Coastal Highway Sword of Israel #21 |
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(Attacker) State of Israel | vs | Arab Republic of Egypt (Defender) |
Formations Involved |
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Total | |
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Side 1 | 1 |
Draw | 0 |
Side 2 | 1 |
Overall Rating, 2 votes |
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3.5
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Scenario Rank: --- of 918 |
Parent Game | Sword of Israel |
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Historicity | Historical |
Date | 1967-06-08 |
Start Time | 06:30 |
Turn Count | 14 |
Visibility | Day |
Counters | 57 |
Net Morale | 1 |
Net Initiative | 3 |
Maps | 1: 66 |
Layout Dimensions | 43 x 28 cm 17 x 11 in |
Play Bounty | 157 |
AAR Bounty | 171 |
Total Plays | 2 |
Total AARs | 1 |
Battle Types |
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Delaying Action |
Exit the Battle Area |
Road Control |
Conditions |
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Randomly-drawn Aircraft |
Terrain Mods |
Scenario Requirements & Playability | |
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Sword of Israel | Base Game |
Introduction |
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At dawn the Israeli Granit Force jumped off from Romani headed toward Kantara and the Suez Canal 40 kilometers away. At a narrow causeway across a salt marsh they encountered an Egyptian blocking force. |
Conclusion |
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Trading shots with the Egyptians did not seem to promise victory so the Israeli jeeps with recoilless rifles began maneuvering through the marshy ground to turn the flanks. The T-55s tried to react by also moving into marshy terrain but several became mired and had to be abandoned. Eventually, threatened with being surrounded, the blocking force pulled out. |
AFV Rules Pertaining to this Scenario's Order of Battle |
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Pound your way through | ||||||||||||
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The Israeli Granit Task Force has the mission to drive to the Suez Canal at Kantara. Along the way they encounter an Egyptian blocking force blocking the causeway of a salt marsh. The Egyptians have dug in infantry and t-55 tanks. The Israelis have a mobile force in AMX-13 light tanks and jeeps. The Israelis opt to attempt to knockout the south flank T-55s and then attempt to outflank the position around the south flank. However, the tank duel does not go as planned and weakly armored AMX-13s take heavy losses before destroying all the T-55s. the Egyptians maneuver their northern T-55 into a good position that forced the Israelis to come forward. Now the Israeli commander is faced with reducing the Egyptian infantry blocking force and bulling through across the causeway. This works with air support pounding the Egyptian positions. With no threat to the AMX-13s, the Israelis hammer the Egyptian infantry throughout the morning and finally breaking them by 0930. But the price was high in AMX-13 casualties. In the real battle the Israelis held back with the AMX-13s in along range duels and tried to outflank the position with the 106mm RCL jeeps. The Egyptians counterattacked with the T-55s into the marsh and mired all the vehicles. Once the infantry was without tank support and outflanked, they simply withdrew. |
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