Flames of war - Vietnam (V4)

US - Brown river water force - 26 pts
1xCCB
1xATC(H)
Inf. Platoon
1xASBP

PAVN - Infantry battalion - 25 pts
HQ
3xMG nest
Inf. Platoon
Inf. Platoon
3xAA mg
Special task platoon

Turn 1

US move up to unload at one of the objectives. PAVN ambushes a infantry platoon at another objective.

Turn 2

US Unload their rifle platoon and then fire at the Vietnamese platoon with the ASBP boat. PAVN ambush the HMG nest platoon arriving from reserve and pin down the US infantry in the coming firestorm. Then PAVN successfully recovers one objective (1-0). 

Turn 3

The Boats fire on the PAVN infantry killing one team, then the US infantry successfully search the objective (1-1). PAVN are reinforced by a AA mg platoon that attempts to dig in but fails. It then opens up on the ASBP boat inflicting a minor damage.

 Turn 4

The US infantry move towards the second close by objective. The boats and the infantry together destroy a AA team and a infantry team. The Special task force arrive and takes a shot at the ASBP, inflicting a second minor damage, then the Infantry platoon bail it with a lucky rocket hit.

Turn 5

The ASBP fail to remount, so with reduced fire the boats only kills a special task team. The US infantry successfully search the third objective (2-1). New PAVN recruits arrive at the other side of the river. The Special task force then force the ASBP boat to hit the beach with a rocket hit.

Turn 6

The US infantry board on the ATC boat ready to be ferried to the other side of the river. The boats together batter down the Special task force to two teams and the AA MGs to a single team. The Special task force and the AA mg flees the battle, failing their morale. The PAVN infantry then destroys the damaged ASBP.

Turn 7

The PAVN infantry seeing no hope of reaching the objectives on the other side of the river decides to retreat with a chance of returning on the other side of the river. Unluckily they return back to the same table quarter they departed from. The PAVN Infantry platoon successfully search the fourth objective (2-2).

Turn 8

The US marines secure the last objective (3-2), scoring a victory for the Brown water navy.

Breakthrough - FoW (v4)

Forces 1500
Gebirgsjager (CV)
HQ+sniper+schreks
3x Gebirgsjagerplatoon
1 Special weapons platoon
3x Pak40
2x gebg36
2x Tiger 1

Soviet Hero infantry (FT)
HQ
Infantry
Infantry (FV)
4x Heavy Mortars
4x T34
2x SU-100
2x Katjusha

The scenario we roll for is Breakthrought, with soviets as defender. Soviet Puts all tanks in reserve and holds an infantry platoon in ambush. Germans takes first turn and holds Pak40s and one Jagerplatoon in flanking reserve.

Turn 1

The Germans advance through the forest. Soviets respond by ambushing a 14 stand trained platoon in the village. A few German stands are killed in the fire exchange.

Turn 2

The Germans soften up the soviets with a variety of guns and rifles. Both German platoons assault the pinned soviets, resulting in both sides loosing a lot of troops. The soviet SU-100 arrives from reserve and the veteran soviet infantry moves to protect the other objective threatened by the flank assault.

Turn 3

The Germans struggle to penetrate the village and instead bombard the building with massive MG fire, killing one or two stands of infantry. The T-34 platoon arrive from behind the front line and thanks to short range manage to destroy a Tiger tank and bail the other!

  

Turn 4

The surviving tiger remounts and return the fire, destroying two T-34. However, it must now take morale tests each turn (due to rather silly v4 morale rules). The Artillery range in at the Katjuschas smoke trails and destroy them both in a bombardment! The T-34s fire at the tiger again, bailing it! The heavy mortar rains fire at the infantry.

Turn 5

The German Pak40s arrive from flanking reserve and destroy both SU-100 with pot-shots through the field at long range. The tiger remount and destroy the last two T-34s. The soviet mortars kills a few German jagers.

Turn 6

The Last Jagerplatoon arrive from reserve and with some aid from the Pak40s they pin the veteran infantry. Then they assault, but the defensive fire manage to pin the assault down! In return the Soviet veteran infantry shoot and assault the Jagers to death. In the village, both sides grind the other to pieces, now leaving only a few infantry on each side... and a Tiger tank.

Turn 7

With only one brave team contesting the objective, things looks bad for the Soviets, but after intense shooting the soviets still holds the day. In return, the veteran Soviet infantry destroy all Pak40s.

Turn 8

Now the silliness of the v4 rules sets in and the mighty Tiger flees the battle! Maybe the single pinned soviet infantry had a Molotov prepared? A last attempt to storm the village is made by the german infantry, but the assaulting team is beaten in melee by the same mighty Molotov equipped soviet soldier.

Turn 9

Having only the HQ left in the main formation, the German remaining forces flees the battle, leaving just a few Soviets soldiers left in the village.

Soviet victory 4-3