The business of maneuvering armor in tight spaces is a dangerous one. In this scenario, I'm fighting as the Russians, trying to clear up a road for a further reconnaissance mission. The road had only one bend, yet the route was tactically tortuous. The first stop of the tactical route: clearing mines.
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| Panoramic view of the scenario. My forces are labelled with red icons. |
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| A strip of AT mines has been previously located. A tiny bit north, a hamlet. |
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| The road bend in the center of the screenshot has all the markings of a nasty ambush. |
This scenario is somehow related to the one I reported before using Steel Beasts ProPE. Unfortunately, that report is now lost, but let me briefly bring up the main point. This scenario represents the actions of a tank company reconnaissance mission. The reconnaissance objective is beyond the reaches of this map and the lead element of the company (1 T-90, 2x BMP-2Ms) has to clear this stretch of road before the main reconnaissance body (located 10 Km behind) arrives to this area.
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Contact. I initially moved with the T-90 MBT up front, which soon found an Ukrainian BMP. The BMP lashed out the first shot, which fell short as seen in this screenshot. Within fractions of a second, my T-90 fires back and hits the target. Note the BMP-2M vehicles, which are still protected by the shallow ridge ahead.
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| This is the instant when the Ukrainian BMP was destroyed. |
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| The suspected minefield's position is now visible (right by the barbed wire). The engineers (left) are moving up to blast a hole in the stretch of mines. Since enemy infantry is taking potshots at them, I move up one BMP-2M and start a thorough clean up of suspected enemy positions. That included buildings. |
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| One engineer is shot. Things are heating up at the breaching. |
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| The explosives detonated by the engineers triggered multiple mine explosions. Three engineers fell to these blasts. |
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| Warts and all, the actions and self-sacrifice of the engineers allowed my armor to cross the obstacle and move onto new challenges. Contact right! Enemy improved positions. Note the gun-enforced demolition work on the left. And yes, that thing on the far left is a real AT gun. It takes some balls to show up with one of these ... |
The actions that follow are no less exciting, please stay tuned.
Cheers,
JC
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