Firestorm: Stripes

BREMEN ENCOUNTER - 75 POINTS

West German forces from the I Corps move into Bremen to reclaim it.

ATTACKER - West German
75 points
2x Formations

Marder Panzergrenadier Kompanie HQ Marder HQ

FORMATION UNITS
Full Marder Zug
3x Leo II‘s
4x Gepard Flakpanzer
Luchs Spah (2x)

SUPPORT
4x Torando

Leopard I Kompanie

HQ
Leo I

FORMATION UNITS
2x Leo 1
2x Leo 1

DEFENDER SOVIET T-64 BATTALION

3 Shock Army
75 Points

HQ
HQ – T-64 6

FORMATION UNITS 48
Tank Coy – 3x T-64 13
Tank Coy – 3x T-64 13
BMP-2 Motor rifle – med: 7xAk-74, 6xRPG-7, 2x LMG
9x BMP-2 18
ZSU-23-4 Shilka SAM Plt – 2x 2
SA-13 Gopher 4x SA-13 4

SUPPORT UNITS 18
MI-24 Hind – 4x Hind 10
BM-21 Hail Rocket Launcher Battery 3x BM-21 4
BMP-1 Observation Post (Independent unit) 1
Storm AT Platoon 3x Storm 3

WEST GERMAN TURN 1
- Reserves - Leopard 1 platoon -

Soviets had started with the Hails and a ranged in marker right atop one objective. I stayed clear of it in deployment but managed to move three of my Leo's so they could fire at the Hails and Gophers, destroying 2 each and the last Hail fled the field.

SOVIET TURN 1
- Reserves Hinds -

Hinds deployed out of range of half the Gepards.

Infantry company moved against the unguarded objective.

Gerpards downed a Hind, but the Hinds destroyed a Leo 1 (Formation commander) and a Leo 2. - Having earned their points there and then.

WEST GERMAN TURN 2
- Tornados arrived from reserve - but failed to appear on the field -

Leo 1's moved to engage the BMP's and destroying two.

Gepards moved to engage the Hinds and brought one down.

SOVIET TURN 2
- No reserves -
- Hinds left the table with two remaining -

Storms attempted to Blitz but with 5+ skill failed. 4 BMP-2's fired their missiles at the Leo 1's and destroyed both.

Here the weakness of small formations was clear. The formation leader was lost and no formation units remained in good spirits so the last platoon in reserve was lost.

WEST GERMAN TURN 3
- Luchs arrived from reserves -
- Tornados failed to arrive -

Leo-2, Luchs and the Marder HQ moved to engage the Soviet infantry and destroyed 4 teams with their combined fire.

SOVIET TURN 3
- T-64 arrive from reserves, right on the left flank

The infantry unpin and advance. The Storms move towards the centre of the field.

Formation commander T-64 moves to target the Leo 2's.

The combined fire destroys one Leo 2 and bails the other but the last one passes morale.

WEST GERMAN TURN 4
- Still no Tornados -

Leo 2 fails to remount. Gepards, Luchs and Marder open with heavy fire on the infantry and destroy several teams and pin them.

SOVIET TURN 4
- Other T-64 Coy arrives and on the left flank -

All T-64 move to engage the remaining enemy. Storms move into woods with LOS to the Gepards.

Shooting takes out the Leo 2 and two Gepards.

WEST GERMAN TURN 5
- No Tornados

Remaining Gepards redeploy to face the Storms, Luchs fire at the infantry.

Gepards manage to destroy a Storm and bail the other two but the do not flee.

Combined fire from Luchs and Marder destroys 2 more infantry teams.

SOVIET TURN 5
- Last reserves, Shilkas arrive and move to cover the T-64's

T-64's move to contest the objective, Storms remount.

Storms managed to bail a Gepard but they pass morale.

T-64 destroy the Luchs

WEST GERMAN TURN 6
- Still no Tornados

Gepard remounts and the Gepards destroy the Storms.

The Soviets had 10 formations at the start (counting the BMP's) and had already lost the Hails so this was the first unit lost that counts.

Little else happens

SOVIET TURN 6

The T-64's were in full possession of the objective at the start and would be at the end of the turn.

Soviet Victory.