Draco - Task Force Bravo

So, when did I last post here?

*Looks at date of last post*

Oh…

Ehh…

To be honest, I kinda lost the motivation to continue on this project when the league I was supposed to be playing in fell apart…damn squirrels…

But it did leave me open to a more relaxed working on a project – I just needed somthing to work on…

My initial thought was to do up the Shock Company I had always wanted to do – but that would require some time to get everything together, and I still had plenty of British stuff on hand. Then I remembered the scenarios at the back of the British army book – Call Sign Charlie/the Battle of Shellerten. Technically, you’re supposed to play the scenarios one after the other, but there is an option of playing the whole battle on a 6′ x 12′ table, all at once. It looks like a big ask, but I did the sums and got the total model count:

Chieftain Coy

1 x Chieftain Stillbrew HQ
3 x Chieftain Stillbrew
3 x Chieftain Stillbrew
3 x Chieftain
3 x Chieftain
2 x Chieftain
3 x Swingfire
2 x Scorpion
4 x Abbot

FV432 Coy

1 x FV432 HQ
Platoon – 2 Milan + 5 FV432
Platoon – GPMG + 4 FV432
Platoon – GPMG + 4 FV432
4 x FV432 Mortar
2 x Scimitar

Reece Coy

2 x Spartan HQ
4 x Scorpion
4 x Scorpion
4 x Scorpion
4 x Striker
Support Troop – 4 x GPMG Team

Brigade Support

Lynx Troop – Platoon + 3 Lynx
1 x FV432 FOO
4 x Spartan Blowpipe
4 x Rapier
2 x Lynx HELARM
4 x Harrier

And you know what, I think that it’s actually doable. I’ve actually got a portion of this already painted, and a bit more in stock, ready to paint. Might be a good way to get things going again! Sure, its plenty of tanks, but the Chieftain is fun to paint, and who doesn’t like lots of tanks?

The other thing is that it gives me a good base to work from to work out my Polish army list, even if some of the units aren’t complete available as Poles yet.

Soviet/Polish Opforce

T-72 Btn

1 x T-72 HQ
10 x T-72
6 x T-72 + 3 Mine Clearar
6 x T-72 + 2 Mine Clearer
2 x Shilka
2 x Gopher
3 x Carnation
Reece – 4 x BMP-2

BMP-2 Btn

1 Pltn + 4 BMP-1
1 Pltn + 4 BMP-2
2 Pltn + 9 BMP-2
Reece – 4 x BMP-2

Air Assault Btn

1 x Team HQ
2 Pltn + Spigot + Gremlin + AGS-17 GL
2 Pltn + Spigot

Divisional Support

6 x Hind
6 x Frogfoot

But that is a lot of BMP-2s…maybe I’ll give this a bit of an update once the new Warsaw Pact book comes out.

Welp, here goes nothing…