Lithuanian Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 Looking for book recommendations or, even better, links to accounts of night attacks by the Kiwis. I have read a few things that mention them, but nothing of a scenario-building nature. Actually hoping for a wad of cash from their military 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 http://www.nzetc.org/corpora/WH2.html 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
76mm Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 The CMAK Companion has several good accounts of NZ night fighting, including Chapters #19, #46, #55, #78 & 129, most of which are from the New Zealand Official Histories. Good luck! Tom 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooz Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 Lithuanian? Tu kalbi Lietuviskai? Good to see more Lithuanians about. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 Jon's link is a treasure trove 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dook Posted June 3, 2004 Share Posted June 3, 2004 Is it my imagination, or has the number of volumes available on the NZ Electronic Test Center expanded significantly? I seem to recall only a few volumes available. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted June 3, 2004 Share Posted June 3, 2004 First (about 18 months ago) there were five, then (over Christmas - New Years 2003/2004) about 20, now its 45. I don't know when the latest jump up occurred - I wasn't excpecting it till next southern-summer (varsity holidays = cheap labour). The plan was always to do all 50 of them. Of those 50, about 40 relate more-or-less directly to 2(NZ)Div. Thus, any battle that the Div was involved in is covered in quite emarkable detail, and from any number of angles. BTW, the "Episodes and Studies" contain a number of small magazine-type pieces that cover particular facets, some of which would make for very good CMAK scen sources. I'm thinking of Guns Against Tanks inparticular, and also Takrouna (which I've already mined extensively). Regards JonS 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lithuanian Posted June 3, 2004 Author Share Posted June 3, 2004 Originally posted by JonS: First (about 18 months ago) there were five, then (over Christmas - New Years 2003/2004) about 20, now its 45. I don't know when the latest jump up occurred - I wasn't excpecting it till next southern-summer (varsity holidays = cheap labour). The plan was always to do all 50 of them. Of those 50, about 40 relate more-or-less directly to 2(NZ)Div. Thus, any battle that the Div was involved in is covered in quite emarkable detail, and from any number of angles. BTW, the "Episodes and Studies" contain a number of small magazine-type pieces that cover particular facets, some of which would make for very good CMAK scen sources. I'm thinking of Guns Against Tanks inparticular, and also Takrouna (which I've already mined extensively). Yes, thanks much for that link. I had actually seen that long ago, but presumably before the jump-up you refer to. Mining it now, if there are any night ones that jump out, let's hear it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfish Posted June 3, 2004 Share Posted June 3, 2004 I am putting the finishing touches on a scenario that depicts the 28th Maori battalion's night attack on the El Mreir depression. Best played as allies vs A.I., it features a 112-gun / 6,000 round opening barrage. Of course, Jon is listed in the credits 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted June 3, 2004 Share Posted June 3, 2004 Right through the summer of El Al there were heaps of night attacks. Actually, I think through all those months (June - December) the div never attacked (or even moved tactically) during the day. Two examples: During July 1942 2(NZ)Div mounted two night bde-level attacks on or near Ruweisat Ridge. Both went reasonably well during the night advance. Both got trampled badly at dawn when the panzers turned up before friendly a-tk assets arrived. Op CRUSADER (Nov-Jan 41/42) again has dozens of night attacks. The attacks along the Sidi Rezegh escarpments offer plenty of interesting situations. Most of the major operations detailed in 'Bardia to Enfidaville' (incl Tebaga Gap) occurred at night. I think they must have had a good source for carrots, or sumfink. In general, if you don't have a particular battle in mind, take a browse through the maps in the campaign histories (Relief of Tobruk, Battle for Egypt, Alam Halfa and Alamein, Bardia to Enfidaville) looking for something that looks interesting or familar, then read the surrounding text, and refer to all the unit (inf bn, recce regt, arty, engr, MG, etc) histories for more details and background. It might also be covered in the E&Ss. If you want to do something in Greece, Crete, or Italy you will (until next year) need to skip the first step and go straight to the unit histories. The arty one might work as a stand in for the campaign histories there, since they tended to play a fairly pivotal role in all the Divs actions. General points: 1) bear in mind that the default OOBs included in CMAK often require a bit of work to make them match reality. 2) your NZ units (and the other CW too for that matter) shouldn't ever be at more than 90% strength to reflect LOBs. Often they should be significantly lower. Regards JonS [ June 03, 2004, 05:06 PM: Message edited by: JonS ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted June 3, 2004 Share Posted June 3, 2004 Originally posted by Kingfish: ... a scenario that depicts ... El Mreir depression. ... it features a 112-gun / 6,000 round opening barrage.w00t! Let me know if you need/want it playtested 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfish Posted June 5, 2004 Share Posted June 5, 2004 OK, the (almost) final version is reading for a final spin if anyone is interested. Jon, I am sending you a copy. Let me know what you think of it, what needs tweaking, etc. BTW, I was wrong on the number of guns, its 106, and rounds, 3800+. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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