Wargame Illustrated 300th pictures

[nevermore]

http://www.wargamesillustrated.net/

BLACK HAWK DOWN
Myself and David Tuck (of the Grimsby Wargames Society) was asked to join in on this anniversary issue, we both immediately leapt to the incident that occurred in Mogadishu, Somalia, in 1993. Dave would write the article while i did the photos, i would like to thank W.I. for allowing us to take part in the 300 anniversary and we all agree they have come along way from the very first issue and have contributed a great deal to wargaming.

We created the firefight as close as we could get to the movie and for those who have seen Black Hawk Down will have more of a understanding of what is going on and for those who have never seen the movie  ...  i suggest you watch it as it is one of the all time great war films.

cheers malc the manc

Take one - informant contacts C2 helicopter which makes call sign "IRENE"


Take four - Little hawks delivers Delta teams to target building


Take 6 - Rangers chalks fast rope into the Black Sea area of Mogadishu


Take 9 - Somali forces in the Bakara market ready themselves for action.


Take 12 - Action at the super six four crash site


Take 35 - Rangers follow UN tranports out along the Mogadishu mile.


Rules are Force on Force all miniatures are 28mm

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[thebunkergames]

Nice stuff Malc

Black Hawk Down is on the list of games on The Bunker Backburner - I think your pics & the helicopter magazine Blackhawks have moved it up the rankings
 Regards
Shaun in The Bunker
www.thebunkergames.com

[SBRPearce]

Really striking board!

Also, besides the movie - read the book, folks! Marc Bowman did a great job capturing the entire event, including going into Somalia later to interview combatants from the neighborhood.

[Marine0846]

Great pics.
A battle I have gamed many times.
Saddy, I have very few photos of the games played.
Thanks for sharing.