Bucha, Ukraine - 27 Feb 2022 - 15mm
15mm game - "Seven Days to the River Rhine" in 1973 Yom Kippur War
Had an awesome game of Seven Days to the River Rhine at Dask Krieg Haus today, where we used the system to recreate a battle between elements of Gabi Amir’s 460th Israeli Tank Brigade (890th Parachute Battalion / 35th Brigade attached) up against leading elements of Egyptian 3rd Armored Brigade / 4trh Tank Division – West Bank of the Suez Canal, 22 October 1973, near the end of the Yom Kippur War.
Israeli forces include Magach 3 tanks (M48A5s), Magach 2s in reserve (older M48A2s), M113 APCs, with some infantry, jeeps, paratroopers, and some A4 Skyhawks with airstrikes (carrying either “snake & nape” Mk 82 bombs and napalm, or Rockeye cluster bombs for antitank work). Egyptian forces include T-55s (a lot of T-55s), IS-3s from Third Army reserve, BTR-60s, infantry (well-equipped with AT-3 “Malyuka” Sagger ATGWs and RPG-7s), ZSU-23-4 “Shilka” SPAAGs, and off-board D-30 122m howitzers for support.
East side of the table, viewed from the north (Israeli set up / entry zone)
Tooking toward the west end of the table (Egyptian entry / set up zone)
What, are we playing Team Yankee here? Egyptian infantry squads with RPGs have made a bit of a mess here.
Magach 3s (M48A5s) ... my antennae got a little bent up in transit.
Israelis getting set up.
Egyptians getting set up.
First Israeli tank kills, long range hits on T-55 MBTs and a BTR-60 APC.
Old IS-3 tanks make an appearance!
Israeli paratroopers engage and destroy Egyptian infantry squads.
Looking southeast toward northwest.
Things get hairy under Egyptian artillery, Israeli airstrikes, close-up infantry shoot-outs, and longer-range tank duels.
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