SABOW DLC: Basra 86

[Asid]

SABOW DLC: Basra 86

Steam:  http://store.steampowered.com/dlc/286280/

Graviteam shop:[/size] http://shop.graviteam.ua/sa-basra86

Operation Karbala 4



Operation Karbala 4. Was a failed offensive in 1986 by the Iranians to capture Basra in southern Iraq. It was claimed that it failed due to the help provided by the Americans. The Iraqi's were prepared for the attack helped by US intelligence they had received.

The battle itself was planned and eventually executed by Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. The operation would be launched under cover of darkness in order to gain a foothold along the Arvand Rūd/Shatt-al-Arab waterway. Once across, the Iranian forces would go on the offensive and eventually move onto the port city of Basra. The attack would be launched towards the Umm al-Rasas Island in the Shatt al Arab.

Two operations for Iranian and Iraqi armies, and a single mission are available to the player.
You get to play either side.

Commanders and leaders

Iraq: Saddam Hussein & Major General Khalil al-Dhouri    

Iran:Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani & Hossein Kharrazi

Units involved

Iraq:
3rd Corps
7th Corps    

Iran:
Najaf Corps
Quds Corps
Karbala Corps
Nouh Corps

Strength
Iraq: unknown    

Iran: 60,000


Casualties and losses
Iraq: 2,000    

Iran: 12,000     4,000 captured


Frogmen
The operation began during Christmas night of 1986 with elite frogmen of the Pasdaran crossing the lake in rubber speedboats to launch a surprise attack upon Umm al-Rasas Island.

The divers were members of a shock troop squad,




Divers in-game


Iranian UACV Mohajer-1

Mohajer-1 was Iran's first step to manufacture UAVs. Mohajer continued to photograph Iraqi lines to the end of the war and accomplished 619 sorties at the end. There are reports indicating that Mohajer-1 was armed with six RPG-7 rockets to attack enemy positions, making it the first UCAV in the world to be used in war








Crossing the waterways means using the pontoons if you wish to cross by tank

[Frankie]

That tank looks very much at home hidden among the reeds and bushes. Amphibious APCs. A first in gaming? Armageddon get it as soon as I re-download my copy of SABOW from Gamersgate.


Drone droning on and on and on until it hits the enemy hard.


Whoa check it out. Shimmering effect on the waters. Maybe Next time Iran will make an amphibious drone...in case it hits the water.  Wotta shot. Lots of yummy images on Steam.


If only the Wright Brothers were alive to behold this sight! Lovely foliage and terrain. This is a sim within a sim. SABOW keeps getting better and better.

[Asid]

Graviteam use actual maps and terrain data.

From SABOW Basra 86


Same location from Google Earth


Same location from Google Earth

[Asid]

Now available on Graviteam shop

http://shop.graviteam.ua/sa-basra86

[Frankie]

[Frankie]

I just purchased Basra 86 DLC online from Graviteam Shop. I am downloading it even as I type this. Never mind that it will most probably be on sale in the future. I've had a productive past week on a project and I would like to 'celebrate' by enjoying some time with SABOW, the September 2015 patch and Basra 86 DLC. To spend some 'hang time' with this fabulous Tan Sim. I don't speak Iranian or Arabic, and Basra is thousands of miles away from where I live, but I want to relive a piece of tanking history through this simulation.


Iraqi Defenses Karbala 5


Iranian soldiers in their trenches


War, but at what price?



More pictures from this Gallery. Read more about this war here.

Thanks to Graviteam Tactics for crafting this DLC for the fantastic Steel Armor Blaze of War. I've gone to Youtube and revised my SABOW gameplay with videos from SimDeck:






SimDeck's Youtube Playlist is here. Another great resource is the SimHQ SABOW forum. If anyone is a newbie at Steel Armor Blaze Of War, these are great learning resources to start off with.

Cheers
Frankie Kam, Malaysia