Bucha, Ukraine - 27 Feb 2022 - 15mm
Swordpoint - US vs. USSR in Iran, Alternate 1990
A few table photos (okay, really video snap pics, so apologies for the slightly poor quality).
From this past Saturday’s game of Seven Days to the River Rhine (15mm) at Das Krieg Haus (South Florida Miniature Gaming Club)
Scale: 15mm
Table 6′ x 8′
Scenario: US vs. USSR in Iran, alternate 1990, Harold Coyle’s Swordpoint novel.
Table was 48 square feet,so it was tough to get the whole thing in one still frame.
1980s Soviet Motor Rifle infantry
Eagle Troop, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment
That Avenger was a salvaged "wrecked" HMMWV originally intended as junked terrain. Salvaged, cut the back off, and scratch-built the quad Stinger launcher and sensor array on the back. Magnetized for rotation. Also, 1990-91 "chocolate chip" camo is a pain in the ass to paint in 15mm.
First Abrams coming on to lower right. I like the small scenarios in 7DttRR, smaller model count avoids the "tank parking lots" we see in other systems. Of course, an 8 x 6 table helps. :D 
Bring in the Hinds! 
It took about six hits, but finally an AT-5 Spandral on the flank of Abrams' "Chobham" armor got through and crippled the first VERY expensive M1A1 Abrams. 
Americans reply with an AH-64D "Longbow" variant Apache. This one's for you, Gaz! 
Soviet force has taken a hell of a beating, judging by the mass of wrecked and exploded tanks and APCs (in 7DttRR it DOES matter which tanks are just knocked out and which are actually EXPLODED). Is this Iran or Ukraine?
Americans certainly don't have it all their own way, as we see with the crippled M2 Bradley. At least the infantry escaped the wreck. 
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