September 18th, 1991....Trpinjska Street, Vukovar...
A mechanized battalion from the JNA's 51st Mechanized Brigade makes its way North down Trpinjska Street in Vukovar...the column consists of 30 tanks and 30 APCS....most were destroyed by the small, highly motivated Croatian defenders who were without any armor support.
JNA armor preparing an attack....
The aftermath...
First time using Ambush Alley F-o-F with my moderns....really really fun and fast! :thumbsup: The Croat defenders ended up pulling all the good Fog of War cards...
The Board
HOS militia in positions
Planned reinforcements for the Croats
JNA/serb forces
Their Planned reinforcements
The objective...the command center of the Croatian defenders.
HOS RPG team move up
The first Serb vehicle, a BRDM 2 enters the board
Croat army defenders spread out to help defend the objective
More JNA enter the board
Within the first few moves this Croat squad gets shot up bad...
HOD militia take cover in a house
JNA forces move up the road
HOS and Cro army RPG teams line the road...
BRDM-2 spots a RPG team...fails reaction test and RPG gets off the first shot...
sadly taking out the BRDM-2's main gun and pinning the vehicle!
A quick shot from an overwatch T-55 blows the RPG team sky high...
An RPG from an HOS squad gets the T-55 to half speed...
The last member of the Cro army squad on the right gets shot leaving the right flank wide open...
Off board Croat mortars take out a member of a JNA support team...
More BTR-60 versions enter the board as support...
Pinned JNA squad...
Serbs rush a building...
Another HOS RPG team blows up the T-55 for good...
Finally part of the Croat reinforcements arrive...
Only to have the T-34 get blown up soon as it gets on the board!
JNA confront a Croat squad in close combat...
Croat squad on the run...but the JNA get shot up bad by the Croat technical!
BTR-60s get blown up easily by the RPG gunners...
On the run!
Some JNA reinforcements arrive...but sadly not in time!
JNA are forced to Pull Back!
Burning wreckage...
The farthest the JNA got...but ran into the defenders of the command center!
HOS militia take prisoners....but they'll probably not be prisoners for much longer!
JNA forces decide all is lost...
Well the Croatian defenders won....destroying a lot of the JNA armor as what happened in the real battle. The tanks had trouble trying to focus on all the RPG teams, and the infantry couldn't get to them since other squads had overwatch on them. I didn't have any M-60 or M-80 APCs, so I used the BTR-60s. There would have been a lot more tanks, but I'm still working on building some more. I was the Croats this time, my Dad was the Serbs....now off to vacation for me this week! :yahoo:
Hope you enjoyed reading this.
regards,
Brad
