Raglan's Soviet–Afghan War

[Lord Raglan]

View from the HIND’s cockpit.

[Lord Raglan]

The Panjshir Valley - The Peace Before The Storm💥

Link to Twitter video (sound on): https://x.com/gareth_lane/status/1825498780667367832

[carlos marighela]

Cracking set up!

I'll challenge the view that the Sovs are the bad guys, at least according to western media.

I still have a copy of the first one somewhere. I'd pick them up in the old Soviet bookstore where we would occasionally go to pick up bits and bobs for playing enemy party and to (allegedly) be photographed by the feds and Special Branch.

[Lord Raglan]

Thanks for those clippings mate 👍🏻

[mikedemana]

That's an incredible setup. Looks great, sir! I'm looking forward to the game report.

Carlos, the Soviets are definitely the bad guys in the movie, "Charlie Wilson's War"... 
And now, but that would be getting into politics, right? 

Mike Demana

[Lord Raglan]

Today I hosted @WWargamers who took command of the Mujahideen, in an attempt to repel the invaders. The Soviets began cautiously by sending a dog team over the bridge in an effort to detect IEDs. The team were subsequently eliminated by a sniper.

[Lord Raglan]

Seeing the dog team fall, the BRDM raced across the bridge, only to be hit by a land mine, destroying the vehicle and its crew. The Soviet armour responded quickly and attempted to clearly the potential choke point on the northern side of the bridge. Abdul looked on from his shop.

[Lord Raglan]

As the Soviet armour attempted to establish a bridgehead, it was ambushed by two hidden Afghan T-55s. The inexperienced of the Afghan tank crews was telling, as they were unable to capitalise on the surprise attack. Snipers also opened up on the supporting Soviet infantry.

[Lord Raglan]

As the Soviet motorised infantry debused off the tanks, they were ambushed by a Mujahideen cell, hidden in Abdul’s shop. The engagement around the bridge was intensifying by the minute, with both sides attempting to win the firefight.

[Lord Raglan]

The lead tank broke away from the action around the bridge and swung left into the field.

[Lord Raglan]

The Soviets at the bridge were now caught in a deadly crossfire, with further Mujahideen emerging from hidden positions. At the north end of the valley, Soviet Paratroopers were dropped in by Mi-8 Hips. The troopers were supposed to be the “hammer” component of the operation.

[Lord Raglan]

As the Soviet Paratroopers advanced at the double down the valley, a Mujahideen mortar battery broke cover and quickly set up their tubes in the hill village, looking to rain fire down on the advancing paras.

[Lord Raglan]

Hearing outgoing mortar fire to his rear, the Afghan sniper on the rooftop, switched his fire up the valley and scored a long range head shot on a paratrooper lieutenant. In response, the motorised infantry commander, called in an artillery strike on the sniper’s position💥

[Lord Raglan]

Given how desperate the situation was around the bridge, more Soviet motorised infantry were thrown into the fray. Their weight of numbers, took a toll on the mujahedin fighters. At the north of the valley, Afghan mortar fire almost completely wiped out a section of paras.

[Lord Raglan]

Following a successful radio request to the Soviet QRF stationed at Bagram, a HIND gunship arrived on station and began to acquire priority targets. This was the opportunity the rebels were waiting for, they immediately fired a stinger missile, which spectacularly missed its target.