Know your enemy! Nato vs Warsaw Pact

Know your enemy! Nato vs Warsaw Pact

Sunday 31 May 2020

Battle for Hill 205, West Germamy 1985 Soviet vs Canadian

I'm going to go all out on this action. The Canadians are being rushed forward with West Germans to try and plug a gap made in NATO'S line. This will see a West German Panzergrenadier Battalion from their reserves plus a rocket battery to help the Canadians against a Warsaw  Pact push.
The Canadians are also getting a little help from the Americans with an Armoured Cavalry Recce Squadron. 
NATO M113

The West Germans are providing fire support. Additional reserves will be





provided by whatever NATO forces 


The Warsaw Pact units will be made up of the remaining units of Soviet and
 Czechoslovakian forces. The Czechoslovakian units have not been engaged in any of the battles. 

The battle began with the French advancing on the town with R22eR Vandoos in support.
The Czechs were dug in firm, and repulsed the French attack. The French helicopters were held off by Czechoslovakian air launchers.
The Canadians then took a crack at the town but are also facing stiff opposition.
Meanwhile the Germans advanced to the bridge which is being hotly contested by the Soviets and Czechoslovakian forces. 
The T-72s inflicted casualties on the Dutch and French tanks, Czechoslovakian forces also mauled the Canadian tanks as well. 
Danish Lifeguards are holding their own, with support from a West German reserve  Panzer Regiment. NATO forces are sending reinforcements to the situation 

Saturday 30 May 2020

Resource book: Soldiers of Fortune The Twentieth Century Mercenary 1986


This book by Peter MacDonald (1986 Gallery Books) was one of the books which I got as a teenager.
Over the years, I have utilized the book as a reference to Cold War gamming in the world.
my insurgents which I have will fight scenarios from this book.

Battle for hill 210 West Germany 1985 Soviets vs West Ger

This is a scenario based off of the scenarios based in the main rule book.
This battle is coming out of the team Yankee book from Battlefront Miniatures the initial name of the scenario is the battle for Hill 214 that involved in American and Soviet Forest however this battle is a combined Dutch West German Danish for staking on a combined Warsaw Pact force of Soviets East Germans Vietnamese and Iraq initially the NATO force charged in with their West German tanks to try to take on the Soviet t-64 regiments and have been halted in front of that position the West German recce decided to try to go through the centre and has been halted at a Crossroads the punter grenadiers s has been able to rush the bridge and take it however there Colin has been halted by taking out a fruit the East Germans are holding the area around the church there BMP one section that was a Soviet section has been taken out slowly but surely the Dutch Payne and German West Germans are advancing forward they're trying to flank the Soviet position where is the Soviets were trying to hold on to






























Thursday 21 May 2020

Hasty Attack: Dutch vs Soviets

the scenario from Battlefront Miniatures 

Initial deploying of the NATO right flank. Danish recce

the make up of the Dutch force, augmented due to  losses

Belgian mortars but with an Isreali card

Dutch Leopard 1 Squadron led by a Danish Leopard 1
A West German Leopard 1 squad but actually M60s rushed to make up for losses
the single West German 120mm mortar
Leopard 2 Squadron with a TOW section, West Germans but with an Israeli card
Soviet left wing held by the Anti-aircraft Regiment, and a single section of Iranian Basji in an East German BTR-60 
Soviet centre held by a BTR-60  motor rifle section, in fact they are a heavy weapons section
Arcadia battery
BMP-1 Motorized Rifle section
BM-21 Hail battery 
Carnation battery 
BMP-2 Motorized rifle section 
BMP-2 Scout section 
Shilpa, Storm and the Recce section hold the Soviet right 
The rest of the Soviet force, a T-64 Tank Regiment 

Dutch and Belgians hit the Soviets again in the NATO counter attack.
The Dutch are attacking with a Leopard 1 Recce Squadron while the Belgians are charging forth with a mixed Armoured Regiment of Leopard 1s and M60s which have been sent as replacement for losses 
 sustained. 

The initial NATO attack went well however it got bogged down on the flanks. Soviet resistance to the attack was better than anticipated.
The French arrived with a supporter Chasseur battalion with armor and Artillery but these were kept in check. The final act was the Soviets flanking the NATO right flank with a T-64 tank Regiment.
A further M41 Squadron are also being deployed. But it was destroyed by the Iranian Basaji
NATO reserves were a French force, but even this wasnt enough to continue the momentum of the attack.
A Soviet victory again.