3mm Micro Armour - Israeli

I bought, according to the post mark, in August 2011 some 3mm Oddzial Osmy Arab israeli armour from Fighting 15s.  As 5Core Brigade Commander is now out, I thought this would be a good time to crack on and get them onto the table.

5Core Brigade Commander uses a company as the tactical unit with platoon level attachments. So by using two MSH Platoon stands to represent a company and single stands as attachments I don't need to make anything that can't be re-used in other systems.

The beauty of 3mm is that you can almost go 1:1 on the representation. Massed armour does look good in this scale. Israeli and ARAB units were using 3 vehicle platoons in the '67 and '73 conflicts so that is what I shall be making up,

So looking in the box I found enough to do:

4 stands of M48 MBT

5 stands of M60 MBT

1 HQ stand M48/M3 HT

2 Recce stands M48/M113

2 stands of M150 ATGW

Nightfighter - Aircraft by Scenario

Scenario 3 and Variants.
Wellingtons or Stirlings up against a Ju88C-2.

The Stirlings are used in a low level dash through the Searchlight belt.  Fun can be had with the umpire not declaring the altitude advantage until the first fix or tally attempt.

The Wellington is loosely based on No.301 (Pomeranian) Squadron RAF.  I couldn't fit the MG code letters on the fuselage.

The Ju88C-2 is from I/NJG 2.  This would have been an all black scheme with R4+ codes.  National Insignia would have appeared as white only which fits the range of decals I have.  Minor green stuff added to the nose to bulk it up to turn it into the solid nose on the C-2

Nightfighter - AAR - Scenario 4j Black Widow

This is probably a good introductory scenario on how to use Search Radar and AI in harmony.  The Strength is that it is easy to win and plays very quickly.  The downside is that with only one G4M there is little the umpire can do against the SCR-720A radar on the P-61.  I would play this with 3 G4M in the future and have the Victory set at shooting down all 3 aircraft which bumps up the difficulty somewhat.  But the P-61 is awesome in this scenario Speed of 5 and an 8 Hex range search radar with a 180 degree search arc.

I suppose the other way of playing this one would be to take the later MEW scenario and replace the MEW with the SCR-720.  Still needs to be lots of targets to make the P-61 work hard to get as many kills as possible.  The other alternative would be to set a turn limit.

Game markers needed.  I didn't need the track markers which I tend to use to remind me where I found or think things are.

The SCR-720 Radar Search indicates the target is off to the left

In front or slightly to the left

Contact on Turn 3

The Range 8 AI confirms the presence of "something" which as I know there is only one bomber and it is a G4M that will be it then.

Speed 5 is unbeatable and the P-61 is brought round 180 degrees to maintain the AI Fix.  The SCR-720 just keeps the contact confirmed.  Not really much use for it as I am not going to lose the G4M with the AI

The game being set in the Pacific resulted in Good visibility.  So closed to one hex to visual ID the target and set up the firing solution

5D6 rolled and the Betty appears on a 4.

Maintain the Tally and move in to engage.  No response from the Betty and a 2D6 roll of 11 with +5 for Firepower gives me enough for 4 hits which is enough to splash the Betty.

Post Kill, Pilot was a bit rash and nearly collided with the debris.  A roll of 3 however enabled a split S and away to resume the patrol.

Nightfighter - Shiny arrives

The postman dropped off a box this morning while I was working from home ;)

The Type B roundels and the Hinomaru with white borders have been eagerly awaited.  The Betty and Nick have just had them added and I have just done a Stirling, Lancaster and a pair of Halifax bombers.  

Just back from dullcote

The Betty, which is an O8 Model

The Stirling with A1 Roundels on the Fuselage

Lancaster

 The Halifax Mk III

The Dragon Slayer (Ki-45)

Nightfighter - Aircraft plan

So with this lot arriving this morning

I need to recast what needs doing.  There is a lot of spare metal in these packs which isn't going to see the light of day and I need to decide what to do.

Fourteen Packs:

• 2 x V1 Doodlebugs.  Raiden models leftovers kindly provided by Dom.  Only need one but having the spare will be useful.
• 4 x Vickers Wellingtons of which I will need all four models for Scenario 3.
• 2 x Do217 Bombers
• 1 x Do217J-2 Nightfighter (came from the Do217 pack and in the process of changing the nose)
• 3 x Do17z.  I need one to use as a Do17z-10 NF the other two will go off and join by BOB forces
• 4 x Stirlings.  I have the four I need for Scenario 3a1.  These will be needed for some of the Campaign missions.
• 2 x G4M Betty.  I have eight of these already.  These two new ones will be used as Flare Droppers for the Task Force Scenario.
• 4 x Lancasters. These will be needed for some of the Campaign missions.
• 4 x Halifax MkIII.  These will be needed for some of the Campaign missions.
• 4 x Ju88. These will be converted into Nightfighter variants.  C-2, C-6, G-1 and G-6.
• 4 x Me110.  These will be converted into Nightfighter variants with anything left over going back to BOB (unlikely).

To go with the existing collection:

• 2 x Stirlings
• 4 x Lancasters
• 4 x Halifax's
• 3 x He111
• 3 x B-29A
• 1 x Me110C-2
• 1 x He219
• 1 x Ta154
• 1 x Mosquito NF.XIX
• 1 x Mosquito NF/Intruder
• 1 x Beaufighter (European)
• 1 x Beaufighter (Malta/Western Desert)
• 3 x P-61 Black Widows
• 1 x P-70A Havoc
• 1 x Ki-45 Nick
• 8 x G4M Betty
• 1 x Ju88C-2 Bomber