Garry, Shawn and I got together for another game of WW3 Team Yankee, and we decided to try the new mission "Scouts Out". We used 240 points per side, on a four by twelve foot table set with typical West German terrain.
Garry tried an interesting Soviet force, with two units of T-80s supporting a large T-55 formation and a large BTR Mech formation. This gave him a nice combination of mass and power. Shawn ran a US heavy armored force, with small units of M1A1HCs, while I ran a Dutch Mech formation, with Leopards in support.
The NUTS group's latest campaign action featured yet more fighting in the Beqaa Valley of Lebannon. An Israeli Reserve Armor force faced off with a large Syrian Armor force along the Yanta - Rashayaa highway.
The Israeli force was optimized for tank killing, with extra TOW missile units added, but their armor included reserve Sho't tanks, more vulnerable to the Syrian armor.
The NUTS group's latest WW2 action returned to the western front, with a large Normandy game featuring three 105 point British forces facing off with 315 points of German Heer and Fallschirmjager on a 4 foor by 32 foot table.
My Fallschirmjager force had a formation of StuGs, with a large FJ platoon and 2 PaK43 ATGs in support (I expected a lot of British armor). I faced off with a Desert Rat force, supported by Achilles and Priest SPGs. Bart's armor had difficulty with the close terrain, and the StuGs managed to survive long enough to break his main formation.
The NUTS group's latest WW3 action returned to Europe, featuring British and American forces facing off with 315 points of Soviets on a 4 foor by 32 foot table.
My US Force had a formation of Airborne infantry with Sheridans, plus a Bradley Mech formation with 4 M1A1 HCs. I faced Bart's tough T-80 Shock formation, but I had an Overpass to defend and the Overpass is Bart's kryptonite...
The NUTS group's Lebannon campaign continues, with additional Israeli thrusts into the Beqaa Valley.
We have completed 2 of the 3 battles for the June 9th AM turn, with the Israelis seeing renewed progress so far.
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