The first 4 mission against German territorial and army units I found quite easy, with only light losses on my side. I was especially low on tank losses with most of the fighting done by the MR regiment, with the main striking power of the tank regiment mostly used for exploitation and VP grabbing in the second part of the mission (often after enemy Sudden Death was already offered). Mission 5 came quite as a shock in comparison, being a night battle against the Americans. The AI played surprisingly defensive (I guess because of the two 10'000 VP at the Rhine) and did not do any counter attacks with tanks, which has often played to my advantage in previous scenarios. For the first time I had to commit the tank regiment to assault instead of exploit and those tanks just melted away like ice in the sun. This one Bradley platoon killed 7 T-80BV in a single salvo. Top scorer of the enemy was a M1A1 platoon with 28 tank and 13 APC kills. Another killer was the American superiority in artillery, both the counter battery fire and the steady stream of thermal imaging spotted missions on my positions. The enemy field artillery battalion (excluding mortars) scored 120 kills. Ouch!
Overall a great campaign for a great game.
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Scenario 1 concluded at 1403, Jul 23 1989
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* Soviet VPs:
VP Locations: 13,500
Enemy Losses: 2,521
Total: 16,021
Cumulative: 16,021
* West German VPs:
Enemy Losses: 782
Total: 782
Cumulative: 782
Greetings from the Inspectorate of the General Staff -
To: General, commanding Red Hammer
* In the battle of "CS1 Red Hammer" your forces worth 10,117 points secured 95% (16021 vs 782) of awarded victory points against an enemy force worth 3,547 points. The Inspectorate congratulates you and rates your performance as excellent.
* Your force has claimed 6 Recce, 20 Tank, 31 Inf, 10 SP AT, 11 HQ, 20 AD, 4 Arty and 68 Utility enemy subunits.
* By outnumbering the surviving enemy at the end of the engagement by four times or more you have secured possession of the battlefield. The enemy has had to abandon all fallen out subunits that it otherwise could have recovered.
* Remaining force tally -
Active: 13 Recce, 126 Tank, 96 APC, 87 Inf, 9 SP AT, 59 HQ, 24 AD, 18 SP Arty, 12 Arty and 30 Utility.
Fallen out: 2 Recce, 5 Tank, 3 APC, 2 Inf, 2 SP AT and 1 HQ.
Destroyed: 3 Recce, 8 Tank, 1 Inf, 2 SP AT, 3 HQ and 1 AD.
* By the end of the battle your units had a 87% average readiness and a command cyle duration of 28 minutes.
* Your force finished the encounter in relatively good shape and needs to refit for only a relatively short time to recover the 15 fallen out subunit(s).
Staff evaluation complete.
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Scenario 2 concluded at 0234, Jul 24 1989
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* Soviet VPs:
VP Locations: 9,200
Enemy Losses: 3,847
Total: 13,047
Cumulative: 28,615
* West German VPs:
VP Locations: 4,000
Enemy Losses: 1,232
Total: 5,232
Cumulative: 6,014
Greetings from the Inspectorate of the General Staff -
To: General, commanding Red Hammer
* In the battle of "CS2 Goddess of War" your forces worth 10,253 points secured 71% (13047 vs 5232) of awarded victory points against an enemy force worth 5,474 points. The Inspectorate congratulates you and rates your performance as excellent.
* Your force has claimed 7 Recce, 28 Tank, 3 APC, 101 Inf, 24 HQ, 14 AD, 2 Arty and 118 Utility enemy subunits.
* Remaining force tally -
Active: 20 Recce, 128 Tank, 71 APC, 60 Inf, 11 SP AT, 52 HQ, 18 AD, 18 SP Arty, 12 Arty and 44 Utility.
Fallen out: 8 Recce, 4 Tank, 14 APC, 18 Inf, 2 SP AT, 9 HQ, 7 AD and 2 Utility.
Destroyed: 3 Recce, 7 Tank, 14 APC, 12 Inf and 6 HQ.
* By the end of the battle your units had a 68% average readiness and a command cyle duration of 32 minutes.
* Your force finished the encounter in relatively good shape and needs to refit for only a relatively short time to recover the 64 fallen out subunit(s).
Staff evaluation complete.
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Scenario 3 concluded at 0400, Jul 25 1989
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* Soviet VPs:
VP Locations: 6,700
Enemy Losses: 6,986
Total: 13,686
Cumulative: 41,686
* West German VPs:
Enemy Losses: 1,340
Total: 1,340
Cumulative: 7,354
Greetings from the Inspectorate of the General Staff -
To: General, commanding Red Hammer
* In the battle of "Soviet Campaign2" [a user scenario] your forces worth 11,338 points secured 91% (13686 vs 1340) of awarded victory points against an enemy force worth 7,493 points. The Inspectorate congratulates you and rates your performance as excellent.
* Your force has claimed 23 Recce, 30 Tank, 53 APC, 40 Inf, 12 SP AT, 34 HQ, 17 SP Arty and 26 Utility enemy subunits.
* By outnumbering the surviving enemy at the end of the engagement by four times or more you have secured possession of the battlefield. The enemy has had to abandon all fallen out subunits that it otherwise could have recovered.
* Remaining force tally -
Active: 4 Recce, 141 Tank, 86 APC, 76 Inf, 5 SP AT, 64 HQ, 20 AD, 15 SP Arty, 11 Arty, 27 Utility and 4 Air.
Fallen out: 29 Recce, 9 Tank, 12 APC, 10 Inf, 5 SP AT, 3 HQ, 6 AD, 2 SP Arty, 1 Arty and 4 Utility.
Destroyed: 21 Recce, 1 Tank, 1 APC, 4 Inf, 3 SP AT, 2 HQ and 1 SP Arty.
* By the end of the battle your units had a 85% average readiness and a command cyle duration of 31 minutes.
* Your force finished the encounter in relatively good shape and needs to refit for only a relatively short time to recover the 81 fallen out subunit(s).
Staff evaluation complete.
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Scenario 4 concluded at 0521, Jul 26 1989
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* Soviet VPs:
VP Locations: 18,600
Enemy Losses: 7,147
Total: 25,747
Cumulative: 67,202
* West German VPs:
Enemy Losses: 1,632
Total: 1,632
Cumulative: 8,986
Greetings from the Inspectorate of the General Staff -
To: General, commanding Red Hammer
* In the battle of "Soviet Campaign2" [a user scenario] your forces worth 10,784 points secured 94% (25747 vs 1632) of awarded victory points against an enemy force worth 7,147 points. The Inspectorate congratulates you and rates your performance as excellent.
* Your force has claimed 43 Recce, 9 Helo, 32 Tank, 38 APC, 34 Inf, 19 HQ, 21 AD, 9 SP Arty and 28 Utility enemy subunits.
* By outnumbering the surviving enemy at the end of the engagement by four times or more you have secured possession of the battlefield. The enemy has had to abandon all fallen out subunits that it otherwise could have recovered.
* Remaining force tally -
Active: 8 Recce, 131 Tank, 48 APC, 46 Inf, 6 SP AT, 54 HQ, 19 AD, 40 SP Arty, 12 Arty and 30 Utility.
Fallen out: 5 Recce, 2 Tank, 29 APC, 22 Inf, 2 SP AT, 7 HQ, 4 AD, 2 SP Arty and 3 Utility.
Destroyed: 8 Recce, 6 Tank, 22 APC, 22 Inf, 5 SP AT, 4 HQ and 2 AD.
* By the end of the battle your units had a 85% average readiness and a command cyle duration of 24 minutes.
* Your force took significant - 12% - permanent losses and must refit for for a moderate time to recover the 76 fallen out subunit(s).
Staff evaluation complete.
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Scenario 5 concluded at 0900, Jul 27 1989
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* Soviet VPs:
VP Locations: 38,000
Enemy Losses: 8,812
Total: 46,812
Cumulative: 113,142
* American VPs:
Enemy Losses: 7,701
Total: 7,701
Cumulative: 16,687
Greetings from the Inspectorate of the General Staff -
To: General, commanding Red Hammer
* In the battle of "Soviet Campaign2" [a user scenario] your forces worth 11,673 points secured 86% (46812 vs 7701) of awarded victory points against an enemy force worth 10,920 points. The Inspectorate congratulates you and rates your performance as excellent.
* Your force has claimed 20 Recce, 33 Tank, 64 APC, 61 Inf, 11 SP AT, 11 AT, 22 HQ, 4 AD, 4 SP Arty and 2 Utility enemy subunits.
* By outnumbering the surviving enemy at the end of the engagement by four times or more you have secured possession of the battlefield. The enemy has had to abandon all fallen out subunits that it otherwise could have recovered.
* Remaining force tally -
Active: 6 Recce, 42 Tank, 51 APC, 57 Inf, 4 SP AT, 20 AT, 61 HQ, 27 AD, 6 SP Arty, 16 Arty and 39 Utility.
Fallen out: 2 Recce, 41 Tank, 91 APC, 57 Inf, 3 SP AT, 3 AT, 7 HQ, 6 AD, 12 SP Arty, 6 Arty and 9 Utility.
Destroyed: 10 Recce, 56 Tank, 35 APC, 30 Inf, 6 SP AT, 3 AT, 9 HQ, 4 AD and 2 Arty.
* By the end of the battle your units had a 86% average readiness and a command cyle duration of 16 minutes.
* Your force took very heavy - 21% - permanent losses and must refit for for a considerable time to recover the 237 subunit(s) that have fallen out.
Staff evaluation complete.
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Campaign Summation:
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To: General, commanding Red Hammer
You won 113,142 cumulative victory points completing 5 of 5 battles in the Soviet Campaign campaign in 95 hours. Also, you personally survived the battle.
Scenario 1: 95% rating - Decisive Success
Scenario 2: 71% rating - Decisive Success
Scenario 3: 91% rating - Decisive Success
Scenario 4: 94% rating - Decisive Success
Scenario 5: 86% rating - Decisive Success
Your overall success based on your average outcome is a decisive success.
Your forces claimed a grand total 86 Recce, 9 Helo, 109 Tank, 124 APC, 236 Inf, 26 SP AT, 11 AT, 93 HQ, 55 AD, 20 SP Arty, 6 Arty and 224 Utility enemy subunits destroyed in combat.
Apart from fallen out subunits, your forces took unrecoverable lifetime losses of 34 Recce, 75 Tank, 71 APC, 68 Inf, 16 SP AT, 3 AT, 23 HQ, 7 AD, 1 SP Arty and 2 Arty subunits. They accumulated 31 medal(s) for heroism and leadership and 16 medal(s) for valor in recognition of their losses.
Transmission ends.
Campaign record complete.