Storming The Waidhaus Gap is set in Southern Germany in August 1988. It details the securing of the border crossing point at Waidhaus by a forward detachment of 18 Gds MRD supported by elements of 901 Air Assault Battalion prior to the crossing by 18 Gds MRD. The NATO covering force consisting of elements of 251 Falshirmjager Battalion, 4 Panzeraufsklarung Battalion and 12 Panzer Brigade are covering 4 Panzer Grenidier Divisions frontage in order to identify, engage and delay the Soviet force. It examines the use of forward detachments supported by Air Assault units to secure key terrain and block counter attacks in order to maintain the momentum of the main force.
Passing the Baton at Nienberg looks at how a covering force breaks clean from a delay action in order to hand the battle over to the delaying elements when in contact with the main body of the enemies force. This is a particularly difficult element of the battle to fight as the force tasked with the delaying action must avoid excessive loss and becoming decisively engaged whilst inflicting delay and attrition on the enemy force it is in contact with. Air, Aviation, Obstacles, Artillery and elements of the inlace force all have a part to play in checking the enemys advance to allow the in contact force to break clean. This scenario examines these problems from the perspective of a UK brigades own covering force for a Cold War engagement in the late 1980's.TTP:.Scenario:.
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One of the most well-known and mass-produced multipurpose helicopters in the world.The UH-1 was the first turbine-powered helicopter with two-blade main and tail rotors produced for the U.S. Army by Bell Helicopter Textron. Despite it was originally designated HU-1 the helicopter is more widely known for the Huey nickname. Since 1960, more than 16,000 units have been built in various modifications.The UH-1D is a 1963 lengthened modification with an increased capacity up to 12 fully-equipped troops and 2 pilots.
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The payload reached 1815 kg.Huey was actively used in combat operations during the Vietnam War with around 7,000 helicopters deployed.The helicopter was widely exported and is still in service of the armed forces of several countries, including the U.S. Marine Corps. M110 is a 8 inch (203 mm) self-propelled heavy artillery howitzer entered service of the U.S. Army in 1963.
It was designed to provide medium-range, general support artillery fire. The main 8-inch howitzer of the vehicle can be elevated from −2° to +65° and traverse of 30 degrees to left or right. M110's range varies from 16,800 to 25,000 meters when firing standart high explosive projectiles and up to 30,000 meters when firing rocket-assisted projectiles.The M110 was exported to a number of countries and widely used in several military conflicts: the Vietnam War, the Yom Kippur War, the Iran-Iraq War and other armed conflicts.The M110 was upgraded several times. The 1978 modification M110A2 was the latest version with a double muzzle brake.https://youtu.be/TfhnGGjiz7Y. Soviet 152 mm self-propelled gun-howitzer (SPG) aimed for suppression and destruction of the enemy's manpower, artillery and tanks. 2S3 Akatsiya entered service of the Soviet Army in 1971.The vehicle is armed with a 152 mm howitzer D-22 based on a modified variant of the 152 mm D-20 towed gun-howitzer.
The main gun can be elevated from −4° to +60° with a turret traverse of a full 360°.The Akatsiya can fire high explosive projectiles at a maximum range of 18.5 km depending of used charge or rocket assisted projectiles up to 24 km.In the 50s, the major military doctrine of the USSR was a large-scale nuclear war and the development of artillery was not given due attention. This remained until the late 1960s, when the Soviet military industry started developing its own SPG in response to the already in service of the U.S. Army 155-mm M109 self-propelled howitzer which was capable of firing nuclear projectiles.2S3 Akatsiya SPGs were exported to foreign countries. It is currently in service with a number of countries, including Russia.https://youtu.be/FnPmHDeUj30.