North German Plain 85 / Steel Beasts ProPE - Scenario Editing: Got Help from Reader

Steel Beasts expert and blog reader Koen has kindly offered his help to deploy the red troops and to create an OPORD for them (i.e. input/plot the orders for the Soviet units in this scenario).

This entry is explain the grand-tactical situation of the North German Plain scenario and to delineate the scope of what will be an Steel Beasts ProPE scenario. Keep in mind that this is a work in progress and that nothing is set on stone yet. Your feedback is always appreciated.

The North German Plain scenario.

The North German Plain scenario starts with a Soviet air assault on Hameln which is defended by two mechanized companies of the 1 PzG. Bde. NATO attempts to relief the troops in Hameln. So do the Soviets.

I want to focus the Steel Beasts scenario in the fight between two companies of the 2 Pz. Bde. and the massive Soviet forces attempting to linkup with the airborne troops in Hameln.

From left to right in the above screenshot:

• 20 Armoured Brigade will not be featured, although Steel Beasts ProPE has the capability to do so
• Forces in contact will be featured but placed under complete control of the computer (i.e. player can't affect what they do to each other)
• 2 Pz. Bde. will be featured almost fully. Computer will control all units but one Leopard 2 company and one Marder IFV company that will be under player control
• The 9 Tank Guards Division will be deployed by Koen. That's 75 T-72 tanks and BTR60s in battalion strength.

The Steel Beasts ProPE scenario map. The city in the west is Hameln. Two PzG. companies from the 2 Pz. Brigade are approaching Hameln from theeast. The irregularly shaped black polygon in the north is the blue deployment area. The area where Koen will be positioning the Red troops is shown on the west.

The objective of the Soviets will be to linkup  with the airborne troops in Hameln at a final strength no less than 40 tanks. The objective for NATO will be to avoid such a thing from happening.

I will be sending Koen the scenario draft shown above and he will work on it. He is on vacation now and there will be a short delay. 

Cheers,