The Battle for Hannover, West Germany, 1976 pt1

[nevermore]

The Battle for Hannover, West Germany, 1976

Pt one

The Battlefield
The battlefield has the B214 running down the length of the table, with the British being deployed up to the half-way mark and the Soviets entering the opposite table edge using mobile deployment. The game is played down the length of the table, rather than across the width. There is a hamlet along the main road. The surrounding area is composed of open fields, interspersed with gentle hills and sparse woodland.

Before The Battle
Both sides rolled for air superiority, with the British gaining the upper hand: they had partial air superiority for the duration of the battle. The British player then elected the block of flats as the location for the ambush and left three infantry units off-table in his reserve pool. The Soviet player determined his four scheduled air strikes as follows:

1-Turn 2, woods on the left flank
2-Turn 2, church
3-Turn 3, furthest house, left of road
4-Turn 3, furthest house, right of road

Game was in 6mm over 50 photos of this battle uploaded on the main website more to follow next week.
















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[capt.carson]

Hey this makes me sad that I sold my armour. You have to love a bit of blue v orange.

I offer the following if you wish to spice things up further.

A regular regt of Bundeswehr panzers with Lepards and a national service panzer gren regt based on the road from Hannover to Hildesheim.

In Hildesheim proper their was a Bundeswehr medical regt sharing Tofrek Bks with the British 5 Hvy Regt RA and possibly 3 sqdrns of AAC. The RA had M107s, 432s, and Stalwart. The air Corps was a mix of Lynx, Scout, and Gazelles.

[nevermore]

Thanx for the info Capt.