Dear Ahmed, You should probably get someone in radio security, ASA, or something like that. Considering the Soviet model, I would imagine the C.O. wouold have...
Alex Newman
zennine@...
Dec 6, 2006 8:19 pm
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Has anyone any knowledge of the ground units used and their respective TOE's ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Units sent: Capital Division (Tiger), sent 29 Semptember 1965, departed 10 March 1973. Located at Qui Nhon. HHC (arrived 29 September) Cavalry Regiment...
Had first game of Nam 10mm combat Sun/Mon night. I have to say it's not half bad. Both my son Jake and I had a platoon each - (1 LT, 2 M60 stands, 7 and 5...
I posted this in another Yahoo group a while ago now, but realized that people here might be interested to see it too. Think of it like a Christmas present...
Would anyone have info on tactical markings and nose art of this unit. It was called 'Stacked Deck' and was part fo the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). ...
hope you had a merry xmass and will have a happy new year the NVA/ VC squad LMG, was it belt-fed or magazine-fed? was it used as a base of fire whilst the rest...
snip ... I think that you must be confused. Each US squad had an M60 plus the support platoon had two to supplement the fire of the squad mgs. Nigel...
... support platoon had two to supplement the fire of the squad mgs. ... i saw some TO&Es and they had the two M60s in the weapons squad and none in the rifle...
M60s were never in the official TO&E for the rifle squad. The BAR had no direct replacement at squad level, with the training being to have the riflemen fire...
I am interested in branching out and doing some riverine games but need to track down a set of rules. Does anyone know where I could track down a copy of Free...
Some one had posted a TOE for a really light rifle unit, with two M-60's, and 2 M-79's. State side organization. Each squad wouold have an M-60 and an M-79,...
Alex Newman
zennine@...
Dec 28, 2006 4:05 am
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In the Cav we had 3-4 M-60/platoon, or one per squad. I can remember having 2-M-60's in to the front for point. The reason the Germans had a 2 -faster ...
Alex Newman
zennine@...
Dec 28, 2006 4:13 am
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Due to poor eyes and scale change I have placed all my 15mm Nam figures and 1/300 Nam aircraft on ebay. Seller name dradnought1905 ...
Anyone played this game? I found that in playing it I wonder now about the whole 'god like view' of the gamingboard or wargame table where u can see the...
In as much as we would stumble into their fixed positions. Yes. But if you count setting up automatic ambushes as initiating combat, or killing someone at...
Alex Newman
zennine@...
Dec 28, 2006 8:41 am
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my fault for mentioning the M60s interesting they used them as part of the fire team, i note that modedrn 4-man fireteams often include the SAW/LMG as part of...
... Yes. Depending on what the troops were givcen it could be belt fed maxim or maxim style MG's, belt fed russian or chinese or French or US LMG's or it could...
According to the published statistics the NVA\VC initiated the majority of their contacts with AMerican forces (but in Australian and ROK areas the FWA ...
... It was one of the "regular" games that we played over lunch at uni. Once we got the hang of it (which didn't take long) we could polish off a few scenarios...
David Manley
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Dec 28, 2006 8:03 pm
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Hey thanks Alex & Arrigo for the quick replies. Fixed positions being bunkers, spider holes, snipers dug in, fortified villages I would imagine. I know that...
Thanks David. Yes the game is nerve wracking (dummy counters and group counters help this bigtime) and I want to get that EDGE into my gaming. Board & mini....
Thanks Arrigo! Where did u get those stats please? Very interesting. Yes the Americans were out there looking alright. No wonder they were hit with boobytraps,...
Bert, if the action cited in Sheenan that you have referred is Ap Bac (and his accounts of that battle is pretty untrustable like almost 99% of his book...)...
I'm not familiar with those rules, but I have GHQ's Mekong rules. Written by the same guy that did Avalon Hill's MBT and IDF games, it is pretty inclusive in...
Yes ApBac was the battle. His accounts of this battle untrustable? Wow! Was he that much of a ratbag-yeah the ARVN got a pasting in this battle what with wrong...
Bert, a more bḷanced view of Ap Bac was found in Palmer "Summons of the Trumpet" and in Moyar "Triumph Forsaken". Part of the falw of Sheenan is thathe was...
The question is one of level of contact. If I move two airmobile brigades into a sector, while the point elements of the infantry companies will be ambushed,...
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