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MechCommander · Post by **MechCommander** » Mon Dec 02, 2019 11:30 am

Some support vehicles that I currently have in my collection working on a Lance of BattleMechs in this mech bay while its quite cold outside. (guess the 4 mechs in the bay.)

Guroburov · Post by **Guroburov** » Tue Dec 03, 2019 8:56 am

Love those old school (and very out of print) mechs. I'm going to buy some tanks this year just for Battletech.

MechCommander · Post by **MechCommander** » Tue Dec 03, 2019 9:14 am

With the exception of the Commando (which did get a modernized sculpt from the current boxset along with the Locust and Wolverine.) the rest of them are Unseens, the Phoenix Hawk LAM in particular was a pain in the @$$ to find complete.

Guroburov · Post by **Guroburov** » Thu Dec 05, 2019 4:53 am

They are cool, Mechcommander. I ended up gifting all my Battletech stuff to my brother ages ago before getting back into it. So he has "most" of my unseens. But now I need tanks. I have a lot of soviets but would like some of the newer Israeli tanks and toys as they look great for a sci fi game (Magach 6 & 7, Merkavas, Pereh).

MechCommander · Post by **MechCommander** » Thu Dec 05, 2019 6:44 am

Thanks Guroburov, I make use of Modem and WW2 Canadian vehicles for my BattleTech games (when I get the rare chance to play.)

I try to collect mostly the old BattleMech models from the 80s and early 90s. Mostly plastic but i got a few lead models as well.

BenfromBrooklyn · Post by **BenfromBrooklyn** » Wed Dec 11, 2019 12:16 am

Hoth_902 · Post by **Hoth_902** » Wed Dec 11, 2019 12:23 am

BendfromBrooklyn, Good work, post more.

redleg · Post by **redleg** » Wed Dec 11, 2019 1:28 am

Wow Ben! Great work. Is there a story or a scenario behind that pic? Is it from a game?

chrisswim · Post by **chrisswim** » Wed Dec 11, 2019 10:03 pm

Ben, very nice.
As Hoth said, do post more pics.

7.62 · Post by **7.62** » Thu Dec 12, 2019 10:39 am

Nice stuff Ben, Mech and Chris.
I can not match redlegs total on M109's but I can run a few passed a city in K-Country.
9 OG deploys 92 Artillery Battalion to support the called up reserve units of 4 OG.
All are under the control of 2nd Command Group Staff.

That is just 109's my 2S1's are mostly out West ha ha.

BenfromBrooklyn · Post by **BenfromBrooklyn** » Fri Dec 13, 2019 10:19 pm

More battle pics!

redleg · Post by **redleg** » Sat Dec 14, 2019 3:48 am

Those are great pics, Ben! Tell us about the battle! What was the scenario and the outcome?

Guroburov · Post by **Guroburov** » Sat Dec 14, 2019 7:13 am

Cool boards full of good looking vehicles guys. I like the city with the buildings. Really like the modular looking battle board Ben.

chrisswim · Post by **chrisswim** » Sun Dec 15, 2019 9:28 am

Norway CV9030, same camouflage and vehicles for Finland.

CV90120 twin Mortar.

Sweden CV9040 in 2-tone, Norway/Finland CV9030 in 3-tone.

BenfromBrooklyn · Post by **BenfromBrooklyn** » Mon Dec 16, 2019 9:36 pm

First, the story: What's going on?
This scenario features a French combined arms battalion against a fictitious enemy, "Extremistan". (US and allied nations generally make up fictional enemies for exercises. Krasnovia! )

Extremistan's force is armed mostly with older Chinese equipment. To balance the scenario, the French, like most Western nations are in situations like this, "loss averse"; any three losses is a defeat for them, regardless of whatever else they accomplish.

So it's been a duel of maneuver between troops that are hard to kill and really don't want to die, and troops that care much less but aren't so well armed. The LeClercs reached some useful high ground and stayed there. The Extremistanis quickly realized that they could not face the guns on those tanks head on, so they pulled back into a reverse slope defense, which the LeClercs did not want to charge in to. Instead, the French sent their infantry circling around , concealed by terrain.

Meanwhile, French recon elements reached the hill that Extremistan had originally been using as their observation post, and for an air defense battery. The nature of French recon thinking was a major factor here- bring a big gun, just in case. The AMX-10RC was literally a game changer. The Extremistani AA battery was pinned between the AMX10RC and French infantry, and destroyed.

Extremistan had one ATGM platoon capable of hurting the LeClercs at long range. French artillery harrassed and suppressed this unit, but was unable to actually kill it. Extremistani artillery, meanwhile, kept suppressible fire on the LeClercs. Hitting the deployed French infantry would have made more sense, but there was no one capable of calling in the fire there after the Extremistan recon unit was lost with the AA battery.

Needing to rack up kills at any cost, and knowing they could not beat the LeClercs head to head, Extremistan sent their tanks on a flanking attack. This did manage to destroy a LeClerc. But it cost the entire tank unit (the last one failed a quality check, and broke). Meanwhile, the French infantry turned on the Extremistan ATGM unit, and finally defeated it. With the loss of all units capable of posing a serious threat to the LeClercs it was over. France could not claim a total victory, but they had won.

French Recon brings a big gun, chases Extremistan Recon off hill:

Infantry headed towards the battle, LeClercs on the high ground

The Extremistani AA battery is trapped between French infantry in the woods, and French recon on the hill.

Controlling the battlefield- anything they could see was in danger.

Flank attack

Limited success, Extremistan is losing tanks quickly.

Show us yer stuff!

French Armor