Pete's Solution - Do Not Try This at Home
Tactical Discussion Group 2 - Gallager4 Modified
Mech Company 00-03 Northing
Mech Company in reserve along 06 Easting
Tanks 04 Northing attempting flank shots
Turns 1-5
Friendly recon assets move east both in Northern and Southern zones.
Red ICM and HE along 13 Easting, pounding suspected Blue positions.
Additional Air Support granted F16/F18 @ 4 min (blue aircraft reinforcements - a flaw in my editing)
Blue Air Pre-Planned due to delay in arrival.
Blue artillery begins to adjust forward.
Turns 6-10
Contact! 0705:15
Blue recon engages enemy mech recon vic 126016, multiple enemy vehicles destroyed, enemy scouts dismounted, enemy artillery dropping on my recon position - time to bug out!
Contact! 0706:30 Blue ATGM's engage and destroy multiple enemy vehicles vic 123026, enemy scouts dismounted - no friendly casualties.
Contact! 0707 Red MLRS centered 077024, blue bmp destroyed. Red Strykers AGL's engaged and destroyed by blue Javelin teams vic 114029.
0710 Red airstrike and 3x ICM 103019, mass casualties!
Summary: Red probing South and Central fronts.
Turns 11-15
0711 Red pounding 103019, ATGM destroyed, many casualties.
0712 Red pounding 103019, ICM a plenty! Additional Air Support granted.
0713 Blue airstrike driven off, Blue airstrike hits some dismounts 11/02.
0714 Red artillery shifting to suspected targets along 08 Easting. Multiple Red ADA along 13 Easting Central.
0715 Red airstrike 105013, no effect.
Summary: believe enemy massing along 13 Easting. No contact yet in the north, no main forces anywhere.
Turns 16-20
0716 Blue scout section can see up to 136024 no enemy in sight. Red MLRS 102020 negligable effects. Red Tank Platoon, Stryker Company moving SW along road vic 119013. Assigned airstrike @ 4min and moving arty to TRPs in the areas for ICM strikes.
0717 Red Friendly Fire 12/02. Red tank platoon moving southwest vic 120023
0718 Blue ICM takes out an M1. Red Tank Platoon and Stryker Company attacking on center hill, vic 120024.
0719 Javelins take out two M1's112031.
0720 Red recon destroyed 104006. Red Tank/Stryker attack moving west vic 115020.
Summary: Enemy attacking across highground.
Turns 21-25
0721 two stykers killed by icm, one M1 by airstrike. Air recon reveals Bn+ attack across highground.
0722 Red stryker platoons appear along northern highway.
0723 Blue MLRS nets 6 secondaries vic 112017. Red forces appearalong 10 Eastings in the deep south.
0724 Massive attack in center highlands! Surging air and fire support!
0725 Same Same
Turns 26-30
0726 Close Battle 104018
0727 Oops, T72s meet M1s - not good!
0728 Blue Airstrike shot down!
Turns 31-35
0732 - Lull
0734 - Red MLRS vic 095026 negligable results. Red tanks apparently picking off Blue ATGMs in Southern sector.
Turns 36-40
0737 Red Big Push in South, Holding action in Center, Quiet in the North. Deploying reserve mech company to reinforce the southern front.
Turns 41-45
0741 Airstrike reveals strong enemy push in the center. Red Tank unit vic 097040 sealing off blue forces in the North.
0743 Additional Artillery Ammo!!!!!! Red Mech Company advancing along the southern map edge, virtually more than 50% off - difficult at best to hit with arty.
Turns 46-50
0746 Red MLRS earns 5 friendly secondaries! Red advance along 07 Easting.
0747 Additional Air Support!
0748 Additional Arty Ammo! Blue MLRS blind nets 3 secondaries.
Turns 51-55
Massive butchery, southern sector along 06 Easting.
Turns 56-60
Massive butchery, southern sector along 06 Easting.
0759 Additional Air Support!
0800
Turns 61-65
0803 Addition Air Support!!
Turns 66-92
While slaughtering Red forces in the south, a displacing SP arty unit stumbles on Red forces racing across the central highland.
SUMMARY - Violent clashes leave me with what may perhaps be the slimmest of victorious margins - however, I would not call 95% casualties a win.
Time Left: 28 minutes
Mission results:
Blue - Mission accomplished
Red - Mission failure
Red exit % - 2
Point results:
Blue Attrition Points - 16936
Red Attrition Points - 7777
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Blue Status:
UNIT START NOW ELIM EXITED
Tank, T72M [IQ91]............... 28 1 27 0
Howitzer, SP 152mm 2S5.......... 8 0 8 0
APC, M113....................... 3 1 2 0
SAM, Stinger Team............... 3 1 2 0
ATGMV, BRDM2 Spandrel........... 10 0 10 0
Mortar, Carrier 120mm M1064..... 6 0 6 0
APC, BMD1 IFV AT5............... 4 0 4 0
Inf, Team....................... 28 0 28 0
APC, BRDM2...................... 4 3 1 0
Inf, Scout Team................. 4 2 2 0
APC, BMP1 IFV................... 24 0 24 0
ATGM, Javelin Team.............. 18 2 16 0
Force Lethality Value, Start: 8124
Force Lethality Value, Now: 347
Casualty percentage: 95
Force Lethality Ratio, Start: 1:2.6
Force Lethality Ratio, Now: 1:11.3
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Red Status:
UNIT START NOW ELIM EXITED
APC, Stryker ICV AGL............ 152 16 136 0
Inf, Team....................... 20 4 15 1
APC, Stryker ICV HMG............ 4 0 4 0
Inf, Squad...................... 85 32 49 4
Tank, M1A1D..................... 31 11 17 3
Inf, MG 7.62mm PKM Team......... 27 4 23 0
Inf, AGL AGS17 Team............. 18 4 13 1
ATGM, AT7 Saxhorn Team.......... 27 4 23 0
SAM, SA16 Gimlet................ 30 12 18 0
Inf, SPG9 Team.................. 6 0 5 1
ATGM, AT4 Spigot Team........... 12 3 8 1
Mortar, SP 120mm 2S23........... 18 0 18 0
ATGMV, Stryker TOW.............. 9 1 8 0
AAA, SP 23mm ZSU-23-4........... 4 0 4 0
Howitzer, SP 122mm 2S1.......... 18 0 18 0
Force Lethality Value, Start: 21435
Force Lethality Value, Now: 3921
Casualty percentage: 79
Force Lethality Ratio, Start: 2.6:1
Force Lethality Ratio, Now: 11.3:1