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Many years building the GHQ forces. Not up to the standards of some of the true masters on this site, but I'm doing the best that I can.
Voltigeur ran the Soviets in this game and we had several others as well. A Great time was had by all.
ALWAYS a pleasure to see our wonderfully detailed GHQ models on the table. Here I sit 32 yrs after I bought my first set of King Tigers and JagdPanthers in 78, and to this day I STILL consider them the best detailed minis I've ever seen in this scale.
It has been an enormous pleasure building up my collection over the years!
Frank
Fulda Gap '85
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Yesterday I participated in Frank Waugh's, "Battle of Fulda Gap '85", using his modern armor rules. The sceanrio is based on a Soviet invasion against NATO forces in Germany:
The Soviets attacked with the 20th Motorized Rifle Division.
Marshall was running the 60th MRR (Motorized Rifle Regiment)-1st Bn-BMP, 2nd Bn-BMP, 3rd Bn- BMP, 4th Bn (Tk Bn)-T-80 BV (with Reactive Armor bricks). He was fighting you in Fulda with the 1st Bn in Fulda while the 2nd, 3rd, and Tk Bn's were charging up the Highway to the left of Fulda.
Wayne was running the 55th MRR- 1st Bn- BTR, 2nd Bn- BTR, 3rd Bn- BTR-60, the Tk Bn of T-62s was broken up with each platoon allocated to screen each company of the infantry. 1st Bn was fighting it out on the edge of the woods, 2nd Bn was in the woods, and 3rd Bn was about to enter the woods.
On the NATO side;
Eddie was running 2nd Sqdn of the 11th ACR. E Trp was in front and slugging it out with the 55th MRR, with G Trp behind in reserve on the right side of the jammed civilians. F Trp was forward and H Co (M1 imp) was in reserve on the left side of the jammed civilians.
Greg ran the 2nd Bn of the 48 Mech Inf Bde of the 3rd Armored Div. E Co (Bradleys) was slugging it out in Fulda while, F, G, and H Co were further back (all hidden).
The 1st Bn of the 33rd Armored Bde (M1a1s) were engaging the 55th MRR on the right side of the road when the game was called. A Co had lost 2 platoons of M1s and routed to the rear (whereupon they were rallied behind the lines). B Co took their spot and C, and D Co were coming up fast.
We used hidden deployment and hidden movement with Frank as a GM. TheSoviets began with an attempted quick strike along the hills with transport helicopters which met up wth ground to air anti-aircraft which was no fun for them!
Once the Abram tanks arrived and moved forward the Soviet thrust was stopped, with the Soviets trying to take out as much as they could with their field artillery. The combat in Fulda turned into a desperate house to house fight with both sides trying to feed more men into the fray to gain an upper edge.
The rules play very well and quickly, and IMHO give a very good feel for modern combat of the period. This is the same scenario that Frank will be running at Texicon in May (see: http://www.texicon.net/ Miniature Events).
Attached are a few images from the game. If you get a chance to go to Texicon and you like this period of wargaming, I strongly encourage you to sign up for Frank's game!
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