Combat Mission Black Sea - Firefight - AAR: By JC

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Tuesday, August 22, 2017
By: JC
Combat Mission Black Sea - Firefight - AAR


This is an scenario from the Battle Pack 1 DLC. A meeting engagement pitying mechanized forces from Russia and the Ukraine. I played this scenario solo as the Russians.



My initial moves as the Russian forces already plotted (yellow lines), I will secure that central campground before the Ukrainians get a foothold on it


Given the terrain layout, getting into real cover (the mid campground) instead of just interdicting the enemy from the concealment of the forest patches appears to be a risk worth taking.



Yeah, I have to admit it: dashing forward may have been too risky. But I could not afford letting the Ukrainian forces to gain a foothold on the middle campground.



As soon as my IFVs got on the edges of the campground, contact was established. An Ukrainian vehicle (blue icon, background) gets it.



Disembark! Note how my orders for the squad include the "hide" command. With enemy IFVs lurking around, the least I want is my infantry making themselves a juicy target.



I didn't use smoke either for the dismounting of my troops. I know the Ukrainians are on the move and I want them targeted without interruption.



This was very unfortunate. One of my BMPs in our left flank got trashed by an Ukrainian IFV (BMP-2?). I was a bit careless not assigning this vehicle a suitable field of fire.



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