Servus guys,
First Clash is a multiplayer H2H campaign. The campaign coordinator is 12Alfa from canada.
More informations you can find in the steelbeasts.com forum or if you don`t want to search a lot, you can also visit
steelbeasts.orgDuring the mission we had no map updates!
I was leader of a section M113s with TOW. I had the order to overwatch the open area between point 121, 122 and 128 and the area east of 121.
Our battle position was excellent. Eastwards of us was the village KUPPENHEIM with a big minefield. There was also
a small hill between us and KUPPENHEIM. For overwatching the area north of us we could use hidden positions.
In the first phase of the battle the area north of us was occupied by an armoured infantry platoon (M113 G3 DK).
So our point of main effort was overwatching the high area in the north east of KUPPENHEIM.
My wingman was Gladiator, yes the guy from the
Lappland mission. So I was not wondering if he asked me: "Duke, can I have a tank?".
But this was not a desired concert and he had to command his M113, and he made it perfectly.
starting picture from the AAR with all partiesThe mission started and my wingman spotted very quickly enemy vehicles (BRDM-2) in the north east of KUPPENHEIM. We spotted also a T-72M1 near point 150.
We had no EMES, so we had to estimate the distance. After a short discussion Gladiator tried a shot.
It locked good, but the distance to the T-72M1 was over 4000m and the missile crashed down.
It was his one and only miss today.
Gladiator spotted enemy vehicles and I reported his messages to my CO (Brun from USA).
From time to time there was also some civilian traffic between the lines.
I´m in battle position. Gladiator is situated right of me.Suddenly we heard cal.50 fire from area 121. The armoured infantry platoon north of us was shooting.
He spotted BRDM-2s and T-72M1s, but these guys shot back.
Now they had to move back over bridge 2 and to move to our right flank and to overwatch the minefield in KUPPENHEIM.
???? After a while he had collected his callsigns and falled back. A lot of radio traffic today.
Some guys were not happy with the no map updates.
We heard T-72M1 sounds and they came closer, maybe westwards 121.
Our right neighbor started shooting.
They were shooting with their cal.50s against a BRDM-2 and later against a T-72M1.
I don`t know why, but 125mm against 12,7mm the result is clear. We lost two M113s.
During their fight, I spotted an enemy BRDM-2 in 128, moving west.
I reported his movement and Gibsonm (Australia) took him out.
The T-72M1 we spotted after the start was all the time in battle position.
Why we cannot extend the wire, damn.
T-72M1 distance is over 4000mOur CO ordered an ICM strike for area 121.
In the background you can see the incomming ICM strike. Gladiator spotted in the same moment a T-72M1 and fired a missile.
Pardauz, Kardengel a hit but not deadly. The second missile did it better and destroyed the T-72.
I`m in battle position, Gladiator right behind me. After what felt like an eternity, a second T-72M1 was attacking with fast speed. Now I got my chance.
Gladiator was stand by, ready to fire a second missile.
My missile hit the T-72M1 but not deadly so during I was reloading Gladiator fired his missile.
The hit was deadly.
A short time later he reported a BTR-80 around 121, fired and destroyed the BTR-80.
But now he was running out of missiles. I asked for an ammo truck, was not so easy with all the radio traffic.
He drove to supply depot 1 and started to reloading.
In the mean time the red commander sent some infantry guys for recon.
I saw 3 infantry men and engaged with cal.50, no problem for the AI commander.
A short time later my left neighbor (Gibsonm) spotted enemy infantry too.
The enemy infantry had no chance in our cross-fire.
My next victim was a lonely infantry men in the woods of 128. He was walking very slow.
I sent him a missile. It was not a kill, but he was running very fast away.
Then I was overwatching the area of 121 and spotted another BTR-80.
First I could not say if he was destroyed or not. But I saw he was moving his turret a little bit, but how to shoot through the trees. Damn, my first shot hit a tree.
the gap was to small better The second try was better and this BTR-80 was destroyed too. Gladiator came back from reloading and I wanted to go to supply depot 1, but the mission was over.
For the TOW section it was a good mission with some action.
I´m looking forward to the next missions.
cheers
Duke