Gibsonm Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 (edited) Rolling Thunder '18 is underway. Links to the missions played and their AARs will be posted here in due course (player screenshots, video links and feedback also welcome). Mission One: Scenario File: https://my.pcloud.com/publink/show?code=XZMKp87Z2YqCFvt7B9RHRga33eR67yoGd5e7 Plan File: https://my.pcloud.com/publink/show?code=XZfyt87ZNrBN8chr7qzgMHORLTNAF4QfEjdk Attendance: AAR File: https://my.pcloud.com/publink/show?code=XZJIq87ZrdTkbnvL69JYf9cwTTJA20DvbyHy Mission Two: Scenario File: https://my.pcloud.com/publink/show?code=XZAKp87ZrOaM07YBwSSWBI4QUnsTaQ7SaO6X Attendance: + Honorary - Duke (unforeseen technology issue at home) AAR File: https://my.pcloud.com/publink/show?code=XZLIq87ZRC80maAjcGfMdPzUBRgPt433oguV Mission Three: Scenario File: https://my.pcloud.com/publink/show?code=XZVlp87ZyxWJHIMUIqBr49lJPfgTPm0c6s4k Attendance: + Honorary - Duke (unforeseen technology issue at home) + Assassin AAR File: https://my.pcloud.com/publink/show?code=XZUoq87ZbgmoQ8JNjXpd2CK2FPowRROA6nPV Edited April 1, 2018 by Gibsonm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted March 31, 2018 Author Share Posted March 31, 2018 Authorised "bling" for your signature block: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSe419E Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Thank you, Mark. Had a Great time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted April 1, 2018 Author Share Posted April 1, 2018 25 minutes ago, TSe419E said: Thank you, Mark. Had a Great time. You are most welcome. Look forward to the video in due course. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted April 1, 2018 Author Share Posted April 1, 2018 (edited) Some screenshots to set the scene for Mission 1 at least. If the units look good, its probably thanks to Splash's Skins. At first the targets were easy: Then they got bigger: And Bigger: Then "Contact Dust!": I wonder what is causing that? .... Then the real fun began 84 Team engaging a HIP: OC helping to "hose down" the runway: And leading by example with a Hind: Edited April 1, 2018 by Gibsonm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connaugh Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 (edited) Killing Motorcycle Scout in Mission 1 Killing PT-76 with 50 Cal frontally! T-72 kill at Homfield Bridge Motorcycle kill in the dark BTR kill from the rear With Mirsayev hovering above in his Kiowa, directing the tanks to targets. Edited April 1, 2018 by Connaugh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisreb Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Great fun - lasted until 45 mins from end of Mission 3 when I ran out of timee. 3 great missions thanks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted April 1, 2018 Author Share Posted April 1, 2018 Chris, You don't get to wear both medals. By all means wear the gold one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nike-Ajax Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 (edited) Many thanks for an excellent experience: A lot of effort in making, planning and executing it - and it showed ! Also - how do I put on the medal? Edited April 1, 2018 by Nike-Ajax 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted April 1, 2018 Author Share Posted April 1, 2018 Add it to your signature file. Just ask Chris, he has a spare. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithcorp Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 (edited) Well that was a great experience in the tradition of RTs! Thanks Mark, Panzer-Leader, Mirzayez and others for hosting, planning and skippering Blue Green and Red. A real appreciation of what a 1990s Australian outfit would have had to deal with. I played missions 1 and 2 right through but had to bail on mission 3 with 20 minutes to go (easter sunday family things commencing). Mission 1 - I (with DBoy) was leftmost recce callsign (M113 and Scorpion. Managed to kill a PT76, a Hind and some infantry before being steadily attrited down at the airbase. Tempo means everything and Red could push hard, meaning lots of repositioning and desperate close-range fights. 21 dismounts destroy ENY PT76 after it survived a belt of .50 frontally. An LMG operator was killed and this meant I couldn't remount my infantry, so had to leave them in place .50 did prove deadly to this Hind down near the Williamson airfield when Red air were dropping troops Clearing up some air-dropped infantry with DBoy ... before a red RPG takes out my track Mission 2 - i had a troop of Leopard AS1 supporting ASLAV recce moving to contact on the east of the AO. We didn't cover the road well enough and red sneaked a bunch of stuff south. There was some bumping into each other and some close range fights. Here one of my Leopards hits a Naval T55 close in. More knife-fights with T55s And some more Mission 3 - pre-dawn, stumbling around as we assault north. I'm in V11 ASLAV in the east of the AO, aiming to seize OBJ Baird - Huttonvale Outstation, a crossing point for Moody Creek and the door to red's landing area. I had bad lag from the get-go in this scenario, with friendly and enemy units sliding, airborne and bouncing around. Very hard to hit anything and shamefully I was responsible for (and the victim of) blue on blue incidents. We got to OBJ Baird after bumping into a red motorcycle and the objective seemed clear, though the bridges we needed were down. At this point I should have realised Baird was a trap and got out quickly - infantry left behind along the creekline hit my ASLAVs as we crossed and then pre-plotted ICM strikes smashed our forces there. It was nasty fight with the red infantry having the upper hand. My lead ASLAV is potted by a red RPG gunner as I ford And here comes the ICM. Well-played Red. After this, my leftover callsign killed some enemy infantry and some friendly in the confusion, before joining in the push for the final objective, assaulting, with Connaugh's tanks, a strongpoint of dug in enemy armour and IFVs as Mirzayev's helos guided us in. My ASLAV was disabled by some friendly fire and at that point I had to bail... Thanks once again - a great experience and a pleasure to play with others from around the world. smith PS - final image of some of the graphical hijinks i was experiencing... Edited April 1, 2018 by smithcorp 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotareneg Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connaugh Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 From Smithcorp: My ASLAV was disabled by some friendly fire and at that point I had to bail It was me. I was spraying infantry with coax and inadvertently hit Smithcorp's Aslav. Would not think that 7.62 mm would immobilize it but it did. Sorry. Conn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted April 1, 2018 Author Share Posted April 1, 2018 5 hours ago, Rotareneg said: Guessing that's from a USMC Cobra, or perhaps a HMMWV? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotareneg Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 RBS-70 from one my V16 teams that were on a small hill. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted April 1, 2018 Author Share Posted April 1, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, Rotareneg said: RBS-70 from one my V16 teams that were on a small hill. Ah ok. I was trying to work out what it was, since it didn't look like a TOW. Edited April 1, 2018 by Gibsonm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furia Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 I can only say THANKS Gibsonm!!! That was a well prepared event. Really niice briefings, documents, the storyline, very inmersive...all in all a great event!! I did participate in all 3 and I had a great time. Thanks!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted April 2, 2018 Author Share Posted April 2, 2018 (edited) You're welcome. Planning for RT '19 starts this Thursday night. As per convention, 5yrs is a little short to call it "tradition", it will be somewhere other than Australian (likely Europe) but more news as the plan evolves. Edited April 2, 2018 by Gibsonm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithcorp Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 On 02/04/2018 at 12:54 AM, Connaugh said: From Smithcorp: My ASLAV was disabled by some friendly fire and at that point I had to bail It was me. I was spraying infantry with coax and inadvertently hit Smithcorp's Aslav. Would not think that 7.62 mm would immobilize it but it did. Sorry. Conn Haha - no problems Conn - I had killed a whole section of Blue dismounts earlier in the mission, so I had it coming. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted April 2, 2018 Author Share Posted April 2, 2018 37 minutes ago, smithcorp said: Haha - no problems Conn - I had killed a whole section of Blue dismounts earlier in the mission, so I had it coming. Your own? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted April 2, 2018 Author Share Posted April 2, 2018 On 4/2/2018 at 12:54 AM, Connaugh said: My ASLAV was disabled by some friendly fire and at that point I had to bail ... Would not think that 7.62 mm would immobilize it but it did. Sorry. Conn I guess it depends on "disabled", but flat tyres, busted sights, killed crew commander, sure. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted April 6, 2018 Author Share Posted April 6, 2018 1 hour ago, TSe419E said: Some Rolling thunder '18 screen shots: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSe419E Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Sorry I put them in the other thread. I forgot this one was here. Thanks for moving them over. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted April 6, 2018 Author Share Posted April 6, 2018 34 minutes ago, TSe419E said: Thanks for moving them over. No problem, only issue is that they don't load (corrupt link or something?) in either thread. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSe419E Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Strange. They worked alright last night. Reuploaded. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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