Thursday, August 14, 2014

Fate of a Nation Batrep, Ishermania!


I have been feeling guilty about all my M51 Ishermans just sitting around, not killing enemy tanks. So I was happy to get them on the table for some fun 105mm action!

My opponent was Dustin with Egyptian armor in a free for all.

We settled on 1750 points so we could get a ton of tanks on the board.
My Israeli list was this;

P'lugah Tan'kim
Tank Company
Israeli AIW
Tank Company
PlatoonQtyUnitPoints
Headquarters
P'lugah Tan'kim HQ p.3
1M51 Isherman100
Combat Platoons
Tan'kim Platoon p.4
4M51 Isherman365
Tan'kim Platoon p.4
4M51 Isherman365
Tan'kim Platoon p.4
4M51 Isherman365
Tan'kim Platoon p.4
2Magach 2310
Support Platoons
Ch'ir Mamochan (Motorised) Platoon p.6
1
5
6
1
1
1
Cmd FN FAL team
M3 A half-track
FN FAL team
FN MAG LMG team
Light Mortar team
Blindicide team
250
Company Points:1755
www.EasyArmy.com Source document: Fate of a Nation booklet


And Dustin's force was;

Kuteybh Debabh
Tank Battalion
UAR AIW
Tank Company
PlatoonQtyUnitPoints
Headquarters
Kuteybh Debabh HQ p.13
1T-54 or T-55 with Stabiliser and Searchlight65
Combat Platoons
Debabh (Tank) Company p.14
10T-54 or T-55 with Stabiliser and Searchlight545
Debabh (Tank) Company p.14
5T-54 or T-55 with Stabiliser and Searchlight335
Debabh (Tank) Company p.14
6IS-3M280
Weapons Platoon
Debabh Air Defence Company p.15
2ZSU-57-295
Support Platoons
Meshah Meykaneykeyh (Mechanised) Company p.16
1
6
1
2
Cmd AK47 Assault Rifle team
AK47 Assault Rifle team
Blindicide team
B-10 82mm recoilless gun
130
Scout Company p.17
1
6
BTR-50PK
PT-76
150
Self-propelled Anti-tank Company p.19
5SU-100M145
Company Points:1745
www.EasyArmy.com Source document: Fate of a Nation booklet

 Yes, I know I was five points over... I'm horrible like that, but we played anyway.

I deployed two M51 platoons on the left one on the right with infantry and M48's in the center.

Facing 8 Ishermans. All Dustin's tanks.

Hiding from the SU-100's for now.

That is a terrifying firing line!

Forward!

An abyssal turn of shooting for the Ishermans sees only one T-54 dead.

M51's on the right shift, leaving the infantry to hold off the SU-100's

It is up close and personal now!

Hunting for recon.

At this range Egyptian armor starts to burn.

Hiding in the trees?

The PT-76's managed to penetrate the M51's armor twice... but failed firepower.

The surviving T-54's are now stationary.

They knock out a entire platoon of M51s! And the IS-3's nab a Patton.

But retribution is severe.

One of the last IS-3's knocks out one last Sherman.

Before being silenced.

The SU-100's moved over too late with the AA, but had taken out two Shermans on the right.

The recon had lived a charmed life and got right on top of the remaining Shermans before being knocked out.
Dustin had lost 4 of 7 platoons and also his commander so his force broke.

It was a fun quick game, with the outcome really in doubt the whole time, despite all the knocked out Egyptian tanks. I lost 7 out of 13 M51 Ishermans and 1 of my 2 Pattons.