Wednesday wargaming is back! This week we are playing some Team Yankee. Went for a 50 point game to get some different armies, not much big tanks basically.
I took a scout formation of Humvees, and armored cavalry with M60 Pattons. Facing down a BMP2 company with support. Mission was encounter.
I tried to set up lots of terrain as well.
Here is the set up, with half in reserve. Sadly this game still uses units and not points. Anyway I have most stuff in the center to hide, but a platoon on the tight and artillery left.
Turn 1 for me the pattons Crest the hill and kill a t72. The VADS move in to kill a helicopter.
Not so subtle the Reds scream forward on their turn! Most everything dashed so no shooting really.
I shifted what I could to defend that objective. My tanks crushed the 1 BMP unit, my artillery fired guided rounds on the other and got another kill.
Russia hits back hard thou. The T72s easily kill all the Pattons! Oh crap and the left BMPs tank out 1 artillery.
Next turn, I am thinking things are pretty bad. The BMPs are ti close to fire guided, so move the artillery to fire directly, and am lucky getting 2 hits which is 2 kills. The first move to try and get the tanks next turn, while the rest try to get missiles on the tanks. More good news is reserves arrive, and the missiles get 1 tank, just 3 left!
Next turn a big effort by the Russians to kill hummers. They shoot allot of machine guns, but with not great firepower, but they kill a few, even the Hind joins in.
The T72s hid behind the ruined church, but ruins are short in team yankee, so they are only concealed. In come guided rounds and missiles killing all 3. Plus the Hinds are shot down. But to be safe my choppers land near by ready to drop of infantry next turn.
Next turn, not as much action just waiting for reserves. I feel like I need to clean up the last few mobile bits of Russian stuff and start grinding the dog in infantry. But my infantry move out to shoot out some recon BMPs.
Russian missile AA shows up while shills and a BMP shoot up my infantry a bit.
Cautiously start advancing. Only real action around the oil tanks.
Russians press in on the infantry and kill my dragon. But loose the last shilka. My artillery ranges in the the left infantry but is accomplishing nothing.
Everyone heads for the infantry. I am killing a couple of stands but ya it's going no where fast.
The last BMP makes a break for the now open objective. Piles of burning Russian equipment aren't a big enough hint!
He is easily killed by the TOWs. At this point we run out of time. It's pretty clear that I will take the objective eventually, but the Russians have nothing to fight back with. It's a grind thou so may take forever.
Technically a tie but with advantage to the Americans I guess. This is by the the best result they have seen in Team Yankee so I will take it! A rare not loss!
Team Yankee is having a bit of a come back with campaign up coming so expect more I guess.
Thanks;
Mike
It was a good game. These 50 point lists force both sides to not take too many tanks. This will be an option during our campaign that starts in Sept/Oct 2019.
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