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09-15-2004, 04:48 AM
This is the first time when I post in this section, something I´ve never expected :) Anyway, I run ínto interestin page and want to share it with those who are interested ... although I guess it may have been posted before.
Chopper Down - Russian Style Game
This game was originally sent to us by Chris as a ‘home grown‘ scenario with some rules he had written. Chris is a 20mm wargamer, WWII mostly, but dabbles in 20mm modern using a variety of miniatures. This article is set in Afghanistan around 1988 and features a crack squad of Spetsnaz troops rescuing a downed helicopter crew from a Russian Mi-24 Hind ‘Krokodil’.
Introduction
Wargaming any military action has a quirky feel to it for me. I don’t like the idea of simulating death and destruction but then again it has never stopped me gaming something. This article is based on a scenario I played with friends many years ago, something like 1995 was the first time I ever played it fully, and sees Russian Special Forces in action, not the usual British or American Special Forces you normally always see.
If you go back to 1989 then the Russians are pulling out of Afghanistan after troubling times. Things did not go well for the Russians and the ‘Taliban’ are a force to be reckoned with. Interestingly if you look at reports that circulated after 1989 the Russians may well have pulled out visually but the role of the Special Forces, or Spetznaz as they themselves call them, continued.
http://www.wargamesjournal.com/postwwii/images/Chopper_10_June.jpg
Link (http://www.wargamesjournal.com/postwwii/chopper_down.asp)
Chopper Down - Russian Style Game
This game was originally sent to us by Chris as a ‘home grown‘ scenario with some rules he had written. Chris is a 20mm wargamer, WWII mostly, but dabbles in 20mm modern using a variety of miniatures. This article is set in Afghanistan around 1988 and features a crack squad of Spetsnaz troops rescuing a downed helicopter crew from a Russian Mi-24 Hind ‘Krokodil’.
Introduction
Wargaming any military action has a quirky feel to it for me. I don’t like the idea of simulating death and destruction but then again it has never stopped me gaming something. This article is based on a scenario I played with friends many years ago, something like 1995 was the first time I ever played it fully, and sees Russian Special Forces in action, not the usual British or American Special Forces you normally always see.
If you go back to 1989 then the Russians are pulling out of Afghanistan after troubling times. Things did not go well for the Russians and the ‘Taliban’ are a force to be reckoned with. Interestingly if you look at reports that circulated after 1989 the Russians may well have pulled out visually but the role of the Special Forces, or Spetznaz as they themselves call them, continued.
http://www.wargamesjournal.com/postwwii/images/Chopper_10_June.jpg
Link (http://www.wargamesjournal.com/postwwii/chopper_down.asp)