Hunting Bear: Decisive Victory

[LittleDogmaOne]

July 22, 0400 hours (night, haze/fog, visual 1500 meters)

As commander of 3rd Brigade of 2nd Armored Division: Hell on Wheels, I decided to taking advantage of long range capability of M1A1s/long range TOW anti tank missile capability of M2/M3s in order to persuade elements of 63rd Guards Tank Regiment to fighting against us in the open field. I formally granted the right to the mechanized rifles' commander an authority in order to prepare for demolition the strategic bridge(s)in east of Steinbeck in order to delay 63rd GTR's avenue of approach to west. Finally, I conferred with some of my unit commanders in order to deploy some of their M1A1s and M2/M3s with Mechanized Rifles in battle position/strong point(s) around or near by in Drestedt and Steinbeck area. Its my intention to luring element(s) of 63rd GTR to the open field, and leaving Soviet Mechanized rifles and APCs behind. At approximately 1000 hours, elements of 2nd Armored Division were able to regain some strategic objective(s) back under NATO's control and evicted some element(s) of 63rd GTR out of the objective with vengeance. At 1148 hours, 63rd GTR were forced to withdraw from the battlefield and limping back to east.

Greetings from the Inspectorate of the General Staff -

To: General, commanding Hell On Wheels

* In the battle of "CA1 Hunting Bears" your forces worth 19,045 points secured 68% (21831 vs 10170) of awarded victory points against an enemy force worth 21,862 points. The Inspectorate congratulates you and rates your performance as excellent.

* Your force has claimed 29 Recce, 227 Tank, 66 APC, 6 Inf, 3 SP AT, 18 HQ, 6 AD and 17 Utility enemy subunits.

* Remaining force tally -
Active: 20 Recce, 81 Tank, 63 APC, 43 Inf, 34 HQ, 20 AD, 14 SP Arty, 9 Utility and 2 Air.
Fallen out: 13 Recce, 6 Tank, 30 APC, 28 Inf, 1 HQ, 2 AD and 4 SP Arty.
Destroyed: 3 Recce, 5 Tank, 9 APC, 1 Inf and 1 HQ.

* By the end of the battle your units had a 94% average readiness and a command cyle duration of 23 minutes.

* Your force finished the encounter in relatively good shape and needs to refit for only a relatively short time to recover the 84 fallen out subunit(s).

Staff evaluation complete.

FINAL TALLY OF BATTLE LOSSES:
- American Forces:
2&1/2-Ton Truck [w] - 2 starting.
A-10 Warthog - 2 starting.
Cavalry Scout - 14 starting and 8 fallen out.
Headquarters - 16 starting.
Heavy MG - 18 starting, 6 fallen out and 1 destroyed.
HMMWV-HMG - 4 starting and 2 fallen out.
M1 Abrams - 5 starting and 1 fallen out.
M1026 HMMWV - 7 starting.
M106A2 - 6 starting and 4 fallen out.
M109A6 Paladin - 8 starting.
M110A2 - 4 starting.
M113A1 - 10 starting, 2 fallen out and 3 destroyed.
M163A2 Vulcan - 8 starting.
M1A1 Abrams - 59 starting.
M1A1(HA) Abrams - 28 starting, 5 fallen out and 5 destroyed.
M2A1 Bradley [m] - 92 starting, 28 fallen out and 6 destroyed.
M3A1 Bradley [m] - 14 starting, 3 fallen out and 3 destroyed.
M48A1 Chaparral - 8 starting and 2 fallen out.
M577A2 C2V - 20 starting, 1 fallen out and 1 destroyed.
Mechanized Rifle - 54 starting and 22 fallen out.
OH-58A Kiowa - 4 starting.
Stinger - 6 starting.

- Soviet Forces:
2S1 Gvozdika - 16 starting.
2S3M1 Akatsiya - 16 starting.
9P149 AT-6 Spiral - 6 starting, 2 fallen out and 1 destroyed.
BMP-2D - 16 starting, 10 fallen out and 6 destroyed.
BMP-2D [g] - 96 starting, 10 fallen out and 2 destroyed.
BMP-2PG [gm] - 30 starting, 17 fallen out and 9 destroyed.
BMP-Ksh - 12 starting, 3 fallen out and 1 destroyed.
BRDM-2 - 2 starting and 1 destroyed.
BRDM-2 [g] - 28 starting, 20 fallen out and 8 destroyed.
BTR-60PB - 19 starting, 10 fallen out and 2 destroyed.
BTR-ZD Skrezhet - 8 starting and 2 fallen out.
GAZ-66 - 32 starting, 9 fallen out and 8 destroyed.
Headquarters - 29 starting, 13 fallen out and 1 destroyed.
Heavy MG - 9 starting.
Mechanized Rifle - 81 starting and 6 fallen out.
MT-LB - 8 starting.
SA-14 Gremlin - 14 starting and 4 fallen out.
T-80BV [m] - 323 starting, 145 fallen out and 82 destroyed.

[LittleDogmaOne]

227 Soviet tanks were eliminated/immobilized (major success for M1A1s and M2/M3s crew) Its one of my primary goals

[LittleDogmaOne]

See all red crosses in kill zone(s) Well done, digital boys! : )

[LittleDogmaOne]

My speech to soldiers of 3rd Brigade of 2nd Armored Division:

Its time for 2nd Armored Division to move east, and hunting more red bear for another round. It will be one long campaign, and we are going to making Soviet Union to regret for start the mess: World War III. We will mourning for our war dead(s)later but now we are here to finish what Soviet Union already started. God blessing 3rd Brigade of 2nd Armored Division!

[LittleDogmaOne]

Spoiler Alert: Do not read more than this. If you want have some surprise of your own (for your own campaign)

Soon, 3rd Brigade of 2nd Armored Division will have another day with Red Bear. Wish me a good luck, here we go! Day two will be another hellish day.

[LittleDogmaOne]

On July 23, 1989 0400 hours (night, light rain, visual 1500 meters) Day Two

3rd Brigade of 2nd Armored Division prepared to defend the open field, and persuading element of Soviet Mechanized rifles/Tanks to come out and play with us in the open once again. Its my priority goal: secure all objective(s) as much as possible in order. Its my intention to blow up couple of the strategic bridge in order to protecting both of flank from north and south. Mechanized Rifles will protecting both flanks, and create a kill zone with a direct support by one of our artillery assets.

I conferred with my air defense commanders to hunting HINDs down, and destroy it as quick as possible before they are able to going to put world of hurt on us. Intelligence reports that there will be 20 + helicopter assets are flying around in this area. Kill it!

Happy hunting, gentlemen.

[deadsunwheel]

Wow, my hat goes off to you. A Decisive Victory is a great result. The best I have managed so far in Hunting Bears is a tactical success. This was tempered by the fact it was bought at a price of too much blood and equipment by the brave boys of the 2nd Armored Division. Needless to say the rest of the campaign did not go well.

The kill zone around Tostedt seems to have really worked out for you. In my experience I usually get overrun by successive echelons in that area.

Cheers!

[LittleDogmaOne]

At approximately 1027 hours, elements of 61st Guards Tank Regiment, 248th Guards MRR, 62nd GTR, and 63rd GTR were force to withdraw from the battlefield and limping back to east once again. Unfortunately, 3rd Brigade of 2nd Armored Division were unable to secure all strategic objectives on time. In my own eyes, contested battle, is a victory. As commander of 3rd Brigade of 2nd Armored Division, I walked toward the hill near by Gross Mechkelsen in order to survey the battlefield and bloody real estate(s) were littered with all burning Soviet mechanized, tanks, and dead Soviet soldiers around or near by Sittensen, Hamersen, and Lengenbosiel.

I slowly shaking my head then mumbled to myself, "Only Good Soviet is a dead Soviet" then turn around toward the 3rd Brigade of 2nd Armored Division HQ for another round with red bear...


Greetings from the Inspectorate of the General Staff -

To: General Bauer, commanding Hell On Wheels

* In the battle of "US Campaign1" your forces worth 18,714 points obtained just 50% (12109 vs 12226) of awarded victory points against an enemy force worth 13,349. You should be aware that the Inspectorate considers your performance, on balance, to be tolerable.

* Your force has claimed 16 Recce, 12 Helo, 124 Tank, 91 APC, 43 Inf, 6 SP AT, 18 HQ and 13 AD enemy subunits.

* Remaining force tally -
Active: 22 Recce, 47 Tank, 84 APC, 67 Inf, 36 HQ, 11 AD, 18 SP Arty and 9 Utility.
Fallen out: 9 Recce, 29 Tank, 12 APC, 3 Inf and 10 AD.
Destroyed: 6 Recce, 16 Tank, 6 APC, 2 Inf and 1 AD.

* By the end of the battle your units had a 79% average readiness and a command cyle duration of 30 minutes.

* Your force finished the encounter in relatively good shape and needs to refit for only a relatively short time to recover the 63 fallen out subunit(s).

Staff evaluation complete.

Estimated subunit states at present time:

- American Forces:
2&1/2-Ton Truck [w] - 2 starting.
Cavalry Scout - 14 starting, 5 fallen out, 1 destroyed.
Headquarters - 16 starting.
Heavy MG - 17 starting, 1 fallen out.
HMMWV AOP - 1 starting.
HMMWV-HMG - 4 starting.
M1 Abrams - 5 starting.
M1026 HMMWV - 7 starting.
M106A2 - 6 starting.
M109A6 Paladin - 8 starting.
M110A2 - 4 starting.
M113A1 - 10 starting, 2 fallen out.
M163A2 Vulcan - 8 starting, 8 fallen out.
M1A1 Abrams - 59 starting, 18 fallen out, 6 destroyed.
M1A1(HA) Abrams - 27 starting, 11 fallen out, 9 destroyed.
M2A1 Bradley [m] - 90 starting, 10 fallen out, 4 destroyed.
M3A1 Bradley [m] - 12 starting, 3 fallen out, 2 destroyed.
M48A1 Chaparral - 8 starting, 2 fallen out, 1 destroyed.
M577A2 C2V - 20 starting.
Mechanized Rifle - 54 starting, 2 fallen out, 1 destroyed.
OH-58A Kiowa - 4 starting, 1 fallen out, 1 destroyed.
Stinger - 6 starting.

[LittleDogmaOne]

Result of the battle

[LittleDogmaOne]

124 Soviet tanks were eliminated/immobilized, 2nd Armored Division lost 16 M1A1s but 29 M1A1s damaged/immobilized/disabled. We managed to take 12 HINDs out of the sky but in heavy cost.

[LittleDogmaOne]

Bird eye view of the battlefield.

[LittleDogmaOne]

Kill Zone(s), but HINDs continued to harassing us and put world of hurt on my precious M1A1s and M2/M3 with Mechanized rifles. Air Defense units failed to take HINDs down before they were able to put world of hurt against us. There will be no mistake, we will correct that in next round with red bear.

[LittleDogmaOne]

As 3rd Brigade of 2nd Armored Division licking their wounds, and preparing for another round against menacing red bear. Here we go, gentlemen.....we pressing on!

Day 2 +5 hours.....

[LittleDogmaOne]

On July 24, 1989 at approximately 0000 hours (night, clear, visual 1500 meters)

3rd Brigade of 2nd Armored Division received an order to move out to north, and then secure all objective(s) (strategic bridges) as soon as possible. 2nd Armored Division Chief of Staff briefed me about an intel reports indicate that local enemy force may contain 20 - 30 recce, 1 to 10 Helo, 30 - 40 tanks, 30 to 40 APC, 30 - 40 Inf, 1 to 10 AT, 30 - 40 HQ, 20 to 30 AD, 20 to 30 SP Arty, 10 to 20 Arty, 30 - 40 Utility sub-units.

As 3rd brigade of 2nd Armored Division commander, I am going to making them to pay heavily for what they did in previous battle. Privately, I am not looking forward for another bloody day, but we are pressing on....regardless what.

3rd Brigade of 2nd Armored Division is determined to continue to pushing them back to east until they are preparing to surrender to NATO and its allies.

[Mad Russian]

You're doing well so far. Interesting results you're getting. That is the first decisive victory I had seen for Hunting Bears.

I've said before that getting a contested battle result will often be viewed as a win. In your case it was and rightfully so.

I'm looking forward to see how you do in the rest of the campaign.

Good Hunting.

MR

[LittleDogmaOne]

At approximately 0427 hours, 61st Guards Tank Regiment, 200th Guards MRR, and 332nd Guards Tank Regiment were force to withdraw from the battlefield, and limping back to east as usual. Inspectorate of the General Staff warned that we made a significant permanent losses, and must refit in order to recover 44 fallen out back to usable strength as soon as possible for another round. Inspectorate of the General Staff are well aware that 2nd Armored Division's AD assets isn't worth a damn against Soviet HINDs, and continued to harassing, and put world of hurt against my precious M1A1 Abrams. Inspectorate of the General Staff warning that NATO start to running out of front-line unit(s) such as M1A1s and M2/M3s because other Division(s) is screaming for more replacement/reinforcement....


Greetings from the Inspectorate of the General Staff -

To: General Bauer, commanding Hell On Wheels

* In the battle of "US Campaign" your forces worth 19,021 points secured 70% (29987 vs 12833) of awarded victory points against an enemy force worth 13,546 points. The Inspectorate congratulates you and rates your performance as acceptable.

* Your force has claimed 21 Recce, 6 Helo, 126 Tank, 112 APC, 89 Inf, 6 AT, 54 HQ, 22 AD, 9 SP Arty, 12 Arty and 26 Utility enemy subunits.

* Remaining force tally -
Active: 42 Recce, 62 Tank, 77 APC, 59 Inf, 35 HQ, 10 AD, 18 SP Arty and 9 Utility.
Fallen out: 1 Recce, 15 Tank, 11 APC, 7 Inf and 10 AD.
Destroyed: 5 Recce, 15 Tank, 14 APC, 6 Inf, 1 HQ and 2 AD.

* By the end of the battle your units had a 89% average readiness and a command cyle duration of 28 minutes.

* Your force took significant - 10% - permanent losses and must refit for for a moderate time to recover the 44 fallen out subunit(s).

Staff evaluation complete.

FINAL TALLY OF BATTLE LOSSES:
- American Forces:
2&1/2-Ton Truck [w] - 2 starting.
Cavalry Scout - 20 starting.
Headquarters - 16 starting and 1 destroyed.
Heavy MG - 18 starting, 1 fallen out and 3 destroyed.
HMMWV-HMG - 4 starting.
M1 Abrams - 5 starting.
M1026 HMMWV - 7 starting.
M106A2 - 6 starting.
M109A6 Paladin - 8 starting.
M110A2 - 4 starting.
M113A1 - 10 starting.
M163A2 Vulcan - 8 starting, 7 fallen out and 1 destroyed.
M1A1 Abrams - 57 starting, 10 fallen out and 6 destroyed.
M1A1(HA) Abrams - 23 starting, 5 fallen out and 2 destroyed.
M2A1 Bradley [m] - 89 starting, 11 fallen out and 11 destroyed.
M3A1 Bradley [m] - 18 starting.
M48A1 Chaparral - 8 starting, 2 fallen out and 1 destroyed.
M577A2 C2V - 20 starting.
Mechanized Rifle - 54 starting, 6 fallen out and 3 destroyed.
OH-58A Kiowa - 3 starting, 1 fallen out and 2 destroyed.
Stinger - 6 starting and 1 fallen out.

- Soviet Forces:
2B9 Vasilek - 12 starting, 11 fallen out and 1 destroyed.
2S1 Gvozdika - 9 starting and 8 fallen out.
2S3M Akatsiya - 6 starting and 1 destroyed.
2S6 Tunguska - 8 starting, 7 fallen out and 1 destroyed.
30mm AGS GL - 12 starting, 5 fallen out and 2 destroyed.
73mm SPG-9 RCL - 4 starting, 2 fallen out and 1 destroyed.
AT-3 Sagger - 4 starting and 3 fallen out.
BM-21 Grad - 6 starting.
BMP-1D - 33 starting, 15 fallen out and 5 destroyed.
BMP-2D - 33 starting, 14 fallen out and 8 destroyed.
BMP-Ksh - 34 starting, 14 fallen out and 14 destroyed.
BRDM-2 - 6 starting, 4 fallen out and 2 destroyed.
BRDM-2 [g] - 6 starting, 1 fallen out and 5 destroyed.
BRM-1K Korshun - 12 starting, 8 fallen out and 1 destroyed.
BTR-70 [g] - 35 starting, 23 fallen out and 12 destroyed.
BTR-80 [g] - 35 starting, 18 fallen out and 17 destroyed.
GAZ-66 - 26 starting, 16 fallen out and 6 destroyed.
Headquarters - 32 starting, 23 fallen out and 3 destroyed.
Mechanized Rifle - 108 starting, 71 fallen out and 11 destroyed.
Mi-24V Hind - 6 starting, 3 fallen out and 3 destroyed.
SA-11 Gadfly - 4 starting, 3 fallen out and 1 destroyed.
SA-14 Gremlin - 6 starting and 1 fallen out.
SA-15 Gauntlet - 4 starting and 4 fallen out.
SA-18 Grouse - 6 starting, 2 fallen out and 3 destroyed.
T-80B1 - 97 starting, 33 fallen out and 27 destroyed.
T-80BV [m] - 95 starting, 40 fallen out and 27 destroyed.
UAZ Jeep - 5 starting, 1 fallen out and 3 destroyed.

[LittleDogmaOne]

Result of the Battle

[LittleDogmaOne]

3rd brigade of 2nd Armored Division credited with 483 kills. Well done, gentlemen!

[LittleDogmaOne]

Bird eye view of the battlefield

[LittleDogmaOne]

Kill zone, but were force to push further south due to HINDs. Two platoon of M1 were lost in the process even AD asset were near by.