The movement out of the assembly area went without incident.
Within 10 minutes we reached the planned line B112 where all the combat units went turret down.
The FO sneaked up to scan for threats in the area of KULLAGARDEN. 2 BMP where spotted and the info given to AS
FO is in the foreground in his CV90-FO, in the backround you can see 2 of AS's Stridsvagn 122 in hiding The Stidsvagn (commanded by Eisenschwein) opened the battle whit a 120mm sabot round
Order to all MechInf platoons: MOVE MOVE MOVE
Behind AS, A moves up:
B and C also rush forward to engage:
As AS and A make their "left hook" move, B(Commanded by Duke) and C(CO, Hedgehog) break into SANDBY mosse and take out an enemy BMP plus infantry:
On out left, A(CO Kingtiger) has contact with enemy Inf at RP 25, the timed fuse option in the 40mm ammo is great
The airburst takes the enemy squad out of the battle:
With little resitance left, we push towards line 113
On the way north C makes a very
important kill: an enemy FO team is taken out...again the 40mm airburst proved to be quiete handy
After a few more minutes of mopping up, our left flank is secured as AS and A move into their planned defensive positions, on the Right B and C are getting ready to attack SKATTEBERGA while Arty and mortar pound the area there:
As the main effort shifts there, I move my own callsign away from A and link up with B&C
I have to complain to C though. On the way EAST I ran into an enemy Inf squad that C overlooked
But my gunner was quick enough
At this moment it bites back a little, that we did not get all the IFV from the enemy security line.
They are mounting a little counterattack against A and later B.
But Kingtiger proved to be ready and his 40mm Sabot knock some dust of the enemy IFV
As B and C close in, Intel on the enemy gets better: IFV section spotted at SKATTEBERGA
They get engaged while the mortar keep suppressing possible AT teams.
Soon contact with infantry inside the 2 villages is established and they are put under fire.
While C stay to the front to pin down the enemy, B manouvres into their left flank.
Luck was on our side
, Bravo received enemy AT fire...luckily just light damages
But with the firepower of 2 mounted and dismounted CV90 platoons...SKATTEBERGA and EKEBERGA are soon firm in Swedish hands
As Info arrives that the destroyed IFV where in fact MTLB, its clear that we knocked ou the enemy engineers.
That leaves nearly one enemy IFV platoon unaccounted for(damn). But don't worry, C found them
And the CV90's won the 40mm/30mm duel
Time to settle in and prepare for an enemy counterattack.
AS, A and B are firmly in place. C is tasked to provide 1 recon team, and they move a section of CV90 to the small forest east of STORA SKATTEBERGA to act as out sentinel post.
Soon they spot 1 tank and 1 IFV and engage them.
But there are more comming our way
And soon C's section receives fire
At my position east of A, I hear a Sabot round fly close by, crashing into B's position
Duke has an other close shave, I mean really close!!!
About 2000 west of my position I see smoke rising where C's position was. #%&*$#..The battle was starting now
More tank fire! This time our own. In EA 1, AS has spotted an enemy BMP platoon as they climb up a little hill. Bad mistake! Said platoon is dispatched quickly...good work tankies!
But I pull the tank back now. I don't know exactly where the enemy tanks are, and AS is in a very open position.
The dismouts C left in the Obersvation post prove very valuable they spot the enemy main effort.
Soon enough A and B come under enemy artilley fire as OPFOR tries to break into our positions.
But A and B mannage to engage the enemy BMP3 with their guns. But the CV0 take heavy losses from the enemy tanks.
But this effort enable the NLAW gunners to get in place and do the killing
With the enemy MechInf out of the fight, an the enemy tanks cornerd in our Kill-sack, it was just a matter of hunting them down
At the end, RL-company fullfilled their mission and destroyed the enemy counterattack.
Own losses where 5 IFV with all crew and about a dozend additional losses among the dissmounts.
Quiete a heavy toll