Last year created I this monster scenario in CSME
It takes place in October 1973, the Yom Kippur War
This scenario deals with the opening phase in which the Egyptian army is attacking over the Suez Canal and into Sinai
I hope you will welcome it and have many enjoyable hours with
this scenario.
I would recommend playing it as a team game
You can download the scenario on The wargamers club for gentlemen database
Description
[NW Sinai Peninsula Suez Canal Area]: [H2H] [HIS] [GD]:
After the Six Day War in 1967, Israel gained new territories and therefore faced new challenges. The IDF had to guard the Sinai border along the Suez Canal, where it installed numerous posts on what was called the Bar-Lev line. The Golan Heights was also new territory for the IDF to defend.
After they were swiftly defeated in the Six Day War, the Arab countries surrounding Israel wanted to redeem themselves, and sought to regain lost territories. From 1972, the Egyptian and Syrian militaries rebuilt themselves from the ground up. They acquired up-to-date equipment, mainly through the USSR: MiGs, T-55 and T-62 tanks, anti-aircraft missiles (SA2-3-6-7) and Sagger anti-tank guided missiles. By October 1972, Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt, was already speaking about attacking Israel in private meetings with his army staff.
At 2:00 p.m., the Egyptian artillery and air force bomb IDF positions along the Bar-Lev line at Israel's southern frontier in the Sinai. Nearly 2000 tanks and artillery posts take part. Five Egyptian infantry divisions cross the canal in small boats.
IDF forces on the ground are the 252th Sinai Division of Brigadier General Avraham Mendler and under it the 14th Armored Brigade of Colonel Amnon Reshef, guarding a 200km-long frontier. They both suffer losses, notably due to Egypt's use of the easily-transportable Sagger anti-tank guided missile. By night, Egyptian T-55 tanks have crossed the canal.
Choose to command the Egyptian Army, and your task is to cross the canal and take the main roads into Sinai and Israel. This time the Egyptians are ready with Sagger anti-tank missiles and SAM air defense from Russia.
Or command the Israel Defense Forces with a tactic that attack is the best defense, and try to find the gap between the Egyptian 2. and 3. Armies.
Have fun!
[ALL: OPT] [Designed to be played as a teamgame] [2.00]
