tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780195401099519720.post4402887386641935323..comments2024-03-01T02:57:28.885-08:00Comments on Glorious Little Soldiers: First Solo Big Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17235478427317774609noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780195401099519720.post-76700437436051924642020-06-21T07:45:07.832-07:002020-06-21T07:45:07.832-07:00Good to read a proper FIBNEWS battle report*
Rega...Good to read a proper FIBNEWS battle report*<br /><br />Regards, Chris.<br /><br />*(Fighting In Bits Nobody else Wants)Chris Kemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15784847480097649252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780195401099519720.post-86412761366976590582013-11-29T01:20:29.670-08:002013-11-29T01:20:29.670-08:00CVhris- there is nothing wrong with FUN- as long a...CVhris- there is nothing wrong with FUN- as long as there is something else as well. FUN alone is not enogh.... there should also be beer .... Big Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17235478427317774609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780195401099519720.post-27283382290728334442013-11-28T15:32:25.938-08:002013-11-28T15:32:25.938-08:00This is lovely Andy - your briefings in particular...This is lovely Andy - your briefings in particular make wargaming sound like FUN - be careful, mate! - and realistic too. Thanks for a good read and lovely pics, well done.<br />ChrisChris Gregghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03585623032053255569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780195401099519720.post-83543728110602905112013-11-28T06:09:23.094-08:002013-11-28T06:09:23.094-08:00Al - Jezeera propaganda- ! but only the second Ap... Al - Jezeera propaganda- ! but only the second Apache is "massaging the truth as I had forgotten about the Warrior. Big Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17235478427317774609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780195401099519720.post-13042418449899087802013-11-28T04:32:42.506-08:002013-11-28T04:32:42.506-08:00lets get this right, it was 2 apaches, a challenge...lets get this right, it was 2 apaches, a challenger, a warrior and a land rover!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780195401099519720.post-3819346355018051562013-11-28T01:53:54.475-08:002013-11-28T01:53:54.475-08:00 Ion I like that! Good thinking that man For mys... Ion I like that! Good thinking that man For myself I get really really fed up with the simplistic appraoch, at worst it becomes no more than a dice rolling contest surely we should be doing motre than that. Big Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17235478427317774609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780195401099519720.post-28423204150547709822013-11-27T21:42:54.818-08:002013-11-27T21:42:54.818-08:00Interesting! It's funny you should mention th...Interesting! It's funny you should mention that. My pal Brian (of the 'Fist Full of Plastic' blogspot) has similar notions with his Harad project, and quite a few others as well. A good many of his scenarios and set-ups require a different mind-set from the usual 'lets beat the snot outta them there baddy-type other guys, a.k.a. the enemy.' As a school teacher, he sees in war gaming a considerable potential for education - especially the sort of education that encourages actual thinking.Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780195401099519720.post-66283731960868125362013-11-27T02:04:45.996-08:002013-11-27T02:04:45.996-08:00Ion Yes precisely- I'm thiinking of developing... Ion Yes precisely- I'm thiinking of developing a mini- campaign with exactly those objectives for the Harraqis. As for the game itself if I'd have got my finger out and moved a bit faster I suspect we'd not have lost the challenger but would have lost more Infantry and perhaps inflicted more losses. The idea of imposing "Rules of Engagement on the Brits is also one I want to explore more fully . One thing I'm finding is that none of this is as obvious as it first appears. Hence the enjoyment. Big Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17235478427317774609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780195401099519720.post-33321412145168008522013-11-26T15:45:10.122-08:002013-11-26T15:45:10.122-08:00A fine set up, Andy, and it looks like a lot of fu...A fine set up, Andy, and it looks like a lot of fun - in prospect at any rate. Lots of shiny kit there. The impression I get, though, was that the objective of the Iraqui - sorry, Harraqui - Army, was to put up a creditable (if not credible) show. Even the cautiously deliberate approach you allow that you took (not to develop enemy threats too quickly was the aim, I infer) did not offer them much of a fighting chance of what we might call victory.<br /><br />Which leads me to a possibility that might well explain taking a 'softly, softly catchee Harraquee' line. This is also suggested by pleased reaction of the Mullah Mustapha at the close of the action: taking out a Challenger tank, and an Apache helicopter as well. It is this: suppose the Harraqui objective was less to hold the town and the Oil facility (those these of course would be the stated objectives), but merely to inflict damage upon the despised and pitiable infidel (despised and pitiable because they are infidels). The most expensive and embarrassing damage is the aim.<br /><br />Suppose this had been a real incident during the 2nd Gulf War, with the same outcome. You can imagine Tony Bliar being subjected to a close and searching questioning in the House, can you not! Well...Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.com