Iran-Iraq War: Iranian strike

 A final game for 2023. Iranian attack on Iraqis

An M60 Battalion with support and a Basiji Battalion are trying to drive off an Iraqi force from an Iranian town 

The Iraqi forces have occupied a small town 

Iraqi choppers are out scouting ahead 

Scouts make a turn back

Iran Iraq War Road to Basra

 The Iranians are attempting to run up the highway.

Iranian attack on Basra, 1980

 The Iranians attacked Saddams troops on the outskirts of Basra. An Iranian M60 battalion with Basji attacked the forward Iraqi trenches.

The Iraqis had a single T-62 squadron with a VCR-HOT squadron and a BTR-60 company in trenches.

The first turn, the Iranians opened fore, and while pinned several tanks, were unable to dig out the infantry.

The Iraqis proceeded to use every Anti-tank weapon from RPGs, Milans and AT-3, in lieu of less tanks, which chewed up the Iranians.

M60s are very easy to take out. The Iraqi losses 2 VCR, 1 RPG team and a T-62, while the Iranians were annihilated.

And I forgot to take pictures.

This game was played on one of the night shifts i had with my coworker Mike who had previously done 40,000 games but was impressed that this game is easier to do. So perhaps next summer I shall do another one with him for WW2.

Oil Wars: More actions with Iran and Iraq

 I'm really going to work on some battles in this theater for a bit. I've been reading up on the war and am hoping to put some more actions together.

I'm going to run it similar to my Team Yankee campaign of the 2020 summer. 

One thing that will happen will be a change up in tanks  that were available to Iran.

Should be interesting. And some Warsaw Pact allies may find themselves there.

Panzers of the Warsaw Pact: The T-62M tank

the T-62 force is a mix of souped up kits and regular

The T-62 tank was not the best of weapon systems, but it's one of my favorites due to seeing it in the film The Beast.

I ordered the set via Amazon rather then trying to visit the game shop as I doubted that they would be brought in. In the summer of 2023, I ordered another set to give a Soviet troop and to flesh out my Iraqi force. I plan on fielding this tank as a battalion.

I've started building the kits, having finished one tank. The second tank I will build as a regular T-62. The main idea is to also have tanks which can almost be like snipers on NATO tanks.

I've got them painted just need to decal them up. As mixed versions, this unit will definitely be a second line unit.

I just need to take a few pictures of them.

I had gotten 3 in 1/72 which I will be throwing into games after I run my first major campaign. 

Father's Day presents arrived.

So I splurged on myself for father's day and my birthday. The Warsaw Pact gained several kits. Some I had been debating on not getting but I decided to after all.
Now one thing I have decided to do is to split up parts of the Artillery between the Warsaw Pact until I can fully equip each force. This way it will give each force a bit more kit.
The Czechoslovakian force will stand as is until I can get some OT-64s and DANA'S
as will the Polish.
The Polish will get a Hail Launcher and a Carnation.
So, the Soviet 199th Guards Artillery Regiment will see its batteries reduced temporarily. However they will still be powerful with a Hail, Carnation and a full Acacia battery and a T-62 squadron

Kharramshar, Basra, Iraq, 1985

Iran offensive into Iraq
Iran 9 Chieftains

         3 M60s

          2 Chaffes

          2 M-41
          9 M113s, 8 MG 3 teams, 9 RPG

175mm gun battery 

105mm gun battery 

Basiji Infantry: 25 al teams, 12 rpg

IRAQ
BTR60: 11, 13 ak teams, 2 RPGs, 2 pkms, 1 sa 7, 1 at 3,
3 Carnation
2 French 175mm

3 Arcadia

2 IS-2

7 T-34/85
7 t72 (ambush)

13 t72
All units used in this game will be a mix of all the NATO/Warsaw Pack kit I have plus figures I have designed for insurgencies and those that would be equipped by both Nato and Warsaw Pack.

Should be fun

I've pieced together the battle with what I got and will be fighting it on the table top Spring 2021

The Iranian 92nd Division charged ahead with their Chieftains only to fall victim to side shots from T-34/85s!

While

While the Iraqi armor was halting the Iranian tanks, their infantry were being shredded by the fanatical Baisiji

The

the town is being strongly held

The Iraqi Artillery is about to unleash a massive bombardment on the town

Iran-Iraq War, 1980-88

This was a conflict of my youth, with the mix of kit i have now, i should be able to throw some actions together, using the Oil Wars supplement to Team Yankee
I have so far been able to acquire Basji Infantry. I'll get a picture up of these soon
With the generic Warsaw Pact infantry I will be able to paint up some Iraqi forces
Further updates to my around Iraq Conflict for Team Yankee include actually painting up the basajis  infantry, which I was able to pick up last fall. And there is also a 106 mm armed Jeep. For this small unit. The regular earring in armies will be made up of G3 arms infantry which are already painted more pictures to follow
As of March, 2020, I also now have the Iraqi unit cards. I shall field the generic Warsaw Pact kit I have for the units.

thos kit I have looked over for about 6 months. I finally bought it.

more firepower