Fought this scenario at my local clubs meeting on Dec 13th. Had four players two for the Pakistani and two Indian. Here is the layout of the battle and the forces for both sides.
The Indian forces consisted of a battalion of T72 tanks with a battalion of infantry in BMP1's a recon company of T55's and a PT76 and a artillery battalion of Abbot's.
The Pakistan forces included two battalions of M48A5 tanks with a battalion of infantry in M113's and a battalion of M109A1 artillery.
On the first turn the Indians arrive on the board and approach toward the objectives (the village of Nuiwa-Shar and the oilfields). They were able to make two moves before the Pakistan forces appeared on the table. The last picture shows the end of turn two. The action is about to start.
The start of turn three and first blood to the Indians.
But during their turn the Pakistani's get their revenge and with an accurate artillery barrage followed up by accurate tank fire were able to knock out 6 T72s. The bottom picture shows the end of the firing for Pakistan but before their move for the turn.
The next pictures show the end of turn three. The Pakistani start to spread out their armor but lose some to opportunity fire from the Indians and bring on their infantry battalion towards the oilfields.
Turn Four and the Indians catch the Pakistani infantry in close formation with their artillery and cause disruption and havoc among them. They also start to pull back away from the incoming artillery barrages to occupy the oilfields.
During the Pakistani turn four they are able to recover some of the infantry and take out some more of the T72's with a well placed artillery barrage followed up by tank and anti-tank fire.
During the Pakistan turn four movement they force the action towards the Indian entry point and the infantry starts to approach the oilfields.
Turn five and the Indians crush the Pakistani advance thru artillery and tank fire. The entire front of the advance is covered with burning armored vehicles.
The Indians consolidate their hold on the oilfields and the town by putting mixed teams of infantry and armor around the oilfields.
In desperation the Pakistani forces push thru the burning vehicles to force the issue
But walk into a hail of tank and anti-tank missile fire. Also the Indian's spotted what appears to be the Pakistani command group and call in a artillery barrage on them.
This is the breaking point for the Pakistani with their command disrupted and the Indians securely holding the village and oilfields its time to call it a day.
A fun game had by all. Next scenario will be Norway in 1985 with a British commando battalion and Norwegian home guard and recon forces trying to delay a Soviet advance.
