The Battle For Bad Salzgitter

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The war began early on August 2, 1989. By mid morning the 10th Guards Tank Division had brushed aside the British screening force along the Inner German Border. The division ordered the 63rd Guards Tank Regiment to attack south of Bad Salzgitter to clear elements from the British 11th Armoured Brigdae.

Suspected British positions.

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Using the low ground to cover their movement towards the objectives.

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Terrain view

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First contact - a British Scimitar near the regiment's axis of advance is engaged.

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The division emplaced SA-8's on the high ground it had just occupied. The mobile SAM's begin engaging radar detected helicopters, probably scouts attempting to locate the advancing Soviet armor.

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A battery of 2S1's were attached to the regiment, and ordered forward to provide immediate support to the advanced guard.

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The recon element engaging British units, and calling in a fire mission to the attached 2S1's.

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The regiment also was allocated a significant number of aircraft to support its assault.

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MLR strike on forward British positions.

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Soviet tank regiment on the move.

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The British begin engaging the lead elements of the regiment


The Soviet advanced guard is ordered to assault the ridgeline.


Soviet smokescreen


Soviet forces clear the open ground unscathed.


Artillery strike called on British positions.


The battle continues.


A British Scimitar survived the artillery only to be destroyed by the assaulting BMP's.

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The Soviet advanced guard pushing further west.

[exsonic01]

Good ground for battle. How's units behaving on the step-wise roads? For my map, I'm mostly linearizing roads with angles other than 0, 45, and 90 degree, mix of straight and 45 degree line. But your map design with step roads looks good as well.

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ORIGINAL: exsonic01

Good ground for battle. How's units behaving on the step-wise roads? For my map, I'm mostly linearizing roads with angles other than 0, 45, and 90 degree, mix of straight and 45 degree line. But your map design with step roads looks good as well.

It’s very interesting terrain. The aI placed some infantry in a location I didn’t anticipate, and I’m currently trying to bring through them with the remainder of my advanced guard. If I can clear them I can unleash two tank battalions in the flat ground where the actual objectives lie.


I don’t believe they impact movement any differently then “diagonal” roads. In reality they all are steps, it’s just the terrain files show “diagonals”. The other thing to remember is the units don’t move grid to grid like in a hex based game, they actually move across the ground meter by meter.

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SU-17 enroute to attack British forces occupying a key chokepoint.

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A minute later, the same SU-17 moments before it crashed - engaged by some sort of anti-aircraft fire before releasing its ordnance.

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Soviet casualties, caught in the open when British artillery began impacting their positions.

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British Harriers inbound.

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Soviet T-80's winding their way through a forest path.

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Soviet advanced guard has cleared British forces.