Saturday, June 11, 2022

Kriegsmarine - The Battle Off Cromer - Torpedoes in Anger, and Desperation

The game: Kriegsmarine by WDS

The scenario: December 7, 1939: The Night of December 6/7, the Germans ran a minelaying mission off the Hainsborough lightship with three Z-Class destroyers. One was turned back with mechanical difficulty, but the other two continued the mission.. After their mines were dropped, they were headed eastward when they spotted two British destroyers on a parallel course. After a short action, the Germans disengaged and headed home, but not before torpedoing and seriously damaging HMS Jersey.


A very small engagement, totally worth it. Played as the Germans.

Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Delaying the ENY with Just Support Weapons - Graviteam Tactics Predators in the Midst

12SEP1943, 63 km southwest of Kharkov. In a delaying action after the defeat at Kharkov, I am in command of elements of the 223 Inf. Div. reinforced with one regiment from the SS Das Reich Pz. Div.



Sunday, May 22, 2022

DCS AH-64D Apache - Tactics Primer - Rule 3: Avoid the "Dead Man's Zone"

The crest of hills are the worst places to be hovering or flying. Remember to use terrain to mask your helicopter. Fly around hills, not over them.


Sunday, May 8, 2022

AShM TACTICS - COMMAND MODERN OPERATIONS

 A brief dry run with Soviet-era tactics air AShM tactics and the Tu-22.


Please join me in the video I have in the in the main section of the blog.

Saturday, April 30, 2022

DCS AH-64D Apache - Tactics Primer - Rule 2: Fire Munitions from Maximum Range

Continuing with the series of 10 rules to live by, let's make a quick stop at Rule #2: Fire munitions from their maximum range


Tuesday, April 26, 2022

DCS AH-64D Apache - Tactics Primer

Some 13 years ago, I started posting a tactics primer series for the Black Shark flight sim. This series relied heavily in Richard Sheffield's Gunship Academy. This book was originally intended as a sort of "strategy guide" for the wildly successful Gunship by MicroProse.



I'm starting today a redux/remix/repost of that series, now with the help of DCS's AH-64D Apache.

Saturday, February 19, 2022

Steel Beasts ProPE - Blunting the Enemy Spear

Just in case you don't follow me on YouTube, I'm posting here the continuation of my previous video.


Tuesday, February 8, 2022

Steel Beasts ProPE - Peeking Out of a Defilade

It's not the first time that I edit a Steel Beasts ProPE scenario to test something and I end up learning about something else.


Saturday, February 5, 2022

Build your Schwerpunkt, not Just Choose it - Panzer Campaigns Minsk '44

I was playing "The South Pincer at Vitebsk" scenario from Panzer Campaigns Minsk '44, and I suddenly came to the realization that I was not in the right grand-tactical mindset with my command of the Soviet 39th Army.

This scenario features two Soviet Armies pushing west to encircle Vitebsk. 23JUN1944.

Sunday, November 7, 2021

Hell in the Wrong Place - A Combat Mission Cold War Micro Video

 I have posted at YouTube another video from my Combat Mission Cold War scenario.