Helicopter
Set Up
The USMC spreads out along the South side of the border town of Nisab ready to capture key points and reinforce the Recce element who had been engaged earlier in the day. Against them was some of Saddam's favoured tank forces. The MC would have their work cut out for them.
