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Ground combat at Bataan (78,77)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 27973 troops, 382 guns, 167 vehicles, Assault Value = 897

Defending force 39272 troops, 510 guns, 404 vehicles, Assault Value = 1073

Japanese ground losses:
536 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 39 disabled
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 45 (22 destroyed, 23 disabled)
Vehicles lost 37 (12 destroyed, 25 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
48th Division
16th Division
7th Tank Regiment
14th Army
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
40th Field AA Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
14th PS Engineer Regiment
4th Marine Regiment
21st PA Infantry Division
71st PA Infantry Division
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
41st PA Infantry Division
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
Manila Bay Defenses
31st Infantry Regiment
2nd PA Constabulary Division
Bataan USN Base Force
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
PAF Aviation
202nd PA Construction Battalion
I Philippine Corps
Provisional GMC Grp
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
1st USMC AA Battalion
201st PA Construction Battalion
USAFFE
301st Construction Battalion
Cavite USN Base Force
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
Far East USAAF
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

510 guns can ruin your whole day. [;)]

Not to mention Japanese guns are often very anaemic compared to US ones.

Wow, talk about a kickback.....

I slipped in to bombard Truk once and there were 500 CD guns.. holy cow that was ugly

22 guns destroyed? Talk about counter-battery fire...