NATO, WAPA and the indefensibility of LandJut in NGP and D85

[JDR Dragoon]

And so, the hopefully final variants of the stock DF 85 scenario "850610_30sc_AFNorthHTH".

Changes to the stock scenario:

-Gave the polish 6th AB Div. the possibility of another dropzone on the crossings over the Kieler Canal west of Rendsburg.

-Added the missing parts of the danish Jutland Division and Landjut Corps as outlined in the thread above.

-Removed most of the danish units from the map. They beging to appear as reinforcements (with variable chance) from noon on the 10th and the next 48 hours forward (thus taking from 24-72 hours from a given unit begins mobilization to it appears on the north edge of the map). They then have to spend up to 24 hours more moving to the front (of course depending on how far north WAPA has reached of course).

-Moved some of the setup points for some of the german units. Also consolidated those piddly little platoon speedbumps of "Jagdpanzer Rakete" into units that might actually survive first contact.

-The german Heimatschutzbrigade 51 starts at full strenght (instead of at 66%), but takes 6 hours longer to release from its "Fixed" status.

-The inner areas of the city of Hamburg is greyed out, since it is not the players responsibility as LandJut commander to defend the city.

-Moved LandJut HQ to Rendsburg along with the german AA assets attached to LandJut (they were based at the Kaserne there, which also housed the german armys AA school).

-66% of WAPA units invading amphibiously starts the game as "Disrupted" and in addition they stand a variable chance of taking losses as well. This represents both attacks by german and danish Fast Attack Craft, aircraft and subs against the invasion fleet and the resistance and delays imposed by german local defence units.

-I also lenghtened the scenario by 3 turns (35 in all, or 5 days). The polish and east german plan complexes I have seen banked on WAPA forces being able to reach the danish border in 4 days, but that was with the massive use of nukes to help them along. We shall see if they can do that as well here with slightly less nasty WMDs to chuck around.

-WAPA supply counters also begins arriving as reinforcements earlier, and they arrive at hexes closer to the Inner German Border.

-No orders for the AI added whatsoever. I only have so much time on hand Wink. This scenario is strictly HTH.



There are four scenario variants in the ZIP file:

Variant 1: As outlined above. Should be played with "Explicit Supply" and "Artillery setup" as mandatory rules.

Variant 2: Makes the NATO side stronger by adding most of the german territorial units. They will release from "Fixed" status once they have finished mobilizing, which should begin happen 24-30 hours into the scenario with variable chance (thus taking from 42-48 hours and upwards from the units started mobilizing untill they finish. Of course the player then has to move them to where they are needed). On the flipside the NATO player is now saddled with defending (or at least screening off) the city of Hamburg. Should be playable without "Explicit Supply" and "Artillery Setup" as mandatory. Otherwise as variant 1.

Variant 3: Makes WAPA weaker by taking away 1 polish Mech Div, 1 polish Artillery Brigade, the polish Airborne and Marine units and an East German MotRifle Regiment plus various army level engineer, AT and helicopter units. These units are slated for their more likely wartime task of invading the danish isles offmap to the NE (parts of these isles can be seen in the NE corner of the map). Should be playable without "Explicit Supply" or "Artillery Setup" as mandatory. Otherwise as variant 1.

Variant 4: A "prepared" variant where NATO gets at least 72 hours of warning before the attack hits. Most of the NATO units have thus reached their GDPs along the IGB or in the rear areas and are dug in with a few minefields. Should be playable without "Explicit Supply" or "Artillery Setup" as mandatory. Otherwise as variant 1.

Comments and constructive criticism is of course welcome :)