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  1. Seems like, for European players, the time will be 1 hour sooner until the 5 APR TGIF. 22 MAR 2024: MBT-S05A-19-Dark Passage (FRG)-4379 (Pt 1 of 2) This is a two-part scenario, part 2 will be next TGIF, unless we postpone the scenario this week with something else. SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS: Draft? Yes Random CO selection? Yes Minimum # players: 8 NOTES: Remember to play within the TGIF House Rules and SB.com Community Rules.
  2. Oh, BTW, the time has changed for US, so things will be out of sync until after this weekend.
  3. Who will play in the M60s in this scenario then??? 😢😉 We might actually play something smaller anyway, let's see...
  4. 15 MAR 2024: Brush Fire-Town Dispute-UN-4374-MAD SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS: Draft? Yes Random CO selection? Yes Minimum # players: 10 NOTES: Remember to play within the TGIF House Rules and SB.com Community Rules.
  5. 8 MAR 2024: TGIF Watan Saraf Ekhlas V11-smaller_4363 SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS: Draft? Yes Random CO selection? Yes Minimum # players: 10 NOTES: Remember to play within the TGIF House Rules and SB.com Community Rules.
  6. Just a word of caution here - this can devolve very quickly into trash talking, which will not be allowed. So, from here on, concentrate on commenting about your own side's plans and capabilities, or nothing at all (I am talking to myself here, too). Also, if posing a image, I would rather the thread not get filled up with irrelevant things -- keep it to screen shots or map images to stay on topic.
  7. I cannot speak for round 2's OPFOR commander, but I imagine that the strategy will be to defend, because BLUEFOR will obviously want to regain territory. BLUEFOR is most likely prone to overextension and hubris (given the equipment), while OPFOR always has a sort of realistic expectation of what is possible. That is an interesting aspect as well. But certainly OPFOR has devised some new tactics to try out, which will also be interesting to see how it goes. There are also things going on between rounds. As the last act before being relieved of duty, the exiting COs are both fortifying their positions. It will be interesting to see how that plays out - I may put in a map showing what the decisions were, but maybe not because I imagine that it will just be a general fortifying along the entire front line. The incoming COs will then have to downsize their inherited force by -2500 points, which is about 1/3rd to 1/4th of their current level. I may post the final TO&E strength composition of both sides at that point for the new round, or it might be OPSEC, not sure yet - but either way this part won't happen until right before the 2nd round starts again.
  8. And now back to your regularly scheduled program... 1 MAR 2024: !Zollerheim 2012-4265a-FMU SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS: Draft? Yes Random CO selection? Yes Minimum # players: 8 NOTES: Remember to play within the TGIF House Rules and SB.com Community Rules.
  9. The former OPFOR commander wants to point out to the former BLUEFOR commander (COs have to be swapped out after each round) that OPFOR's combat strength (point value) is higher than BLUEFORs at the end of round one, and OPFOR also holds more objectives. Any other metric used to determine victory is propaganda. 📺 😛
  10. Yes, possibly. It is tricky; both sides learned lessons and definitely for OPFOR (and BLUEFOR I am sure) adapted in real time. The tactical situation certainly provides plenty of room for changes in tactics and this has happened. OPFOR certainly has ideas on how to proceed, as I am sure BLUEFOR does -- but of course to talk about it would violate OPSEC, so I doubt either side will get into any details (this is also why the AAR text is very broad and brief). But perhaps some info may be shared in time... whether deception or not, who knows, I'll ask. 🤫
  11. Now I wanted to break down some winter "round 1" basic stats that might be interesting to digest. TOTAL LOSSES, ROUND 1 (winter): BLUEFOR 2x Strv 122 w/APS 2x M1A1(HA) 2x M2A2(ODS) 7x CV9040-B 4x BTR-82A 4x Cougar MRAP w/HMG 3x 2S3 Akatsiya 2x Unimog Medic 1x Munin (Adv.) UAV Team 441x personnel Point value of vehicle losses: 8017 Point value of infantry personnel losses: 2646 : TOTAL POINT VALUE OF ENTIRE FORCE LOSSES: 10663 ENDING (SURVIVING) FORCE POINT VALUE: 6141 OPFOR 3x T-80U (T-72B3 w/o TIS) 3x T-72B3 w/APS 3x T-72B1 w/APS 3x T-72B1 5x BTR-82A 3x BMP-2 3x BRDM-AT 1x Tigr-M w/HMG 1x Typhoon MRAP 580x personnel Point value of vehicle losses: 8385 Point value of infantry personnel losses: 3480 : TOTAL POINT VALUE OF ENTIRE FORCE LOSSES: 11865 ENDING (SURVIVING) FORCE POINT VALUE: 7449 --------------------------------------------------------------- LOSSES: Point value difference in losses: -1202 less losses BLUEFOR Point value difference in ending (surviving) forces: +1308 more strength OPFOR INCOME: Reinforcement Points earned: 12837 OPFOR / 13564 BLUEFOR Reinforcement Points earned difference: +727 BLUEFOR OBJECTIVES: Number of Objectives net gained at end of round: +5 OBJs OPFOR / +3 OBJs BLUEFOR //net gained means the number gained over what the side started the round with, minus what were lost Objective Point value at end of round: 4625 OPFOR / 4375 BLUEFOR Percentage of Objective Points towards a Minor Victory: 73% OPFOR / 69% BLUEFOR CONCLUSION: BLUEFOR suffered less losses in point value across the round OPFOR ended the round with a higher force strength (actually higher than the difference in losses) BLUEFOR gained slightly more reinforcement points across the round OPFOR had a net gain of more objectives at the end of the round Although it was a close fight, since OPFOR ended with a higher force strength and also with a higher net gain in objectives, the first round goes slightly in favor of OPFOR. ///////////////////////////////// Nice job to both sides for a hard fought round. 🍻
  12. With the conclusion of scenario A5, the 5th scenario of round 1, that concludes the first round. Thanks for playing! It was hard fought, and at times miserable, but hopefully there was some fun was had. The campaign started as a prototype, and evolved over the five missions, and I think was successful. It demonstrates that the tactical situation is very different than what we are normally used to, and reinforces how modern militaries need to train is such conditions because, as we see, everything you know goes right out the window. As intended, the campaign will now be put on hold until about 3 months from now, when round 2 will begin. In that time, the front line is assumed to be static, and both sides will be forced to selectively draw down 2,500 points worth of units. The map is cleaned up of destroyed vehicles (salvaged), and fortifications that below to one side that are in the other side's area have a chance that they are removed, reclaimed by nature. Additionally, both sides will be allowed to fortify areas as desired, between rounds, up to about 300 personnel capacity worth of L3 trench (or 1x Bunker per 10 capacity deduction). When the campaign resumes at the end of April or beginning of May, the terrain theme will be spring. Here are some images of the map in just a few hard fought areas that you may recognize (spring map theme already applied). Above picture is Jegum (OBJ S02, S03, C02, C03, N03), viewed from the east (right side of the picture is north). Everyone involved knows what happened here - heavy fighting occurred on the north and south side of the town (but strangely enough not much in the center... yet). So, lots of buildings are now removed or rubbled, forested areas are removed (the dirt areas with burnt trees). Above picture is objective C05, viewed from the southeast. Constant fighting of varying intensity throughout. Patches of trees removed (the dirt blobs) with burnt trees added in the areas heaviest bombarded. The very interesting thing about representing a long static conflict is that you can represent the changing tactical situation of the terrain both in weather, and through degradation from combat, which is something you cannot do in a shorter campaign, much less a singular one-off scenario of the situation. It will be interesting to see the map devolve, assuming one side doesn't breakout, of course.
  13. Scenario A5 MAP NOTES: Shaded color: Previous front line trace from the side that pushed it forward; shading is the color of the side that gained the terrain Arrows: Rough avenues of advance w/ size and type of unit; darker arrows are repelled advances Scale: Zoomed in map of the front line (the full map is in the first post in this thread) OPFOR attacked in the east and west. East attack was a mounted mechanized assault, while west attack on Jegum was primarily and infantry advance, supported by tanks and IFVs. Both attacks gained ground, but the eastern attack suffered heavy losses. BLUFOR counterattacked in the east, and ended up retaking N07, while OPFOR held N12. Normally the next scenario would be setup that way, with an isolated force, but between rounds the front line is "settled" and in this case, N12 and N07 is swapped. Losses: BLUEFOR 1x Strv 122 w/APS 1x M2A2(ODS) 2x BTR-82A 1x Unimog Medic 65x personnel Heavily damaged vehicles (out for one mission): [none, because end of round] OPFOR 3x T-72B1 w/APS 1x T-72B1 5x BTR-82A 1x BMP-2 126x personnel Heavily damaged vehicles (out for one mission): [none, because end of round]
  14. Here are the points for B1 (which will be played 3 months from now, around May, unless we decide not to). More on this later in the AAR post. I'll update the final round 1 AAR image next week, it will take a bit of tedious work. I also want to put together a sort of "Round 1" stats (at least some basic stuff which might be interesting to the two COs), at some point. BLUEFOR For Scenario A5 (9000 - 4375), 4625 //total points - mission score +(4500 / 5), 875 //mission score bonus -(65* 6), 390 //troops lost -202 //troops remaining -1842 //vehicle upkeep [30% of cost] -(50 * 3), 150 //non-attachment ATGM teams fielded -(100 * 3), 300 //non-attachment drone teams fielded +(125 * 0), 0 //attachment helicopter survival bonus +(35 * 0), 0 //attachment tank survival bonus +(25 * 1), 25 //attachment PC survival bonus +(15 * 0), 0 //attachment truck survival bonus +200 //end of round salvage of non-burned friendly vehicles in own territory =2811 //total Reinforcement Points & 694 //total Attachment Points (4375 / 6300), 69.4% progress to Minor Victory (not spent until start of B1) Salvaged vehicles: 2x CV9040-B, 1x 2S3 Akatsiya A breakdown of total BLUEFOR force structure value between each scenario so far: A1 end 2 x 2S3 Akatsiya, 215, 430, 1 x *Medic, Wheeled, 40, 40, 3 x M1A1 (HA), 600, 1800, 2 x M2A2 (ODS), 495, 990, 1 x CV9040-B, 238, 238, Total= 3498 * .3 = 1049 A2 end 2 x M1A1 (HA), 600, 1200, 2 x Strv 122, 754, 1508, 2 x *APS [1x veh, new], 150, 300, 6 x CV9040-B, 238, 1428, 3 x M2A2 (ODS), 495, 1485, 2 x M1064A3, 199, 398, 3 x 2S3 Akatsiya, 215, 645, 1 x *Medic, Wheeled, 40, 40, Total= 7004 * .3 = 2101 A3 end 2 x M1A1 (HA), 600, 1200, 2 x Strv 122, 754, 1508, 2 x *APS [1x veh, new], 150, 300, 3 x M2A2 (ODS), 495, 1485, 3 x CV9040-B, 264, 792, 6 x 2S3 Akatsiya, 215, 1290, 4 x M1064A3, 199, 796, 2 x Cougar 6x6 w/HMG [MRAP L2], 91, 182, 2 x *Medic, Wheeled, 40, 80, Total= 7633 *.3 = 2290 A4 end 1 x M1A1 (HA), 600, 600, 2 x *Medic, Wheeled, 40, 80, 3 x M2A2 (ODS), 495, 1485, 1 x Cougar 6x6 w/HMG [MRAP L2], 116, 116, 2 x Strv 122, 754, 1508, 2 x *APS [1x veh, new], 150, 300, 2 x CV9040-B, 264, 528, 4 x 2S3 Akatsiya, 215, 860, 4 x M1064A3, 199, 796, 4 x BTR-82A, 133, 532, Total= 6805 *.3 = 2042 A5 end 1 x *Medic, Wheeled, 40, 40, 1 x M1A1 (HA), 600, 600, 2 x M2A2 (ODS), 495, 990, 1 x Cougar 6x6 w/HMG [MRAP L2], 116, 116, 1 x Strv 122, 754, 754, 1 x *APS [1x veh, new], 150, 150, 2 x CV9040-B, 264, 528, 2 x BTR-82A, 133, 266, 4 x 2S3 Akatsiya, 215, 860, 6 x M1064A3, 199, 1194, 1 x Leopard 1A5-DK, 418, 418, 1 x ^MT-LB/Eng w/RPG-26, 110, 110, 1 x BM-21 Grad, 115, 115, Total= 6141 *.3 = 1842 OPFOR For Scenario A5 (9000 - 4625), 4375 //total points - mission score +(4625 / 5), 925 //mission score bonus -(126* 6), 756 //troops lost -210 //troops remaining -2235 //vehicle upkeep [30% of cost] -(50 * 3), 150 //non-attachment ATGM teams fielded -(100 * 1), 100 //non-attachment drone teams fielded +(125 * 0), 0 //attachment helicopter survival bonus +(35 * 0), 0 //attachment tank survival bonus +(25 * 2), 50 //attachment PC survival bonus +(15 * 3), 45 //attachment truck survival bonus +80 //end of round salvage of non-burned friendly vehicles in own territory =2024 //total Reinforcement Points & 734 //total Attachment Points (4625 / 6300), 73.4% progress to minor victory (Not spent until start of B1) Salvaged vehicles: 1x T-72B1 A breakdown of total OPFOR force structure value between each scenario so far: A1 end 4 x 2S3 Akatsiya, 215, 860, 2 x 2S9 Nona-S, 155, 310, 2 x T-72B3 m.2012, 565, 1130, 2 x *APS [1x veh, new], 150, 300, 3 x BMP-2, 160, 480, 2 x BTR-82A, 133, 266, 1 x Typhoon-K 6x6 [MRAP L0], 52, 52, 3 x Typhoon-K 6x6 [MRAP L0] w/AT-13 teams, 180, 540, Total= 3938 * .3 = 1181 A2 end 4 x 2S3 Akatsiya, 215, 860, 2 x 2S9 Nona-S, 155, 310, 2 x BM-21 Grad, 115, 230, 1 x BM-27 Uragan-1M w/DPICM, 620, 620, 1 x TOS-1A, 490, 490, 1 x T-72B3 m.2012, 565, 565, 1 x *APS [1x veh, new], 150, 150, 1 x BMP-2, 160, 160, 1 x BTR-82A, 133, 133, 1 x Typhoon-K 6x6 [MRAP L0], 52, 52, 3 x Typhoon-K 6x6 [MRAP L0] w/AT-13 teams, 180, 540, Total= 4110 * .3 = 1233 A3 end 3 x Typhoon-K 6x6 [MRAP L0] w/AT-13 teams, 180, 540, 1 x T-72B3 m.2012, 565, 565, 1 x *APS [1x veh, new], 150, 150, 1 x T-72B3 (no TIS); T-80U m.1992, 485, 485, 3 x T-72B1 ERA, 415, 1245, 1 x BMP-2, 160, 160, 1 x BTR-82A, 133, 133, 3 x Typhoon-K 6x6 [MRAP L0], 52, 156, 2 x TOS-1A, 490, 980, 1 x Tigr-M SpN HMG [MRAP L1], 67, 67, 4 x 2S3 Akatsiya, 215, 860, 3 x 2S9 Nona-S, 155, 465, 2 x BM-21 Grad, 115, 230, 1 x BM-27 Uragan-1M w/DPICM, 620, 620, 1 x *Medic, Tracked, 71, 71, Total= 6727 * .3 = 2018 A4 end 1 x *Medic, Tracked, 71, 71, 1 x T-72B3 m.2012, 565, 565, 1 x *APS [1x veh, new], 150, 150, 3 x TOS-1A, 490, 1470, 3 x Typhoon-K 6x6 [MRAP L0], 64, 192, 1 x T-72B3 (no TIS); T-80U m.1992, 485, 485, 3 x T-72B1 ERA, 415, 1245, 1 x Tigr-M SpN HMG [MRAP L1], 67, 67, 4 x 2S3 Akatsiya, 215, 860, 3 x 2S9 Nona-S, 155, 465, 6 x BM-21 Grad, 115, 690, 1 x BM-27 Uragan-1M w/DPICM, 620, 620, 2 x Ural-4320/Eng w/RPG-26, 99, 198, 1 x BMP-2, 160, 160, 1 x BTR-82A, 133, 133, Total= 7371 * .3 = 2211 A5 end 1 x *Medic, Tracked, 71, 71, 2 x ^Ural-4320/Eng w/RPG-26, 99, 198, 1 x T-72B3 m.2012, 565, 565, 1 x *APS [1x veh, new], 150, 150, 3 x TOS-1A, 490, 1470, 3 x Typhoon-K 6x6 [MRAP L0] w/AT-13 teams, 180, 540, 1 x T-72B3 (no TIS); T-80U m.1992, 485, 485, 2 x BTR-82A, 133, 266, 2 x T-72B1, 405, 810, 3 x Typhoon-K 6x6 [MRAP L0], 64, 192, 1 x Tigr-M SpN HMG [MRAP L1], 67, 67, 4 x 2S3 Akatsiya, 215, 860, 6 x BM-21 Grad, 115, 690, 3 x 2S9 Nona-S, 155, 465, 1 x BM-27 Uragan-1M w/DPICM, 620, 620, Total= 7449 *.3 = 2235
  15. Scenario A4 MAP NOTES: Shaded color: Previous front line trace from the side that pushed it forward; shading is the color of the side that gained the terrain Arrows: Rough avenues of advance w/ size and type of unit; darker arrows are repelled advances Scale: Zoomed in map of the front line (the full map is in the first post in this thread) OPFOR attacked on the south and southeast of Jegum towards S02, and BLUFOR counterattacked to the southwest towards S03. BLUFOR also had a steady attack towards C05, and near the end also C04 and OPFOR defended those areas. Despite significant losses BLUFOR managed to capture C04, C05 and S03. Losses: BLUEFOR 1x M1A1(HA) 1x Strv 122 w/APS 1x CV9040-B 2x BTR-82A 2x Cougar MRAP 2x 2S3 Akatsiya 1x Unimog Medic 109x personnel Heavily damaged vehicles (out for one mission): 1x Strv 122 w/APS 1x Cougar MRAP OPFOR 2x T-72B1 89x personnel Heavily damaged vehicles (out for one mission): 1x T-72B1
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