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Firestorm: Stripes

The Team Yankee Global Campaign

Operation 8th Dimension

60 POINTS
West German
Stone
VS Warsaw Pact
Zeromoon17

Operation briefing

SECRET//ORCON
FROM: JOINT TASK FORCE BANZAI
TO: EUCOM
INFO: CENTCOM
NATO COMMAND
WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM

SUMMARY: (S) Joint Task Force Banzai S2 reports contact between Kampfgruppe Von Stein and Panzer Regiment 23, T-72 Panzer Kompanie 2, outside of Kronberg, Frankfurt corridor.

DETAILS: (S) NATO and Bundeswehr command report significant losses to West German 1st Panzer Brigade while engaged with Soviet forces within the Frankfurt corridor. Large amounts of NATO forces have been dedicated to the expulsion of Soviet forces in Frankfurt. Despite the volume of losses to NATO forces, NATO command believes the full retaking of Frankfurt to be feasible. NATO command has requested all available forces be redirected towards Frankfurt.

(S) Commander Joint Task Force Banzai has ordered all Banzai assets to deploy to Rhein-Mein Airbase outside of Frankfurt to support West German 1st Panzer Brigade.

(S) After the friendly fire incident at Heedfeld, Ruhr Corridor, Kampfgruppe Von Stein was transferred to Giessen Depot for rearming and on-boarding of replacements. Hauptmann Gervas Von Stein was ordered by Commander Joint Task Force Banzai to immediately complete refitting and make way towards Frankfurt to muster with Joint Task Force main elements.

(S) While en route towards Frankfurt, Kampfgruppe Von Stein was ambushed by East German Panzer Regiment 23, T-72 Panzer Kompanie 2. Ambush was conducted outside of the city of Kronberg, 20km north-east of Frankfurt. Intelligence reports T-72 Panzer Kompanie 2 was dispatched from main body of Panzer Regiment 23 after East German surveillance detected Kampfgruppe Von Stein en route south towards Frankfurt. Panzer Regiment 23, at the time, was moving towards Frankfurt to reinforce Soviet elements engaged with West German 1st Panzer Brigade.

(S) Engagement between T-72 Panzer Kompanie 2 and Kampfgruppe Von Stein is photo-documented below along with Operation briefing.

Satellite surveillance of engagement area, located outside city of Kronberg, 20km north-east of Frankfurt.

Deployment of forces

Initial deployment of East and West forces.
Objective locations and spearhead unit deployments.
Kampfgruppe Von Stein right flank deployment. Von Stein digs in the Panzergrenadiers and insures the artillery batterie is well defended.
Kampfgruppe Von Stein left flank deployment. Not shown are the platoon of Jaguars in ambush, hiding in the woods.

Opening Salvo of the German civil war

Panzer Kompanie 2 moves into position to flank the West German position. Von Stein, remembering that he had brought a stock of minelets for his LARs batterie, creates a minefeld, forcing the East Germans to reconsider their path. The Task Force Jaguars reveal themselves from ambush and destroy two of the incoming T-72 tanks. The East German infantry retaliate by bailing the Jaguars with their RPGs, pushing the Jaguars to retreat. In a suicidal run, Von Stein’s Luchs steam past the East German armored wall to get in range of the enemy BMPs. The Luchs open on the BMPs, destroying one and bailing another.
Task Force Marders dash forward attempting to flank the enemy position while Von Stein’s radio calls for reinforcements goes unanswered. The East German Kompanie, on the other hand, is quickly reinforced by another platoon of T-72s coming in from reserve.
Kampfgruppe Von Stein launches a barrage of missiles at the East German T-72s in an attempt to whittle down the volume of enemy tanks, but only manage to bail two of the behemoths.
The East German T-72s open up on the daring Luchs platoon, killing both of them from short range. In retaliation, Von Stein’s Leopard 1s unload on the T-72 platoon, killing two of the tanks.

Here’s your hat... what’s your hurry?

Panzer Kompanie 2 redeploys a platoon of T-72s to the right of Task Force Banzai, then has all three platoons of tanks unload on Von Stein’s Leopard 1s. The West German tanks evaporate in a metal cloud. The East German infantry push through the woods to the tactical objective, holding it unopposed.
Receiving no response for his request for reinforcements, and seeing that his force is now completely overwhelmed, Hauptmann Von Stein issues the order to the Kampfgruppe to withdraw from the battlefield.

Battle analysis

Well... scheisse!!! I think I made every mistake possible in this game. From the initial setup, I deployed heavily to the right side with the intention of storming my Leopard 1s forward to take the East German objective. Instead I used the Leopard 1s to bunker up and exchange fire with three platoons of T-72s. Leopard 1s should never be static, and this continues to be one of my consistent mistakes. At least this game I remembered to use my LARs minelets on the first turn, redirecting Zeromoon’s tank platoon. In the end I was spread far too thin and came nowhere close enough to protecting the left objective. Without reinforcements arriving, at the start of turn three Zeromoon’s infantry controlled my left objective unopposed, resuling in his victory.

This was my third and final game in the Adepticon Team Yankee tournament. My opponent for this last game, Zeromoon, won the medal for best painted army, with his fantastic East German’s. Overall, the tournament was absolutely outstanding. Chuck Badger 6 (the tournament organizer), was a great guy and kept things moving in a very fun and jovial manner. All of my opponents were fun to play against, never taking the games too seriously. From talking to Chuck, the tournament grew since last year, going from 8 players in 2017 to 24 players this year. It’s great to see the community growing. In conclusinon, I would highly recommend the Adepticon Team Yankee tournament and plan on attending it again, myself, in the future.

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