Sunday 24 February 2008

The Ogaden War some pictures


Here are a few more pictures from the games we have played over the last couple of months. No batreps but some explanations of the pictures.

Ethiopian infantry deployed on a reverse slope awaiting the arrival of the Somali armour, T54's and Centurions but no infantry support. The Ethiopian infantry have the RPG upgrade on half of their stands, there are some 57mm AT guns deployed at the bottom of the hill centre right and some M47's deployed on another hill just behind and to the right of the infantry.
The Somali armour reach the crest of the hill and fail their command roll. It them becomes a bit messy with the Somali armour being largely suppressed, destroyed or driven back with acceptable casualties on the Ethiopian side.
The aftermath, two Somali Armoured Battalions in disarray for the loss of two infantry units on the Ethiopian side. The suppressed armour is about to take another series of attacks from the supporting M47's which just about destroys them as an effective force. Reverse slope defence in action, there is of course the other side of the coin, the attacker comes over on mass with armour and infantry, faces ineffective challenge fire, makes their command roll and participates on the right side of a turkey shoot. Some you win some you lose.

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