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#65263 - 02/25/06 11:41 PM
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AAR: Force Z [Spoiler Alert] A Harpoon 3 scenario By Harold Hutchison You are in command of four Australian frigates with orders to protect merchant shipping in an Indonesian exclusion zone.  HMAS Stuart found herself amidst three unidentified vessels. She immediately launched her SeaSprite helicopter to classify them. Unfortunately, one of her charges, Iowa Farmer, happened to be between her and one of the unidentified vessels. The merchant's master was particularly ornery today and refused all requests to turn his vessel to starboard and allow the Stuart to screen him. His reply was, "You're the [expletive deleted] Navy. It's not my job to get my [expletive deleted] [expletive deleted] [expletive deleted] shot off. You do your [expletive deleted] job and I'll do my [expletive deleted] job." With little choice, the Captain ordered flank speed to interpose themselves between the Farmer and the 'skunk'.  In short order, the helo pilot reported that it was an Indonesian Siada-class vessel. He overflew it a number of times, but it did not exhibit any hostile action so the pilot was ordered to train his Maverick missiles on the vessel and proceed to identify the other two skunks in the area. Stuart's Tactical Action Officer [TAO] ordered all weapons trained on the Siada. If she was up to no good, he was determined to make her antics very short-lived and fiery, indeed.  As the Stuart manoeuvred herself between the intruder and her lamb, repeated messages were sent questioning the intentions of the Indonesian ship. No reply was received. All of a sudden, at a range of 1nm, the Siada opened fire. Upon seeing the muzzle flashes, the TAO lost his composure and said, "Fight's on!". He then calmed down when the Captain ordered a turn to starboard and the age-old command, "Fire as you bear." The little vessel was raked from stem to stern with .50 calibre machine gun fire and 5' naval gunfire. She blew up in a shower of sparks. Well, the Captain thought, looks like Indonesia is serious about this exclusion zone. He immediately order his SeaSprite to launch her Maverick against the other confirmed Indonesian vessel. The Todak was struck amidships and left dead in the water.  No sooner had this action ended when the CIC announced, "Air Action Port!" A pair of F-5E Tiger had been detected. Both were engaged with SeaSparrow and killed with one SAM apiece. The Stuart returned to Emissions Control [EmCon] status and relied upon her helo for early warning. The flock of merchant vessels was scattered over a large area. The Stuart and the Canberra elected to position themselves between the flock and the enemy airbase at Kupang. Hopefully, they would be able to intercept any aircraft before the rest of merchants could be detected. They maintained radar silence in hopes of ambushing any attackers.  A helo from the Canberra engaged and killed the Sibara with a Penguin before continuing on to destroy another gunboat. Soon enough, six bogeys were detected 50nm from the Stuart bearing 027T. Her Captain fervently hoped that they would be able to pull off an ambush against these aircraft. All the aircraft were making a beeline for the frigate. At a range of 13nm, the radar was energized, the TAO declared, "Weapons Free" and one SeaSparrow SAM was fired at each plane. Two were killed in the first volley, but three more SAMs were needed to finish the job. There were two more hostiles out there. Again, they were allowed into the No-Escape envelope before a single SeaSparrow was able to kill each of them.  No sooner had this action ended than CIC reported, "Three bogies, multiple vectors, bearing constant, range decreasing." This was going to be a difficult day for the men of the Stuart. The first one was a lone Skyhawk and she was killed with a single SAM. The second plane was a Persuader Maritime Patrol Aircraft [MPA]. The TAO did not believe her to be armed so she was allowed to close into gunfire distance in order to preserve the limited number of SeaSparrow as there were eight more bogeys heading straight for the Stuart. The ploy worked and the plane was hit by AAA and exploded. However, bad news seemed to multiply. Now there were TEN(!) aircraft aimed like the proverbial dagger at the Stuart along with a small flotilla of menacing surface contacts. This was like fighting a Hydra!
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#65264 - 02/25/06 11:42 PM
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A SeaHawk and a SeaSprite were launched to attack the ships. The Stuart was able to kill all ten aircraft, but the SeaSprite was shot down by a marauding Skyhawk after it launched its ASMs. The SeaHawk hugged the waves and fled for her life, but she, too, was caught by a Tiger. Damn and double Damn. There went my long-ranged attack assets.  Without any radar system airborne, detection times were almost at point-blank range. HMAS Stuart was again attacked by eight more Hawks/Skyhawks. She managed to kill them all, but also used up her remaining SAM inventory and had to kill the last two with AAA fire. She was no longer able to offer area protection to the merchants and would likely need protection herself so she set a course to bring herself under the Canberra's SAM umbrella. Meanwhile in the Eastern part of the Area of Operations [AO], HMAS Newcastle and Voyager were experiencing their own trials and tribulations. Their helos had detected a small flotilla consisting of four missile-armed frigates; two with Harpoon and two with Exocet. They tried to engage at long range with Harpoons, but these were easily destroyed. The enemy concentrated their fire on the cargo vessel, Fosters Market, and sank her with SSMs before they stopped moving. With no other vessel in the area to protect and with their long-range armament expended, both frigates decided that discretion would be the better part of valour and retired to try and shield the incoming merchants in the west.  Two groups of vessels were detected approaching the civilians' Path of Intended Movement [PIM]. These turned out be gunboats and there were aimed directly at the cargo ships. Immediately, the surviving helos were ordered to attack and thus hoped to keep them at arm's length. A combination of Maverick and Penguin ASMs killed most of them well over the horizon. One gunboat was killed by Stuart's 5' gun which far out-ranged the gunboat's little machine guns. As proven yet again, gunboats cannot stand up to a full-sized frigate. The frigate force that had killed the Fosters Market made a re-appearance. All the long-ranged SSMs in my force had already been expended. The enemy definitely held the upper hand in this coming confrontation as he still had a significant supply of Harpoon and Exocet SSMs. However, there was never a question of their duty. The four frigates turned towards the four Indonesian frigates in hopes of engaging with gunfire. The helos made repeated ASM attacks, but the missiles were easily brushed aside by the super-effective CADS-1 point defence system on the frigates.  The RAN huddled together to try and cover each other with their SAM umbrellas. However, HMAS Newcastle bore the brunt of the SSMs. Luckily, she had a full inventory of SeaSparrow and was able to shoot down all the missiles sent in her direction. An air attack also materialized right after the SSMs were brought down. The massed SAM defences easily defeated them. The two groups were on a collision course. As the ships closed on one another, one Captain remarked that, "Apparently, not much has changed since the age of Nelson. Here we are in the 21st century and we are still attempting naval manoeuvres like 'Crossing the T'." HMAS Stuart and Canberra engaged with their 5' mounts from maximum range and changed course to maintain the distance to their targets while Voyager and Newcastle lunged towards the enemy in order to deliver their torpedoes.  The classic naval engagement saw the first surface torpedo engagement since World War II. Just like their Japanese cousins, the Long Lance, the Aussie torpedoes performed admirably and sank all four ships. With no other potential threats in the area, the RAN proceeded to the rendezvous point at Date1. Thanks for a very stimulating scenario. Your most challenging one, yet! http://www.Gamesquad.com/forums/Home of the Harpoon3 PlayersDB http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/FilesOfScenShare/http://www.taitennek.nlThe PlayersDB Depot http://www.HarPlonkHQ.comHarPlonkHQ
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#65265 - 04/24/06 01:42 AM
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AAR: Malakka [Spoiler Alert] - PRC A Harpoon 3 scenario By Freek Schepers The NATO-Russian war is 4 weeks old. Russia's naval aviation forces and US Carriers have fought several bloody battles around Japan. Japan has defended its islands well, but is now very vulnerable to the closure of its SLOC's. The Chinese navy has left port but has stayed out of the battle. The US losses in the Pacific and Atlantic theatres have forced it to withdraw the Seventh Fleet from the IO. Only Diego Garcia remains as a stronghold there. The task of providing security for the Malakka Strait has been handed over to India, Thailand, and Singapore. India and Thailand will use their baby-carriers to escort tankers through the IO. The War in the Pacific has interrupted oil shipments to Japan and China for several weeks now and resumption of the oil trade has now become a strategic imperative.  For four weeks, the Americans and Russians had been hammering each other mercilessly as China sat on the sidelines. So long as her rivals concentrated on killing one another, the Peoples Republic was quite happy to watch while her factories hummed with manufactured goods for both sides. However, the Americans and their running-dog lackeys were now trying to cause problems for the People. By giving preference to the Japanese factories for oil, Chinese needs were not going to be met. This situation was intolerable. The South China Seas fleet set sail to ensure the safe and uninterrupted delivery of its oil supplies. As this was going to be a Tanker war, most of the pre-planned air strikes on Thai airfields were cancelled and the Badger bombers were re-loaded with all available C.601 Silkworm AShMs [Anti-Ship Missiles]. Since these weapons were in short supply, some bombers were still laden with iron bombs so the air suppression missions would go ahead, but with reduced assets.  The MPA [Maritime Patrol Aircraft] rose from Haingui and Mergui and immediately reported the Andaman Sea to be full of contacts. They set about classifying and identifying them and soon discovered the CVH Viraat just as she was departing Pt. Blair. All surface and subsurface units in the Andaman Sea were given intercept vectors for this prize. Unfortunately, all of the submarines were diesel electric and they would only be able to attack effectively from the front due to their limited speed. The few missile boats available to the Burmese surged forth from their hidden inlets on the coast.  The counter-air mission from Sanya consisted of Badgers configured with 1000lb bombs that were led by Flankers. Instead of conducting a surprise attack, the raid commander ordered all of his radar to radiate and all elements to climb to high altitude so that the enemy could see his approach. He was confident that his Flankers easily out-classed the Thai Falcons and was willing to let them meet him in the air. Future historians might think that he sought glorious single combat similar to contests between mediaeval knights. However, nothing could have been further from his mind. He was not looking for a fair fight. He definitely wanted to "joust" with his enemies, but he would be using a lance [AA-10 Alamo] while his opponent would only be given a dagger [AIM-9 Sidewinder]. In his mind, they would be destroyed either in their hangars or in the air. The Falcons, with their short-range AIM-9 Sidewinders, were chewed up by the Flankers by their Alamo [AAMs] air-to-air missiles. With the skies cleared of defenders, the Badgers were able to deliver their bombs with deadly accuracy. Korat was smashed flat and U-Tapao suffered grievous damage with half her facilities flattened.  CVH Viraat was just clearing Pt. Blair and SSG Wuhan was there to meet her. With the entire tactical layout exposed by the loitering MPA, the theatre commander tried to clear the way for the submarine's approach. He knew that the best way to kill a carrier would be with torpedoes. He would try to punch a hole in the screen by first killing the ASW / AEW helos and then killing the frigate that was on ASW patrol.  The helos were easily dealt with by the F-7M AirGuards. A second flight of AirGuards successfully dropped their bombs on the frigate, but failed to kill her. SSG Wuhan finished her off with two of her precious C-801 SSMs [surface-to-surface missiles] and spent the balance on a DDG escort close to the carrier. The approach was classic. The Wuhan was sitting on the target's PIM [Path of Intended Movement] and she had her torpedo tube doors open. Everything was looking great. And then the target zigged...
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#65266 - 04/24/06 01:43 AM
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The commander of the Wuhan could barely restrain himself. "Had he been detected?", he thought. "Had I done something wrong?" He immediately ordered his boat to full speed and hoped to get close enough to launch his torpedoes. Although the carrier was presenting her broadside to the sub, the boat was almost too slow to take advantage of it. Almost.  As he watched through the periscope, he judged that this would be his closest approach and launched every available torpedo at the carrier before feverishly starting the re-loading process. As the seconds ticked by on his stopwatch, he watched the wakes of his torpedoes reach out like fingers of death to his unsuspecting quarry. The first explosion registered early and he saw a geyser erupt from a DDG escort. Evidently, one torpedo had been drawn to the vessel. Moments later, explosions were detected from the centre of the formation! Both the carrier and an auxiliary were dead in the water. Hurrah! The torpedo tubes were re-loaded and one final salvo was able to kill another DDG before her weapons were exhausted.  With the Andaman Sea cleared of the pesky carrier, the remaining subs were like wolves in a henhouse (and just as voracious). The term, "Target rich environment", would be an understatement this day. They tore apart the tankers until the sea was covered with oil slicks everywhere. If China could not have those tankers, she would deny them to her rivals.  Back in the Gulf of Siam, the two PRC SAGs [Surface Action Groups] had finally pinned down the CV Chakri Nareubet against the coast of Malaysia. A flight of Flankers was sent in for CTR [Close Target Reconnaissance] and she identified the CV calmly conducting air operations. Both SAGs were able to co-ordinate their pincer-like approach and both launched salvoes of SSMs to overwhelm the SAM defences. Four were distracted by the FF Naresuan and left her dead in the water, but the remaining C-802s and Sunburn missiles slammed into the CV and left her in flames. Eventually, she slid between the waves and China would get her oil. Thanks for another great scenario. The limited number of assets really forces the player to maximize their utility. This is an excellent escalation in the battleset. The inclusion of the PRC and India will really make this battleset cover all the world's oceans. http://www.Gamesquad.com/forums/Home of the Harpoon3 PlayersDB http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/FilesOfScenShare/http://www.taitennek.nlThe PlayersDB Depot http://www.HarPlonkHQ.comHarPlonkHQ
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#65267 - 05/18/06 02:09 AM
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AAR: Indian [Spoiler Alert] A Harpoon 3 scenario By Freek Schepers The NATO-Russian war is 4 weeks old. Russia has suffered crippling losses to its long-range Naval aviation forces and to its submarines in the Atlantic and Pacific theatres.
The US strategy of leaving the defence of the SLOCs in the IO to India, Thailand, and Singapore has failed when China, worried about its oil supply, claimed control over the Malakka Strait. The ensuing fight sank numerous oil tankers and crippled the Allied Navies in southeast Asia. The White House and State Department are at odds whether the Chinese intervention signals an alliance between China, Russia, and several SE-Asia nations.
The US Navy is rushing reserve forces into the IO to defend the critical approaches to the Persian Gulf oil fields. Reserve troop flown to SE-Asia and the Persian Gulf Region must be matched up with their pre-positioned equipment on Diego Garcia to stabilise the region.  Forces of the new Indian-Thai-United States alliance were still reeling from the recent debacle in the Strait of Malakka. The loss of Singapore's forces and the Viraat was a tremendous blow. The survivors were ordered to coalesce around Diego Garcia and re-organize.  As the stragglers were making their way to Diego Garcia, the MPS [Maritime Pre-Positioned Ship] squadron currently stationed there was ordered to sail immediately. Re-enforcements were desperately needed throughout the Indian Ocean. It was a gamble to have them sail without escort, but the three available task groups in the IO were hoping to rendezvous with them enroute since time was of the essence. The Australian Hornets were sent to DG to shore up the defences and, hopefully, provide a modicum of air cover for the departing MPS squadron. As soon as they were available, helos were sent up right away to scan the local area around the different task groups.  As the Hornets were making their approach to Diego Garcia, one of them reported an unknown contact to the south. DG HQ had nothing on their plotting board for a vessel in the area so the Hornets were ordered to make a quick pass before landing in order to identify the contact. As the Hornets closed the distance, all that the flight leader, Flight Lieutenant Ryan, could think about was getting out of his cramped cockpit to stretch his legs after the long flight over water. They had been in the air for over six hours and even that little pile of guano, nicknamed DeeGar, was starting to look good. Had Lt. Ryan been more diligent, he would have noticed that the speck on his horizon really should not have been visible unless it was a very large target, indeed. Thankfully, his wingman was more alert. "There's a battlecruiser down there!", he shouted over the radio frequency. It only took Lt. Ryan a second to shake off the thought of his sore buttocks to order evasive action. The two Hornets pulled up into a loop and thundered away from Russian behemoth while on afterburner. The Radar Warning Receivers [RWR] were going wild. Both pilots could see in their HUD that the radar were still trying to localize them and that fire control emissions were still absent. Thank God. They ran for DeeGar all the while reporting their discovery.  On Diego Garcia, the duty officer wondered aloud, "Where the devil did that come from?" The flight operations co-ordinator brought him out of his reverie by saying, "It doesn't matter Where it came from. It's here now. Request permission to arm all aircraft for ASuW [Anti-Surface Warfare] missions." The officer of the watch duly agreed and also issued a warning to all commands within the IO. The Death Star was in the system and nobody wanted to be around it. The task group centred on AOE Rainier immediately turned around and ran at flank speed once the warning was received. So did all the other MPS groups. Every vessel was to make its best speed out of the area. The wolf was in the henhouse. The only really useful strike asset was SSN Montpelier and she was over one thousand nautical miles away. She went to flank speed. The Hornets landed, but one had developed a major electrical glitch because she was down for an estimated 270 minutes! Left with only one Hornet, the crews swarmed around her while ordnancemen wheeled Harpoon missiles out to the B-52s Stratofortresses and P-3 Orions spread across the base. The accompanying tankers came under SAM fire just as they were about to land, but managed to land without further incident. Take-off was going to be another matter. By the time the Tankers were re-fuelled, the BCGN was within 20nm of the base. They were effectively grounded by the BCGN's SAM bubble and would have to take their chances in the shelters.  Missiles appeared out of nowhere and were reported by a nearby helo operating from the Rainier UnRep [Underway Replenishment] Group. There must be a SSGN around here. The launch datum point was quickly plotted and the lone helo set off to try and locate the sub after a warning was issued to Diego Garcia. The crews were able to ready the lone Hornet and it took off to try and shoot down some of the SLCMs [Sub-Launched Cruise Missiles].  At the same time, FF Taksin reported high speed propeller sounds. CVH Nareubet was under torpedo attack! One hit the Nixie decoy before she even had time to launch helos to prosecute the sub. Her helicopters finally did launch and quickly ran down the submarine and killed her, but she still had to outrun her own problems. Another torpedo was already inbound. Luckily, this, too, was drawn to Nixie and exploded a scant 50 yards astern.  The lone Hornet got off the ground and launched her AMRAAM quickly before being chased back to the base by SA-6 Grumbles. Her AMRAAMs got four, but there were many more following them. The SS-N-19 hit DG and smashed the complex. All of the P-3s and B-52s were destroyed in their hangars. The scene of destruction was horrific. Only one Hornet and 4 Tankers survived.  CVH Nareubet was not through her ordeal. A second sub was detected by FF Taksin. The Russians must want this surviving carrier very badly. Taksin quickly sent two torpedoes after her from her own torpedo tubes before heeling and running at flank speed. She was very close, indeed. An explosion was detected even over the sound of her own thrashing screws. No additional torpedoes were detected so the CV group returned to its baseline course towards DeeGar.
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#65268 - 05/18/06 02:11 AM
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Unopposed, the BCGN sailed right up to the little island and began to bombard the field. Installations all around the field were demolished by her naval gunnery. Now that she had been detected, there was no reason to hide her presence. A Helix AEW helo soon appeared and easily detected the fleeing MPS squadron. The first to die was the Hauge. Under a hail of Shipwreck missiles, she exploded in a fireball and took the precious armoured battalion inside her holds with her to her grave. She was soon followed by the Bough and then the Bonnyman. Red Cloud, Watkins, Charlton, and Soderman were also hit, but survived for the meantime and limped along at severely reduced speeds with fires raging aboard most of them.  One of the subs that encountered the Thai carrier must have sent in a contact report because a Russian MPA [Maritime Patrol Aircraft] was soon detected from her distinctive radar emissions. A lone Harrier was sent to deal with it. Unfortunately, the radar on the Harrier was unable to localize the contact and never managed to intercept it. However, the MPA served a very valuable purpose. It drew away one of only two Harriers currently ready aboard the Nareubet. As the first Harrier was being led on a wild goose chase, the SeaHawk providing limited AEW support for the CVG suddenly reported four unidentified aircraft with Badger-type emissions. The sole remaining Harrier was quickly launched. There were sixteen potential Silkworm AShMs [Anti-Ship Missiles] under their wings. If they managed to launch them, they would make quick work of CVH Nareubet. The Thais were finally rewarded with some luck and the Harrier managed to bag all four bombers with her four AIM-9P Sidewinders. With the good news also came the bad; Watkins and Charlton both sank from the damage they sustained under the SSM attack.  The surviving Hornet on Diego Garcia decided to try and keep the enemy blind. It shot down an AEW Helo from the BCGN and then went after an MPA. that had originally been detected by the Thai carrier. Both targets were easy victims.  With the BCGN distracted chasing the lambs, the tankers took off to try and get the Harriers to ferry to AOE Rainier. There might be time for only one strike. Hopefully, it would have to be enough. As they were approaching the rendezvous point, one simply exploded in mid-flight. No warning. One moment she was flying along and the next moment a fireball was seen at her position. No way to know if she suffered an accident or through enemy action. The tankers met up with the Harriers and transferred as much fuel as possible. Most would try to make directly for Diego Garcia, but, with only three tankers available, one of the Harriers had to divert to the Rainier. This turned out to be a good thing.  As the lone Harrier was flying towards AOE Rainier, she spotted a Udaloy-class DD and a Chilikin-class oiler. Talk about a surprise. This must have been the cause of death for the fourth tanker. Once the rest of the Harrier flight was notified, they decided to attack them en passant. The salvo of Sea Eagle and ALARM quickly overwhelmed the defences and left them pyres on the sea. Now, all of the Harriers had to divert to the Rainier to re-arm since she had the only suitable munitions in the region. With the Harriers safely aboard her makeshift deck, Rainier turned around and headed towards the BCGN's last reported position. Instead of acting in support of a CV as she had done her entire career, today, she would be the carrier.
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#65269 - 05/18/06 02:12 AM
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Phillips and Anderson running for their lives when they were detected by a Ka-32 Helix and missiles started to rain down on the Phillips severely damaging her. The only available fighter in the entire theatre was still grounded on DG for another 10 minutes. When she was ready, she took off and stayed low on the deck. Somewhere out there was a Big and Mean BCGN. It was not something Lt. Ryan wanted to stumble across twice in the same week. A second Helix was soon detected. Hopefully, he could get them both on the same mission.  Lt. Ryan did manage to kill both helos, but the effort was all for naught. The MPS ships were already within visual range of the Petr Veilikiy. Anderson and Phillips were both run down like a pair of crippled gazelle and devoured by the ravenous battlecruiser.  Finally, the Harriers aboard the Rainier were ready and launched. They crept in at medium altitude before dropping down to low altitude to deliver their strike ordnance. Eight Sea Eagle were successfully launched and they were not counter-detected as they retreated at wave level. A few hits were reported, but there were mostly shrugged off by gargantuan BCGN. There would not be time for a second strike. The IO commander ordered a withdrawal of forces and victory was awarded to the Soviets. Thanks for another unique situation, Freek. Although I would not normally have expected a BCGN in the convoy raider role, I can certainly see that it might be used in the strike role against the MPSron. One ship to wipe out most of an armour division might be a fair trade in the eyes of Stavka. http://www.Gamesquad.com/forums/Home of the Harpoon3 PlayersDB http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/FilesOfScenShare/http://www.taitennek.nlThe PlayersDB Depot http://www.HarPlonkHQ.comHarPlonkHQ
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#65270 - 06/08/06 02:11 AM
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AAR: South China Sea 1987 [Spoiler Alert] A Harpoon 3 scenario By Fred Galano The world is on the brink of war. A coup in the Soviet Union has sent Mikhail Gorbachev to exile in the West, with a hard-line Communist government siezing power in Moscow.
The Soviet General Staff has decided that the time is ripe for a world-wide Communist revolution. Soviet forces are inciting revolutions and conflict world-wide providing propoganda, arms, and advisors.  It's a nice and interesting setup. The way that you have most of the aircraft at minimal loadouts at the start so that the player decides the initial ordnance is unique. I was very surprised to start the game under terrorist attack at all my bases. I fought back with the garrison units but both sides quickly ran out of ammo usually without destroying the other side. I feverishly re-loaded my aircraft and launched the ones that were ready. Luckily, nothing was openly hostile. However, as I started to investigate some ships, I was fired upon by the Communists. The only ready weapons were my TLAM so I unleashed them on Vietnam in hopes of buying myself some time to get ready. I had my hands full with the aircraft storming out from Vietnam and an inbound SSM strike. Luckily, I brought down all the missiles without sustaining damage. I detected the Slava cruiser and noted that the enemy aircraft would almost fly over the SAG. The AAW bubble created by the SAG almost protected the transit of the Recon planes and the bombers. One flight managed to release their AS-6s and I had a devil of a time bringing down all of them. I rushed to shoot the archers next time and not their arrows. However, the release point was almost right over the SAG so I would have to take a circuitous route around the SAG to get at the bombers. I was successful but was also busy engaging the fighter escorts. They were well timed with the strikers and recon assets. I barely had sufficient missiles to win aerial supremacy. In the midst of this brouhaha, I detected a stream of aircraft operating like bombers but not headed directly at my CVBG. I was simply thankful that they were not heading towards me so I ignored them. Big mistake. I dealt with the threat to the CVBG first and was successful in bringing down all of the bombers. However, only then did I see that the stream of previously ignored bombers was heading directly towards Clark AFB! I freaked out and thanked my lucky stars at the same time. I had chosen to arm all the aircraft for AAW work so I would have plenty of assets. Unfortunately, the bombers were already nearing their release points. I scrambled everything into the air and set off to intercept on afterburner. The race between the fighters and bombers was initially won by the bombers. Again, the first flight launched before my fighters could reach them. However, thanks to my massed fighters, I was able to destroy all of the ALCMs. I engaged the second flight of bombers just seconds before they reached their release point; so much easier to destroy than missiles. I rolled up the entire stream of bombers easily enough. With the skies pretty much cleared of opposition, I was able to concentrate on the enemy convoys and the terrorists. Once my helos became ready, they quickly blew the terrorist companies into tiny bits. The CVW concentrated on the destruction of the escorts and was stunningly successful. Without naval protection, one convoy was blown to bits with SSMs from the CVBG while the other was destroyed by the SSN New York City's torpedoes. All that remained was to mop up the enemy's intelligence trawlers and the rebel convoy in the Sulu Sea. My run to port with my convoys was uneventful except for a single chance encounter by my SSN NYC. She was making a speed run when she detected transients! She immediately pulled a Crazy Ivan and salvoed 2 of her 3 remaining torpedoes BOL down the azimuth of the transient. Luckily, she escaped while both her Mk48s locked onto the enemy sub and sent him to the bottom. Real Quick Draw McGraw! My transports reached Subic Bay and I was awarded victory. Thanks again for putting this fun scenario together. http://www.Gamesquad.com/forums/Home of the Harpoon3 PlayersDB http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/FilesOfScenShare/http://www.taitennek.nlThe PlayersDB Depot http://www.HarPlonkHQ.comHarPlonkHQ
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#65271 - 07/11/06 02:18 AM
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Here's an excellent AAR. It is reprinted here with permission of the author: Spoiler Alert
After Action Report
Scenario: Battle of Britain II
Designer: Freek Schepers
Author: Taitennek
Side: The Netherlands
Intro.
The purpose of this scenario is to investigate war between pretty much the entire military forces of two modern countries.
The Netherlands has moved ground forces into Belgium and defeated French attempts to interfere. The Charles de Gaulle has been sunk and the French air force is licking its wounds.
The UN has authorised all members to take steps to reverse this situation and the UK has taken up the call of Duty.
This scenario has been built up for the PlayersDB, version 6.4.9.
Orders for Netherlands:
Situation:
The Campaign against Belgium and France has concluded. Flanders has rejoined the Kingdom. A daring Raid against Denmark has resulted in the liberation of 30 Danish F-16's previous sold to the Netherlands. Delivery was withheld due to the war.
The Queen has re-instated the "Militaire Willemsorde" and more of these medals have been awarded for this one raid than in all of WW2. Losses have been severe, but Belgian and Danish F-16's, now operational in the KLu, have made up for combat losses. All airbases except Florennes are operational. AMRAAM and Patriot Missiles are still scarce. The Navy has been hard hit and its surviving Frigates are short of SAM's
The Security Council has issued a resolution urging all UN members to force the Netherlands to relinquish Belgian territory. Germany is thought to remain on the sidelines due to the stranglehold we have on the Ruhr Gebiet through the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp. The UK, however, has mobilised its forces and has issued an ultimatum requiring unconditional Dutch compliance with the UN resolution within the next 24 hours.
Orders:
You are ordered to establish local air superiority over the Netherlands and central UK and to attack the Luton Node of the Integrated Battle Management System.
If this system is destroyed, RAF numerical superiority will be offset by our better AAM's and SAM's in spite of their limited supply.
CLARIFICATION OF VICTORY CONDITIONS:
- Kill Luton EW system;
- Kill 10 ground targets;
- Kill 100 aircraft;
- Sink 2 warships;
- Prevent more than 15 NL facilities from being hit.
[Note: This is a summary of the written orders for the Netherlands in the scenario. The complete version can be found in the scenario itself].
GAME ON!
04:00:00 Zulu
Only few aircraft are available at the first stage of the coming hostilities between NL and UK.
4 F-16 armed with 4 Mk84 2000lb each for an attack on the Luton Battle Management System and nearby airbases and
6 F-16 armed with AMRAAMs for CAP above UK.
2 F-16 armed with Sidewinders only will stay close to the Dutch surface groups in the north.
1 P-3C Orion for reconaissance/asw patrol at the Dutch/Belgian coast.
The second [larger] group is ready within 30 minutes and scheduled for CAP and ground attacks on British airfields.
First I set course for the three naval surface groups operating in Dutch Coastal Waters. The 2 groups in the North will make a rendezvous with each other and will stay close at the coast nearby Den Helder Naval Base [not mentioned in the scenario, but the location is north of Airbase De Kooi]. The surface group in the south set course to the English Channel to engage British surface units. The S801 Walrus will intercept UK warships when they leave Portsmouth, the S808 Dolfijn will guard the entrance to the North Sea and the S810 Bruinvis will intercept UK warships at the east coast of UK. The 3 Lynx helicopters based at De Kooi and the Orion's at Valkenburg are assigned to an ASW-mission in Dutch coastal waters and nearby the surface groups.
Soon Radar spotted aircraft taking off from AB.....
Soon sonar picked up a sub contact..... 30 km off coast from The Hague. Perhaps no more "Hollandsche Nieuwe" [Hering] from the North Sea due to nuclear pollution, but..... the risk of losing Dutch vessels is too high to let it go. It took 15 minutes to take out the submarine.
Meanwhile the first air-to-air missiles were fired. During the first 30 minutes of the battle NL did not loose a single aircraft against 4 British fighters and a submarine. Not bad.
04:30:00 Zulu
Now I can launch a massive strike against British airfields. Main targets are the airbases of the British attack aircraft in Central UK. 30 F-16 attack aircraft escorted with 12 F-16 fighters, all armed with AMRAAM. Another 6 F-16 fighters, armed with Sidewinders for protection of the fleet and Dutch airspace.
50 minutes after start the first group bombers reached the Luton BMS. Within minutes the target was destroyed, together with the first AEW Sentry. The 3 other attack-aircraft launched a first attack at nearby airfields. The UK meanwhile launched an attack on my surface groups in the northern area with Sea Eagle missiles. I managed to survive
05:30:00 Zulu
All remaining aircraft returned to their bases after the massive air strike on the British airfields. time to check results.
151 aircraft destroyed, as well as 12 ground facilities and a submarine. My losses were 18 aircraft.
Only fighters were available and the British Air force launched more and more aircraft. Soon several groups were underway to the Netherlands. I managed to stop the massive attacks with minimal damage to Dutch Ground facilities. With attack aircraft ready I started an air strike at the English fleet in The Channel together with the S801 Walrus. I managed to sink 2 vessels with torpedoes; I was able to damage the HMS Illustrious and sank 2 more submarines with bombs.
At 07:00:00 I had reached all Victory conditions.
British losses:
Aircraft : 229
Submarines: 2 Trafalgar II
: 1 Swiftsure
: 1 Type 42.2 Exeter destroyer
: 1 Duke Type 23 Frigate
Facilities: 22
Dutch Losses:
Aircraft : 48
Thanks for the nice scenario.  SZO file archives - Home of the Harpoon3 PlayersDB http://www.Gamesquad.com/forums/Home of the Harpoon3 PlayersDB http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/FilesOfScenShare/http://www.taitennek.nlThe PlayersDB Depot http://www.HarPlonkHQ.comHarPlonkHQ
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#65272 - 07/14/06 03:36 AM
Re: Harpoon 3 After-Action Reports
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Here's an excellent AAR. It is reprinted here with permission of the author: AAR: Power Sweep [Spoiler Alert] A Harpoon 3 [ANW] scenario for the PlayersDB Author David Steinmeyer AAR by Freek Schepers The war has not been kind to the Soviet navy; especially their submarine forces. In order to protect their remaining submarine units, the Soviets have been forced to begin escorting their less capable boats with first-line SSNs.
In this engagement, a Soviet SSN is guarding two other units as they proceed south through the Norwegian Sea. Once the group has reached the Atlantic, the SSN will perform its own mission while the SS and SSGN attack surface shipping.
First, though, NATO will try to stop them.  I tried Power Sweep from the NATO side. As I started the game, I got a passive sonar contact from my brit SSN that was behaving as a submarine; it course was quickly plotted to be right towards me so I calculated intercept time at 2 hours and started moving Kobben at 12 knots at periscope depth to cover the area left by my SSN. Two hours later the sub, now confirmed as Victor was at 6nm and two 81 knot torpedo's 'flew' towards it. destruction was instant w/o any chance of counterfire! I next moved the Brit SSN at 20 knots (it would not go to Flank) to cover the Norwegian Kobben. Midway during the sprint a subcontact and torp were detected very close aboard! The torp disappeared and my counterfired spearfish missed. When I slowed down it appeared a Russian Tango had fired from long range (presumably making a wrong TMA!). I slowed Trafalgar and moved her to the Tango. A few hours later I was in range and killed her with the magic Spearfish. At the same time Kobben detected a Charly, still 20 nm away. It raced north when I fired at the Tango (even though it was 30nm away!), but now it creeped towards Kobben again. Kobben drifted at 5 knots. Just when it was 4 nm away and I prepared to fire, Charly fired at me! Kobben 'raced' south at 17 knots after having fired 3 torps. Miraculously, Charlies torp seemed to circle and the third of Kobbens hit. A pleasant small scen, probably very suitable for MP! - Home of the Harpoon3 PlayersDB http://www.Gamesquad.com/forums/Home of the Harpoon3 PlayersDB http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/FilesOfScenShare/http://www.taitennek.nlThe PlayersDB Depot http://www.HarPlonkHQ.comHarPlonkHQ
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