First Game

First game of the mini campaign with Ethiopian forces rushing head long into the Somalian spearhead for an encounter game.

Somalian Forces

CO
FAO
2 x T34 Battalions & Recce
1 x T54 Battalion & Treece
1 x Infantry Battalion BTR50
1 x Infantry Battalion foot
Artillery support

Ethiopian Forces

CO
FAO
1 x M47 Battalion & Recce
1 x M24 Battalion & Recce
1 x Infantry Battalion BTR60
1 x Infantry Battalion M113
Artillery Support


Initial Somali positions with the Leg Infantry on the right, the Mech Infantry in the centre and the three tank battalions on the left.
















Initial Ethiopian positions Motorised Infantry on left, M47 in centre and Mech Infantry on the right with a M24 Battalion to the right of them,
just out of frame.











The Somali's race forward, the Mech Infantry consolidating the small village and the Leg Infantry doing a pretty creditable sprint towards the scrub. The ill fated T34 Battalion is strung out on the road just above the village.












A closer view of the Somali Mech Infantry. Hopefully the next batch of pictures will be better, now that I know there's a macro function on the camera.













Ethiopian troops crawling forward after stopping for a picnic to celebrate their second command blunder in two turns.














The Ethiopian Mech Infantry have just deployed on the hill (bottom right) as the Somali armour prepares to charge over the rise in front of them. The T34s strung out between the rise and the village are about to advance and turn their flanks to the M47s which are lurking to the right of their Mech Infantry on the hill. This wasn't quite as insane as it sounds because it put them into the flank of the other Ethiopian Mech Battalion which had not yet debussed. They however failed their second command roll and paid the price.


There will be a part two to follow, I just wanted to get this stuck up on the site to see what it looks like.