"Tiger Scramble"

Game 3

The Iranian Air Force has planes operating from a forward airbase, to help their air assets in the area, Iraqi air force command has launched a mission to destroy the airfield.

Deployment: Long Edges

Mission: Strike (Airstrip)

Points Value: 400pts

Iranian Forces (Defender)

--F-5E Tiger II

-Average pilot (Akbar Hasani)

-x2 AIM-9P

--F-5E Tiger II

-Average pilot (Mehri Seyed)

-x2 AIM-9P

--F-4E Phantom

-Average pilot (Milad Shir)

-x2 AIM-9P

--F-4E Phantom

-Average pilot (Jafar Ali)

-x2 AIM-9P

--F-14A Tomcat

-Competant pilot (Parvis Azizi)

-x2 AIM-9P

-X2 AIM-7E-4

--F-14A Tomcat

-Competant pilot (Keyvan Bayat)

-x2 AIM-9P

-X2 AIM-7E-4

-ADS-4 Radar

-x3 Light AAA

-x2 Hawk PAR Radar

-x4 MIM-23 Hawk SAM

-x2 AAA Radar

-x3 Medium AAA

-x2 Heavy AAA

The Plan

The AAA defenses will provide decent protection, the Tomcats will arrive on turn one and can cause some concern for iraqi forces. The F-5s will start on the airfield and take off on turn two, with the Phantoms arriving later in the game.

Turn 1: Both F-14A Tomcats arrives at altitude 5

Turn 2: Both F-5E Tigers take off

Turn 6: Both Phantoms arrive at altitude 4

Iraqi Forces (Attacker)

--Tu-16

-Average pilot (Ahmed Aziz)

-x36 Bombs

--Tu-16

-Average pilot (Jabra Hamid)

-x36 Bombs

--Su-20

-Average pilot (Athar Attieh)

-x2 Kh-28

--Su-20

-Average pilot (Risan Aati)

-x2 Kh-28

--MiG-21MF

-Average pilot (Dhari Madi)

-x2 R-60

-x2 Bombs

--MiG-21MF

-Average pilot (Ramzy Hantous)

-x2 R-60

--MiG-23MLA

-Competant pilot (Sultan Marza)

-x2 R-60

--MiG-23MLA

-Average pilot  (Siham Fayad)

-x2 R-60

--MiG-23MLA

-Average pilot (Adeep Cridi)

-x2 R-60

The Plan

The Su-20s with a MiG-21 escort will arrive first, the Sukhois job is to eliminate any radars, one mig has bombs for a chance oppotunity target but their job is to provide air cover.

The Tu-16s will arrive later to carpet bomb the airfield, they are escorted by a trio of MiG-23s which are to engage any air targets they find.

Turn 1: Both Su-20s and both MiG-21s arrive at altitude 3

Turn 3: Both Tu-16s and all the MiG-23s arrive at altitude 4

Set up

TURN 1

The first Iraqi strike arrives, two MiG-21's escorting the SU-20's, the Sukhois drop altitude a little ready for the attack run.

Two Iranian F-14's also arrive.

TURN 2

The two MiG-21's establish locks on the F-14's While the Sukhois each fire a Kh-28 missile, one heading for the early warning radar while another heads for a SAM guildance radar.

The F-14's establish locks on the Sukhois and fire off AIM-7E-4 missiles.

The two F-5's on the runway take off, two HAWK SAM missiles take to the air tracking the MiG's.

TURN 3

Dhari Madi tries to out climb the SAM missile in his MiG but fails, he ejects before the plane is blown in two.

Ramzy Hantous tries the same, he is more successful but shrapnel penetrates the canopy wounding him.

The first AIM-7E-4 hits its target, Athar Attieh fails to spot the incoming missile, its impact causes a fuel leak, Attieh breaks off and heads back to Iraqi airspace.

The second Sukhoi tries to evade the missile but is destroyed, Risan Aati manages to eject.

The two F-5s come around, as the second Iraqi strike group arrives.

Ramzy Hantous heads over the airfield, he is hit by some AA fire that does little damage, but a SAM streaks up and blows the whole rear of his MiG apart, he ejects.

TURN 4

The first Kh-28 Missile finally hits the SAM radar.

Both the F-5's start to climb and open up their after burners, the two F-14's perform a Split-S.

The Iraqi strike group drop their payload, and a total of 72 bombs devastate the airfield.

Some AA fire hits with little effect, but a SAM blows a MiG-23 out of the sky, and Adeep Cridi goes down with his plane.

TURN 5

The Strike group Carrie's on its heading and start to climb, one of F-14's manage to acquire a lock on the trailing Tu-16 but its last AIM-7E-4 fails to launch.

The last Kh-28 finally hits and destroys the early warning radar.

TURN 6

The Iraqi strike group RTB's, their mission achieved, the two Iranian F-14's also RTB due to low fuel as the Phantoms arrive.

Aftermath

Pretty solid result for the Iraqi's as they hit the airfield hard! But they did take a bit of beating themselves.

Iraq

Ramzy Hantous = Seriously Wounded

Adeep Cridi = KIA

-20% pts to Su-20

-15% pts to Tu-16

-20% pts to MiG-21MF

-10% pts to MiG-23MLA

-10%pts to Su-20 (damaged, 1 turn)

Iran

Alireza Khalili = KIA

-10% pts to F-5 Tiger II

-15% pts Hawk PAR Radar

-5% pts Medium AAA

-5%pts ADS-4 Radar

Four on Four

 Four on Four

Although I have played Squadron Commander before, it's been a while since I last played so we are starting a fresh.

Keeping it simple, we opted for Four fighters each with an equal points value, no missiles were chosen as this was a back to basics game.

Drawing my own 'cover' picture due to the lack of Squadron Commander pictures I can find.

The Scene

The Varyag Class Battle-carrier burst from hyperspace at the systems outer edge, its huge shape dwarfing the two Stoykiy Class destroyers.
Within minutes flights of Sokol Interceptors were launching and fanning out into the system on Recon orders as the big ships scanned what they could on passive sensors while on silent running.

Captain Dupont sat in his Comete's cockpit, full attention on his crafts sensors. Scan-Sats on the systems edge had detected what seemed like a hyperspace wake, which could mean something had left, arrived or it was a false reading. Over the last few weeks ghost readings had become more common and merchant men had reported ghost ships that would appear and suddenly disappear.
The rumours increased tenfold when a light freighter had drifted in system with no damage but all its crew missing.
He hated search and recon sorte's, he had been a combat pilot for nearly five years and lived for the thrill of combat, not as a sensor operator.

Neo-Soviet

-Sokol Interceptor

Captain Barinov

Skill: 12

Marksman

-Sokol Interceptor

Lieutenant Dobrow

Skill: 8

Poor Scanner Operator

-Sokol Interceptor

Lieutenant Poletov

Skill: 8

No Ability

-Sokol Interceptor

Lieutenant Mikhailov

Skill: 9

Marksman

Euro-Fed

-Comete Light Interceptor

Captain Dupont

Skill: 11

Poor Scanner Operator

-Comete Light Interceptor

Lieutenant Dufort

Skill: 4

Poor Shot

-Comete Light Interceptor

Lieutenant Boisseau

Skill: 5

No Ability

-Comete Light Interceptor

Lieutenant Gion

Skill: 6

Poor ECM Operator

Set-Up

The Euro-fed won the set-up roll, so they have managed to sneak up on the Neo-Soviet fighter group.

The Game

TURN 1

Dufort comes up behind Peletov's fighter, laser shots stabbing out, he scores a hit penetrating the sheilds and causing some minor engine damage.

Boisseau & Gion come up behind Dobrow, laser shots mauling the Sokols engines.

Peletov and Dobrow bank right.

Mikhailov performs a barrel roll as Dupont comes in firing, raking Barinov's fighter, laser shots rake the engines, weapons and cockpit wounding Barinov.

Barinov performs a barrel roll.

TURN 2

Dufort opens up on Barinov as he makes his turn, miraculously he hits, beams peppering the engines and cockpit.

Boisseau continues hammering Dobrows fighter and takes out the Neo-Soviets scanner, Gion follows him in destroying the Soviets decoy dispenser.

Dobrow and Peletov start barrel rolling round, Mikhailov heads for Boisseau with cannons blasting, the rounds tear through the light Interceptor ripping holes through the craft before detonating its fuel tank, Boisseau fails to eject and dies with his craft.

In retaliation Dupont rakes Mikhailovs fighter taking out his decoy dispencers.

Barinov finally comes round to bear, and opens up on Dupont, cannon rounds shake the fighter but the cockpit is hammered by rounds leaving Dupont seriously wounded.

TURN 3

Dufort continues his fullisade of gunfire on Barinov, lasers hammer his craft until it ruptures the fuel tank, Barinov manages to eject.

Gion damages Dobrows engines further as he swings his craft round and returns fire, slamming cannon rounds into Gions structure.

Peletov follows up on Dobrows attack, Gion ejects as his craft comes apart.

Dupont rakes Mikhailov as he speeds past, Mikhailov ejects as laser fire tears his fighter to pieces.

TURN 4

Dufort starts turning to re-engage, but Dobrow comes round first, the Euro-fed interceptor and its pilot are shredded by heavy calibre rounds.

Peletov starts a wide turn as Dupont decides that getting a report back to base was more important.

Dupont makes a sublight disengagement.

AFTERMATH

-Euro-Fed-

Captain Dupont: RTB (wounded)

Lieutenant Dufort: KIA

Lieutenant Boisseau: KIA

Lieutenant Gion: Rescued

-Neo-Soviet-

Captain Barinov: MIA

Lieutenant Dobrow: RTB

Lieutenant Peletov: RTB

Lieutenant Mikhailov: Rescued

Captain Dupont landed his Comete light interceptor on hanger 2 of Halo station, the landing was rough because despite the auto sealing suit and medical drugs that were pumped into him, his focus was off due to the wounds he had sustained.

He docked the craft on PAD-7 before popping the canopy as ground crews ran to him, removing his helmet first before passing out.

When he awoke, he was in a hospital bed, they had to operate on him after removing him from his fighter. He had been out for six hours, two hours after that Wing Commander Lavigne came to see him.

They had studied his Interceptors recorder, and had launched a system wide sweep.

One of the Sweep groups had rescued Gion.

Ten hours later he heard they had found three ships running for the jump point, bomber groups were being launched, hopefully they could disable or destroy the ships, until Euro-Fed warships caught up.

 "Production Issues!"

Game 2

Undercover operatives have reported a chemical factory in Iran has been upping its production, we are not sure what they are producing but military trucks are collecting the products.

Deployment: Short Edges

Mission: Strike (Factory)

Points Value: 200pts

Iranian Forces (Defender)

--F-5E Tiger II (Alireza Khalili)

-Competant pilot

-x2 AIM-9P

--F-5E Tiger II (Akbar Hasani)

-Average pilot

-x2 AIM-9P

--F-5E Tiger II (Mehri Seyed)

-Average pilot

-x2 AIM-9P

--F-4E Phantom (Milad Shir)

-Average pilot

-x2 AIM-9P

-AAA Radar

-x3 Medium AAA

-Hawk PAR Radar

-MIM-23 Hawk SAM

The Plan

The AAA defenses will provide low level air cover, the Phantom will provide early higher altitude harassment, and having ECM will help avoid the initial opening shots.

The three F-5's will come on later to tackle the Iraqi planes.

Turn 1: F-4E Phantom arrives at altitude 3

Turn 3: F-5E Tigers arrive at altitude 4

Iraqi Forces (Attacker)

--Tu-16 (Ahmed Aziz)

-Average pilot

-x30 Bombs

--Mirage F-1EQ (Bilal Badin)

-Competant pilot

-x2 R.550 Magic

--Mirage F-1EQ (Iman Radi)

-Competant pilot

-x2 R.550 Magic

--MiG-23MS (Siham Fayad)

-Average pilot

-x6 Bombs     

The Plan

The MiG-23 will come on first its ECM should help protect if from any SAM's, its target will be any type of guildance radar (prioritizing SAM radar over AAA radar)

The Tu-16 will arrive later to bomb the main target, the Mirages job is to protect the Strategic Bomber.

Turn 1: MiG-23 arrives at altitude 3

Turn 3: Tu-16 and both Mirages arrive at altitude 4

Set up

TURN 1

The Iranian Phantom arrives in the area at full burn,

And so does the Iraqi MiG, the HAWK radar tries to establish a lock but the MiG's ECM defeats it.

TURN 2

The MiG drops two bombs, that blows the Hawk PAR radar to bits, while the Phantom speeds in aiming to pass the MiG.

The Skyguard guns open fire, one volley clips the MiG with no effect.

TURN 3

The MiG and Phantom pass each other, the MiG drops two more bombs wiping out a Skyguard gun system, the Phantom performs a Split-S but fumbles the manouver.

The TU-16 and Mirages arrive but have picked up a tail of three F-5's, the Tiger leader locks the bomber and fires off a sidewinder, both Mirages perform an Immelmann.

The last two F-5's bank slightly to stay on the bombers tail and establish a lock.

The bomber drops 15 bombs! and the factory erupts in a hellish storm of explosions.

TURN 4

The sidewinder missile slams into the Iraqi bomber, the whole tail section is blown off, Ahmed Aziz and his crew manage to eject.

Both Mirages perform a Split-S, the F-5 leader hits the brakes while the other two F-5's bank around hard.

The MiG races away from the area with the Phantom in pursuit.

TURN 5

The MiG and Phantom RTB.

The F-5 leader, keeps his speed low waiting for the Mirages to pass, Iman Radi banks hard to come in behind the two F-5's while Bilal Badin performs a barrel roll and let's loose a Magic Missile.

The Missile strikes the F-5 blowing it to pieces, Alireza Khalili fails to eject and goes down with his plane.

TURN 6

The remaining two F-5's decided the fight was over and RTB'd.

AFTERMATH

The Factory is toast! 15 bomb hits is alot of destruction.

Iraq

Tarik Hadid = Recovering

Mousa Askar = Recovering

-10% pts to Su-20

-15% pts to Tu-16

MiG-23BN = Damaged for 1 turn (-10% pts)

Iran

Alireza Khalili = KIA

-10% pts to F-5 Tiger II

-10% pts Hawk PAR Radar

-5% pts Medium AAA

"Cut off the head . . " 

Game 1

Iraqi intelligence has pin pointed an Iranian forward command post, taking this out would disrupt Iranian ground forces in the area.

Deployment: Short Edge

Mission: Strike (Command Centre)

Points Value: 200pts

Iranian Forces (Defender)

--F-14A Tomcat

-Competant pilot (Parvis Azizi)

-x2 AIM-54A missiles

-x2 AIM-9P missiles

--F-14A Tomcat

-Competant pilot (Keyvan Bayat)

-x2 AIM-54A missiles

-x2 AIM-9P missiles

-Light AAA

-x2 Medium AAA

-AAA Radar

-x2 Hawk PAR radar

-x2 MIM-23 Hawk SAM

The Plan

The ground weapons will provide a low level hazard zone, the Tomcats will arrive at high altitude to eliminate any high altitude bombers and swoop down if needed.

Turn 2: x2 Tomcats arrive at altitude 5

Iraqi Forces (Attacker)

--MIG-23BN

-Average pilot (Mousa Askar)

-x4 Kh-23 missiles

--SU-20

-Poor pilot (Tarik Hadid)

-x16 bombs

--SU-20

-Poor pilot (Imad Shaalan)

-x16 bombs

--Mirage F-1EQ

-Competant pilot (Bilal Badin)

-x2 Super 530F missiles

-x2 Magic R.550 missiles

-x6 bombs

The Plan

The MIG-23 will come on first, hopefully its ECM will allow it to avoid too much ground fire. Using its missiles to take out ground radars and weapon systems.

The SU-20s will come on next to bomb the main target.

The Mirage will provide air cover but has the ability to bomb the target if needed.

Turn 1: MIG-23 arrives at altitude 1

Turn 3: x2 SU-20 arrive at altitude 2

               Mirage arrives at altitude 4

Set up

TURN 1

The MiG-23BN speeds on at low altitude, the pilot quickly acquires a lock on a HAWK guildance radar and let's off a Kh-23 ATGM.

The ZU-23-2 opens fire and hits nothing, the SAMs fire off two missiles.

TURN 2

The two Iranian Tomcats arrive, the Kh-23 slams into the HAWK radar blasting it to pieces. The SAM missiles home in on the MiG, but Askar makes a last minute defensive turn and avoids both missiles.

The ZU-23-2 continues to pour ineffective fire at the MiG, two more SAM missiles are launched and the sky guard systems start to open fire.

Both Tomcats drop altitude as they make a tight turn, the MiG also drops his speed.

TURN 3

The Iraqi Sukhoi's and Mirage arrive.

The SAM missiles once again home in on the MiG, who puts the plane into a steep climb, both missiles proximity fuses detonate the warheads but no damage is caused.

Both Tomcats gain speed and make another tight turn.

Badin decides to drop his bomb payload rather than chace the F-14s, the bombs hit home.

The ZU-23-2 continues to be ineffective but both the sky guard guns catch the MiG in a crossfire.

The aircraft is peppered full of holes, damaging the plane and wounding the pilot.

The last two SAM missiles are launched at the Sukhois.

TURN 4

The two SAM missiles detonate close to Hadids Sukhoi, he is wounded and the aircraft damaged.

Askar opens up the Afterburner on his MiG and RTBs.

Both Tomcats perform a Split-S, the Mirage drops some altitude and banks round hard as both Sukhois drop their bomb payloads.

Hadids bomb load falls short but Shaalans hit on target.

TURN 5

Both Tomcats come in behind the Sukhois and get radar locks, and luanch four sidewinders . . .

Hadid is struck by two missiles, his plane is blown to pieces but he manages to eject.

Shaalan goes evasive and manages to dodge the two sidewinders.

The Sukhoi and Mirage RTB.

AFTERMATH

Pretty safe to say the Command post is destroyed, with a total of 22 bomb hits!

Iraq

Tarik Hadid = Lightly Wounded

Mousa Askar = Lightly Wounded

-10% pts to Su-20

MiG-23BN = Damaged for 2 turns (-10% pts)

Iran

-5% pts Hawk PAR Radar

Having a Blast!

For my games of Missile Threat, I thought I'd make some bomb blasts, they are not needed to play the game.

It would just look cool!

I decided to make two different types,

-Single bomb blast

-Multiple bomb blasts

NEEDED!

So, you will need. . .

-3/4 washers

-Aluminium wire

-Sand/texturing

-Clump foliage

-Glue gun

-Super glue

-Vallejo Paint (not essential, but gives you idea of colours I used)

Firstly . . .

To start with, Glue some paper to one side of the washer to covour the hole. When dry, cut a piece of aluminium wire (around an inch long) and glue into the hole onto the paper and pack out area around it with the sand/texturing.

 

And then . . .

Using the glue gun, covour the aluminium rods with clump foliage. Once covoured I give the clump foliage a good dose of super glue, this helps bond it all together and makes it more durable.

The multi-bomb blasts were done pretty much the same, except I mounted 4 stems on to a wooden base.

WARNING! When putting the super glue on the clump foliage, I strongly recommend wearing gloves and do it in a well ventilated area.

Any base area that is not covoured in clump foliage, just glue some sand/texturing on.

Then undercoat.

And Finally . . .

I paint the whole thing in 'Heavy Ochre' then give the ground area a wash of Agrax Earthshade (Games Workshop).

The whole thing gets a drybrush of 'Dark Sand'.

The Dust plumes then get a Drybrush of 'Pale Sand'.

Making Missiles

 

For my games of Missile Threat, rather than using counters for missiles, I thought I'd make them.

I have opted for five different types,

-IR Seeking missiles

-Radar guilded missiles

-Air to ground missiles

-Anti ship missiles

-SAM Missiles

NEEDED!

So, you will need. . .

-Green stuff.

-0.6mm (or close to) brass wire.

-Pipe cleaners.

-Plastic rod in 1mm 1.3mm and 1.5mm sizes.

-Flying stands (I use the Medium Dropzone Commander ones)

-Vallejo Paint (not essential, but gives you idea of colours I used)

Firstly . . .

To start with, make some small balls of green stuff, put a small hole in the greenstuff, put another one opposite, and one on the underside.

The holes are for,

Once the green stuff has set I mount it on brass rod. This also makes it easier to hold when painting.

IR Seeking Missiles

Using 1mm plastic rod, cut a length about 6-7mm long and make a point at one end.

Glue into the green stuff and undercoat.

Paint missile 'Silver Grey' with a 'Carmine Red' nosecone.

Radar Guilded Missiles

Using 1mm plastic rod, cut a length about 12-14mm long and make a point at one end.

Glue into green stuff and undercoat.

Paint missile 'Silver Grey' with a 'Heavy Charcoal' nosecone.

Air-to-Ground Missiles

Using 1.3mm plastic rod, cut a length about 6-7mm long and make a point at one end.

Glue into green stuff and undercoat.

Paint missile 'Refractive Green' with a 'Heavy Charcoal' nosecone.

Anti-Ship Missiles

Using 1.5mm plastic rod, cut a length about 7-8mm long and make a point at one end.

Glue into green stuff and undercoat.

Paint missile 'Field Blue' with a 'Silver Grey' nosecone.

SAM Missiles

Using 1mm plastic rod, cut a length about 6-7mm long and make a point at one end.

Glue into green stuff and undercoat.

Paint missile 'Silver Grey' with a 'Ultramarine' nosecone.

Missile Afterburner

Paint whole blob 'German Yellow' then paint fire like streaks with 'Amaranth Red'

Finishing . . .

Clip off of brass rod (but leave a mm or two)

then glue into flying base (into a drilled hole)

All missiles I glued on level except the SAM that I glued at an angle, then glue pipe cleaner to rear for smoke trail.

Missile Threat

 

This page is a list of all the Missile Threat games we have played.

The rules can be found Here

TEST GAMES

1. Combat Air Patrol

2. Strike

3. Combat Search and Rescue

4. Close Air Support

IRAN-IRAQ WAR 🇮🇷 Vs 🇾🇪

1. 1981 Campaign (10 Missions)

2. 

FALKLANDS WAR 🇬🇧 Vs 🇬🇹

1.

EXTRA'S

-Making Missiles

-Having a Blast!