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Shootout at the Suez - 1973 Yom Kippur War (Part 1)

April 23, 2023

Join us for a 15mm game of “Seven Days to the River Rhine” by Great Escape Games. This time we’re using the system to recreate a historical battle during the closing days of the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

Recovering from the shock and early defeats inflicted by a resurgent Egyptian Army, Israeli forces in the Sinai Peninsula have now crossed the embattled Suez Canal. Establishing a bridgehead on the canal’s west bank, the Israelis are now maneuvering south to cut off the Egyptian Third Army. Determined to halt this drive, Egyptian reserves had been mobilized to hit the Israelis in their right wing as they advance south to Port Suez. So as they advance to cut off the Egyptians, will the Israelis be cut off in turn?

Units include elements of Egyptian 113th Mechanized Brigade (6^th Mechanized Division) and 3^rd Armored Brigade (4^th Armored Division). Their missions is to stop via flanking counterattack elements of Gabi Amir’s 460^th Brigade (Adan’s 162^nd “Ugda”) reinforced by elite light infantry of the 890^th Paratrooper Battalion.