Cuban Crisis - Norway

[Airborne Rifles]

Ok, finished this fun scenario up finally. Strong marginal victory:

14861 - 3990

Men: 424 - 2240
Arty: 2 - 18
Soft vehicles: 5 - 2
APC: 16 - 53
AFV: 14 - 86
Helo/air transport: 5 - 2
Aircraft: 1 - 1

I had the same experience as shahadi on the west side of the stream. One of my mobile platoons was executing what I thought was a brilliant fighting withdrawal in the north when they suddenly found themselves surrounded by a human wave of Russkis and were nearly wiped out. One squad set up a perimeter around their vehicle and held out to the end of the scenario, killing many vehicles and men. Even so, I had sufficient mobile reserves pass back through the MLR to deal with the later surprises in the rear quite handily. And the appearing Russians worked both ways, since one of my .50 cal jeeps survived the early fights of the recon forces and was hiding in the woods when the three soviet ATGM carriers appeared around it. It quickly dispatched all three. I completely understand why you designed the russian deployments as you did having struggled to get the AI to react the way I want and in this case you chose the best solution. Anyway, when the Russians made it to the MLR there were not many vehicleseft and those that we're didn't make a difference (the rifle grenades of the USMC are surprisingly effective in assaulting vehicles, even t62s. The Russian infantry was largely mowed down at close range. No where did they penetrate the line. Overall,its a fun scenario set during a time that doesn't have many hypothetical scenarios at all.

[Suhiir]

I can't delay the arrival of the Soviet forces west of the stream much more (turns 45 and 48 ... max allowed is 50) so maybe I need to have them arrive as far east as possible while still being west of the stream. I really want to avoid having reinforcements appear from nowhere around player occupied positions (no Stalingrad sewers to justify it).

Strong Marginal victory is about what I was shooting for. As with many scenarios it's not so much a matter of if you're going to win or lose but how interesting it is to play.

[Suhiir]

Or another option would be to make the Norwegian/USMC mobile reserve forces reinforcements so they can't reach those locations before the Soviets have them fairly well in their grasp.

[Airborne Rifles]

Having the Russians arrive a little further east makes sense to me. I had lost all the crossing points by the time they appeared so having them show up closer to the stream could simulate the Russians breaching the stream and then pouring reinforcement across. I wouldn't make the USMC reserve a reinforcement though. Deciding how to employ them in the early fight and then trying to get them back to the MLR In tact for the main fight was the most exciting part of the scenario for me.

[Suhiir]

Yeah why I wanted them available at the start, when and where to deploy them is pretty important.

[Suhiir]

New version of the scenario.
Hopefully this time the Soviet hordes won't materialize next to your advance units and the main assault will have a few more teeth.