Airstrikes on Zinder Revised, 2025 -- new beta for testing

[Mgellis]

[Version 2 uploaded 4:10 PM CST Jan. 20 2024]

Happy New Year!

I've written a new version of an older scenario, Airstrikes on Zinder, 2025, and have added the option to use paratroopers and/or cargo missions. I've deliberately left it open-ended whether and how you do these things--the politicians only care about results; they don't mind if you come up with some brilliant ideas on your own...as long as they work.

(Also, since my knowledge of tactics is...well, let's just say I'm a retired English professor, and leave it at that. Anyway, I figure I should probably not be giving people a great deal of advice about tactics beyond things like "If you don't know what it is, you probably shouldn't be shooting at it.")

Anyway, as always, I'm looking forward to your feedback. Any suggestions, comments, etc. are welcome. In particular, I'm hoping I've set things up so people can move cargo, make air drops, etc. properly and that the scenario description and the orders clearly explain the options available to players. But feel free to mention anything you think I need to know to make the scenario better. Thanks!

(Yes, the image shows some Nigerian aircraft strafing bad guys. I thought it was a good one to include.)

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[schweggy]

I played this scenario on Saturday. I sent all the aircraft that were at Makurdi to Mallam. I would have to wait for them to re-ready themselves before an initial assault on Zinder could take-off. I was able to get most of the Nigerian Army units relocated to Mallam as well.

For some reason the US supplied UCAV was shot down early on... so the Bayraktar was used to recon Zinder, staying away from the detected SAMs and AAA.

The ZLA raid on Babura was blunted by the sniper section. The first of the Nigerian Army sections that arrived in Mallam were taken by Mi-17 to reinforce the sniper section at Babura as I figured more ZLA terrorists were on the way. My goal was to use the rest of the Nigerians as a raiding force on Zinder's airport, inserted by Mi-17's from Mallam. This was successful. The 81mm mortar sections proved highly effective on the exposed ZLA units in the open, and on the Zinder airport's sole hanger, destroying one of the MiG-21's. Most of the ZLA was dispatched by the Nigerian Army units that were inserted earlier... so the base at Zinder is more or less down. Once the Nigerian Alpha Jets were ready they performed a clean-up raid on any ZLA forces still in the greater Zinder area.

Score: 2000 Triumph

No Nigerian losses.

Comments:
- It took longer to get the ISO containers with the rocket and bomb reloads to Mallam than it did to get enough Nigerian Army units in place to take care of Zinder. Ready times I think.
- The ZLA units around Zinder probably should move around rather than be stationary targets.
- Overall, a pretty good, small scenario to run in a couple hours.

[Mgellis]

Just uploaded version 2. I made a lot of changes to the available ground forces and some changes to the aircraft available to the player.

Also revised the briefing a bit. I hope it is easier to understand now.

As always, please let me know what you think. Suggestions, recommendations, etc. are always welcome.

Thanks!

[Mgellis]

Any thoughts on this one? Anything else I should change, fix, improve, etc.? Or is it ready for the Community Scenario Pack?

Thanks!