Desert Storm 91 revised

[larryfulkerson]

I flew the 82nd Airborne Division up north and dropped them in such a pattern to give us an unbroken LOC for supply.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the moves of both sides for turn 2. You may notice that at the beginning of turn 3 there are several Iraqi units missing from the
map. They were evaporated by the extensive interdiction I put a lot of the airplanes on. I'm kinda wondering what condition my planes
are in now? I'll post something about it.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the condition and the mission the squadron had at the end of turn 2. As you can see most of the planes on INT are in pretty
poor shape now. I'm going to have to rest them for a long time probably. I'll let the other half of the total to take over the INT by
resting the tired ones, and of the flyable total left half will go to Combat Support and half will do Interdiction. That way only another 1/4
of them will tire in turn 3 and I'll have 1/8 of them left to do INT w/ in turn 4. Trust me. Most of the Iraqi forces that are going to be
destroyed by INT are probably already destroyed. There's a ton of mop up to do.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's what the Corner of the front lines looks like now. Busy place. I'm toying w/ the idea of sending the EG's to the north toward
Baghdad instead of something else. I've already got the 82nd up there holding the place down but that neglects their strength which
is mobility. So I need to replace them w/ somebody else. ASAP.

[larryfulkerson]

To the right of the EG units in this image we find the Syrian 9th ARM DIV shown here units highlighted, blasing it's way north, isolating
enemy units left and right. Slowly mopping up as they go.

EDIT: I'm posting these pictures as I get to the formation I've just moved. Sometimes before, sometimes after. I'll let you know.

[larryfulkerson]

Okay......I've moved the 1st Mech Div into a light screen to enable some time for mop up to their rear. I don't expect any Iraqi units to
survive the move to confront the 1st Mech but hey you never know so I needed some insurance.

[larryfulkerson]

OK.......I've moved the 3rd Armoured into blocking positiions further NE and it looks like we may be on schedule after all.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the moves made by both sides during turn 3:

[larryfulkerson]

I moved the 1st Mech Div to much better positions. It looks like they have a pretty good surround started.

[larryfulkerson]

I moved the 3rd Armoured Div to much better positions. I'm slowly drawing in on the rope I almost have around Kuwait City.

[larryfulkerson]

And then next the 1st Armoured Div gets to move. I'm rolling across the desert as fast as my vehicles will go.

[larryfulkerson]

This turn sees the 101st doing mop up. Hopefully this won't take long and they can head toward Baghdad.

[larryfulkerson]

The Syrian 9th Armoured Div has driven into the surburbs of Kuwait City. It'll fall next turn maybe.

[larryfulkerson]

And I captured Kuwait City. It was almost too easy.

[larryfulkerson]

And after all the attacks the turn ended and the Iraqis did their moves and at the beginning of turn five I was presented w/ this screen.
I'm not sure what the effects of Chemical Warfare on my troops is but I'll find out and let you know. If there's some special shock or
something.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the moves for both sides for turn 4:

[larryfulkerson]

So far the effects of the chemical warfare are that the Syrians, Egyptians, and the 101st Div are all in garrison mode now.

[larryfulkerson]

For some reason I only got one combat round and the turn ended abruptly. This is the moves of both sides in turn 5:

[Telumar]

5 turns = 60 hours. Not bad, Schwarzkopf needed 100 hrs.

I'm curious regarding Coalition losses compared to history. Historical losses were (wikipedia):

Coalition:
190 killed by enemy action, 44 killed by friendly fire, 248 killed by in-theater accidents
Total: 482 Killed
458 wounded - 776 wounded (differing sources)
Kuwait:
200 killed

[sPzAbt653]

My total losses were 107 squads, 57 tanks, 12planes, 0 helicopters, plus a number of other assorted equipment.

The Iraqis lost 8172 squads, 3503 tanks, and 7 planes.