Cpl Steiner Posted May 18, 2017 Author Share Posted May 18, 2017 I had not forgotten Chad and the Toyotas. The post-WWII African theatre has seen a huge amount of conflict. Here's the African scenarios from that board game "Test of Arms" I mentioned... 9 Jul 77,1, Assault on Mustali, Ogaden War, WSLF: Inf. Co., Ethiopia: Mech. Co. 19 Mar 87,15, Battle of Bir Koba Pass, Libya v. Chad, Chad: 1 Toyota Co., Libya: 1 Tk. Co. (+) 22 Mar 87, 16, Fall of Wadi Doum, Libya v. Chad, Chad: 2 x Toyota Co., Libya: 1 Tk Co. (+) 21 Aug 87, 17, Surprise at Aozou, Libya v. Chad, Chad: 2 x Toyota Co., Libya: 2 x Tk Co. 13 Sep 87,2, Bridgehead at the Lomba River Angolan Civil War, UNITA: 1 Mech Bn. 3 x med bty. Angola: 1 Mech Bn., 2 x lt. bty 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thewood1 Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Garviteam has the Angolan wars covered, that kind of fits in here. Steel beasts has Toyota technicals with RCL, DshK MG, and a mortar. They also have African infantry, regular and irregular, with T-55s, BTRs, BMPs, and T-72s. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 But they don't have the CM Engine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOS:96B2P Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 On 5/14/2017 at 10:58 PM, Cpl Steiner said: <Snip> The title would cover the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s, focusing on theatres outside of Europe (primarily Africa and the Far East but including the Falkland Islands). Belgians in the Congo, Mercenaries, African post-independence Civil Wars, Vietnam, Cubans in Angola, Brits in Aden, etc. <Snip> Yes this would be very cool. I would really enjoy a CM game in the above time period. I'm not sure if you saw it but @Combatintman released a new CMSF scenario Operation Barras set in Sierra Leone. With the appropriate mods installed it reminds me of reading Soldier of Fortune (SOF) magazine back in the day. SOF had stories of the Rhodesian light infantry, South African raids, SWAPO etc. If you are interested in those kind of missions you would probably enjoy Operation Barras. Here is the link to a thread discussing it. And a few screenshots to show what is possible with the mods. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 I'll second that recommendation, great scenario. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLeftFlank Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Just watched the new film "Siege of Jadotville". Not downright awful, though about what you'd expect in terms of historical and tactical accuracy (I expect the Katangese were pretty inept though). Seems like the Irish did quite well, all things considered. The real deal is recounted here: http://source.southdublinlibraries.ie/bitstream/10599/4927/2/The battle of Jadotville.pdf 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Combatintman Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 @LongLeftFlankIf you ever think about reviving the DBP project I think there is huge mileage (or kilometreage ) in it even though I don't own CMBN. If you move away from the set piece of DBP, there is scope for all sorts of stuff in Indochina which would make your difficulties with trench behaviour less critical. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLeftFlank Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 D'accord. Beaucoups "rues sans joie". Un jour.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Combatintman Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 12 minutes ago, LongLeftFlank said: D'accord. Beaucoups "rues sans joie". Un jour.... Merci - I was thinking of Operation Camargue as a starter for ten ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Camargue 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 (edited) Slightly off the main topic, but in relation to the above.....This is a lot of fun: Edited May 22, 2017 by Sgt.Squarehead 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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