A Challenge for Airborne Rifles

[Airborne Rifles]

I'm having a lot of fun with this battle wulfir. I'll probably finish up this weekend. Nasty surprise, that armored counterattack from the northeast, though I dealt with it surprisingly easily (through no skill of my own, the tanks advanced behind my advancing paratroopers in such a way that my Dragon teams got a bunch of shots at the tanks' rears).

Basically my strategy was to advance my paratroopers across the valley and secure the stream crossings, then move into Traar. I attacked with two companies on two axes with my TOW teams, Sheridans, and FOs in overwatch. My artillery made pretty quick work of the Russian artillery and the air support helped defeat the Russian counterattack. Once my infantry got into Traar I've started moving the National Guard companies northeast behind my paratroopers.

My losses have been relatively light, but I've lost several of my expensive specialist units, including a TOW team, three of my surviving TOW jeeps, a scout team, and a Dragon team. My ability to deal with those tough T-64s is being steadily degraded, since my Dragons and Milans can't handle their frontal armor.

Great fun! I should have the save file posted in the next couple days.