Insurgency in the North Caucasian Federal District - War Stories From the Front Lines: # 10 To Catch a Predator (Part Two)

This is a continuation of a previous entry.

I entered the engagement area (the vicinity of the Kodori Gorge) with the hope of acquiring the drone with the radar. However, I was not able to get even the most nimble radar return with my intensive scanning of the are. After some tense minutes, the AWACS vectored me towards the target. The drone has either gained some altitude or it was suddenly unmasked from the cover of the mountains.

Insurgency in the North Caucasian Federal District - War Stories From the Front Lines: # 10 To Catch a Predator (Part One)

This entry is the second of two debriefs from two Russian officers involved in the same action at the Kodori Gorge, Abkhazia. [ Part 1 only today, folks. I'm dead tired! :) ]

Story based in single-player gameplay from a custom-made mission edited in DCS World, Flaming Cliffs 3. 

Unity of Command - The Road to Berlin

... is longer than I thought! :)

It's very hard to be on the offensive with the Soviets ... The lack of offensive punch is dreadful at this point of the war. In this scenario, I even have logistics problems!

This video is my latest play of the scenario "The Advance to Kiev". I failed to take the fourth objective at the north and got defeated. I took Kiev, though, which is a bit ironic.



The YouTube version can be seen in a larger format.
A dedicated blog entry about the plan and what went wrong will follow.

Cheers,

Armchair General's Col. Paulding Combat Mission Videos - A+ Material You Need to Watch

It's not only the great tactical advice but also the impeccable editing what makes Col. Paulding's videos the unofficial tactical manual for Combat Mission.

Hasty Defense at the Fulda Gap- Steel Beasts ProPE AAR - Part 1: Pre-Battle Thoughts

The simulated World War III battlefield with a phalanx of Soviet tanks crushing NATO forces makes up one of those tactical nightmares that I never wake up from in great shape.

German Squad Tactics in WWII: Live and Die by the Light Machine Gun (Iron Front Liberation D-Day)

I've got flanked pretty bad today, and I shouldn't have ...

Insurgency in the North Caucasian Federal District - War Stories From the Front Lines: # 9 To Miss a Drone

This entry is the first of two debriefs from two Russian officers involved in the same action at the Kodori Gorge, Abkhazia.

From a custom-made mission edited in DCS World. 

Close Combat: Panthers in the Fog - Review

Close Combat: Panthers in the Fog
Developed by Black Hand Studios
Published by Matrix/Slitherine Games
39.99 US Dollars (Download)
49.99 US Dollars (Download and CD)

07AUG1944. The German XLVII Corps launches a counter-offensive east of Mortain with the objective of cutting-off the US 3rd Army. Operation Lüttich is one of the best known German counterattacks during the Battle of Normandy and one of the most poorly executed German attacks in record. Plagued by lack of coordination, poor logistics and in some cases just the lack of will by some commanders, the Germans lost the initiative to the Americans in just one day. The close terrain was ill-suited for the German tanks and the Americans, although outgunned on paper, were ready to bring up a significant amount of reserves to the fight. This was a fluid battle of punches and counter-punches. Men, tanks and fire support weapons skating on the unforgiving thin tactical ice of the bocage. It doesn't get any better for tactical war gaming.

Insurgency in the North Caucasian Federal District - War Stories From the Front Lines: #8 Brief Firefight After a Crash Landing in Ingushetia

Mládshiy Serzhánt Yuri Bubunenko's squad (18th Independent Motor Rifle Brigade) narrowly escaped death after a crash landing of their helicopter transport.

Played as a custom-made single player scenario in ArmA 2. The map is Chernarus (is there a good Georgia map for ArmA 2?) The mod for the Russian forces has been kindly recommended by a reader of the blog. It's the "Armed Forces of the Russian Federation" mod. Thanks, NW! The strength of the enemy is known to me (16 insurgents, including an AA team, moving in two trucks, one of them with a mounted ZsU gun ), but their initial position and way points not (random placement radius from 0 to 2 km). 

Comms Restored

The blog has been the target of a massive spam attack around new year's eve. What gives?
So I disabled comments as a preventive measure.
I think it's sorted out now. I wish I could have switched to other comment/discussion platform, but alas Google is not very third-party friendly ...

Keep your comments coming!

Cheers,

JC