Sometimes its just a road, and other times its not. Eaglewing VTOL transports ferry troops forward along a main arterial road to the front
Its safe here, the VTOLs don't even need an escort
Modern warfare can change that in an instant. Peace is shattered by an advancing column of Free Foreign Legion (FFL) armour
Gun jeeps and drones act as recce
Medium armour screens the command group
Heavy MBTs and Tank Destroyers flank the hills
The Waldheim Dragoons can only muster a single Medium tank Troop in defense, they have to hold while reinforcements rush in
The Dragoons Troop lies in wait behind a hill
The FFL armour ranges forwards seeking new targets
The Dragoons unmask and engage
Boom! First kill, a FFL MBT KOd
Hit, Overkill, Boom!
The other Dragoons KO'd a main gun on one other tank and destroyed a missile jeep
FFL heavies surge forwards to exact their revenge
Missiles away!
Heavy powerguns blaze, destroying one Dragoon vehicle, the others remain unscathed
The command vehicle and remaining missile jeep assumes control of the drones, pulling them back into hull-down positions
Drones drop into ridges on the hill
Missile swarm away!
Drozd shoot down incoming
Dragoon reinforcements appear, a troop of heavy MBTs
The heavies move into firing positions
BOOM! BOOM! FFL lose two heavies and a medium MBT
The surviving medium MBTs retreat to cover before firing
KABOOM, a shot slices through a Dragoon Heavy MBT
Missile out
The Dragoon's command group appears on the horizon
Meanwhile, FFL missiles all whiff. Dragoons win initiative and opt to pile on the misery
KABOOOOOOOM, twice, really.
Medium MBTS keep up the retreat
Missiles away
KA-SPLAT! Top attack missile takes out the last Dragoon medium MBT
FFL missiles from the jeeps whiff (again), Dragoon heavies advance to gain shots
Predictable, Boom, Boom, and more. All FFL MBTs lost, drones down too
The FFL commander opts to retreat with the remains of the FFL force
This is going to be a tough one to explain
Waldheim Dragoons win the day, but the cost is high
Hulks litter the battlefield
Both sides took a beating
Ah tanks, I thought it was time for a break from infantry and where better for a tank battle than the equatorial deserts. Cover was minimal, this was a pure slug fest, and what fun it was too.
And finally, a quick word about my toys. The FFL and Commonwealth forces do not appear in the Slammers at all. When I started playing the Crucible rules I was using the kit I had, most of which was older GZG and Brigade vehicles. I've been playing with them as FFL and Commonwealth for years, all I did was badge them up using HS decals from Ainsty and I had two ready-made forces to use. Since then I've rebadged these green and brown Old Crow vehicles into being the Waldheim Dragoons, this is why they don't use the cannon blower tanks. I do have blowers, they are next in the painting queue, just need to finish the Wolverines and a few more Dragoons then its Slammers time.
Its safe here, the VTOLs don't even need an escort
Modern warfare can change that in an instant. Peace is shattered by an advancing column of Free Foreign Legion (FFL) armour
Gun jeeps and drones act as recce
Medium armour screens the command group
Heavy MBTs and Tank Destroyers flank the hills
The Waldheim Dragoons can only muster a single Medium tank Troop in defense, they have to hold while reinforcements rush in
The Dragoons Troop lies in wait behind a hill
The FFL armour ranges forwards seeking new targets
The Dragoons unmask and engage
Boom! First kill, a FFL MBT KOd
Hit, Overkill, Boom!
The other Dragoons KO'd a main gun on one other tank and destroyed a missile jeep
FFL heavies surge forwards to exact their revenge
Missiles away!
Heavy powerguns blaze, destroying one Dragoon vehicle, the others remain unscathed
The command vehicle and remaining missile jeep assumes control of the drones, pulling them back into hull-down positions
Drones drop into ridges on the hill
Missile swarm away!
Drozd shoot down incoming
One missile gets through and slams into the top of the tank, destroying it
Dragoon reinforcements appear, a troop of heavy MBTs
The heavies move into firing positions
BOOM! BOOM! FFL lose two heavies and a medium MBT
The surviving medium MBTs retreat to cover before firing
KABOOM, a shot slices through a Dragoon Heavy MBT
Missile out
The Dragoon's command group appears on the horizon
Meanwhile, FFL missiles all whiff. Dragoons win initiative and opt to pile on the misery
KABOOOOOOOM, twice, really.
Medium MBTS keep up the retreat
Missiles away
KA-SPLAT! Top attack missile takes out the last Dragoon medium MBT
FFL missiles from the jeeps whiff (again), Dragoon heavies advance to gain shots
Predictable, Boom, Boom, and more. All FFL MBTs lost, drones down too
The FFL commander opts to retreat with the remains of the FFL force
This is going to be a tough one to explain
Waldheim Dragoons win the day, but the cost is high
Hulks litter the battlefield
Both sides took a beating
Ah tanks, I thought it was time for a break from infantry and where better for a tank battle than the equatorial deserts. Cover was minimal, this was a pure slug fest, and what fun it was too.
And finally, a quick word about my toys. The FFL and Commonwealth forces do not appear in the Slammers at all. When I started playing the Crucible rules I was using the kit I had, most of which was older GZG and Brigade vehicles. I've been playing with them as FFL and Commonwealth for years, all I did was badge them up using HS decals from Ainsty and I had two ready-made forces to use. Since then I've rebadged these green and brown Old Crow vehicles into being the Waldheim Dragoons, this is why they don't use the cannon blower tanks. I do have blowers, they are next in the painting queue, just need to finish the Wolverines and a few more Dragoons then its Slammers time.
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