Wargames Illustrated "Welcome to Hell"

[nevermore]

The Ambush at Shatoy
Wargames Illustrated "Welcome to Hell"

Pictures from last months magazine

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The confrontation is based on an account found on Wikipedia of the battle of Taryshmardy or the ambush at Shatoy which was an attack by forces of an Arab-born commander Ibn al-Khattab near the town of Shatoy in the southern mountains of Chechnya, during the First Chechen War.


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The video of the ambush  real footage


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According to the second-hand account by the Polish volunteer Mirosław Kuleba (aka Władysław Wilk/Mehmed Borz), Khattab's detachment of 43 men chose a "perfect ambush spot" with a ravine and a stream on one side and a forested slope on the other side of a serpentine mountain road:


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 the rebels first let the Russian recon squad through and then detonated an IED under the leading tank; simultaneously, a volley of RPGs hit the unit's command vehicle, killing the Russian commander instantly, and the APC at the end the column - after this, the Chechens opened fire on the rest of the Russian unit. Kuleba wrote that the three-hour attack burned 27 armoured vehicles and trucks in the convoy and just 12 out of 199 Russian soldiers survived "the slaughter", while the rebel losses were only three killed and six wounded.


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[von Lucky]

looks pretty, but what compelled you to choose such a seemingly one sided affair?

[nevermore]

looks pretty, but what compelled you to choose such a seemingly one sided affair?

Think some games the odds are againsted you its more of a challange to get out of a pickle

[Ragnar]

Excellent pictures.  Nasty engagement.

[grant]

A good time had by most!