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Unexpected Visitors Scenario#: HotN15     Date: 05/02/1968     Location: Dong Ha, South Vietnam When the fighting around Dong Ha erupted In the spring of 1968, the Marines needed help and called upon the Army to supply that help. An Army battalion arrived in the area and their first task was to clear the … Lock 'n Load: Tactical — Heroes of the Nam
Undeniable Courage Scenario#: HotN14     Date: 11/14/1965     Location: East Of The Chu Pong Massif, South Vietnam Shortly after the landing at Landing Zone X-ray, Bravo Company of the 1/7 Cavalry became heavily engaged by NVA infantry to its front. The company commander, Lt Herren, ordered Lt. Herrick’s platoon to move up on the company’s right flank. … Lock 'n Load: Tactical — Heroes of the Nam
Tread Heads Scenario#: HotN13     Date: 04/10/1968     Location: An Khe, South Vietnam At first glance Vietnam did not seem a proper home for the tanks and APCs of the United States Army. The crowded jungle roads appeared to be perfect locations for Vietnamese ambushes, and the tanks, although fast, were not as … Lock 'n Load: Tactical — Heroes of the Nam
The Village Scenario#: HotN12     Date: 02/09/1968     Location: Saigon, South Vietnam As North Vietnam had planned, the Tet Offensive shocked the world. It had not, however, led to a general uprising in the South. Throughout February, Allied forces counterattacked Viet Cong enclaves, eliminating them one by one. Viet Cong losses were… Lock 'n Load: Tactical — Heroes of the Nam
The Relief of Plei Me Scenario#: HotN11     Date: 11/21/1967     Location: Plei Me, South Vietnam The Opening move of the NVA’s offensive in the la Drang Valley was an assault on the U.S. Special Forces camp at Plei Me. The North Vietnamese believed that as soon as they attacked the camp the ABVN would send … Lock 'n Load: Tactical — Heroes of the Nam
Streets of Sorrow Scenario#: HotN10     Date: 02/04/1968     Location: Hue, South Vietnam Hue was the third biggest city in South Vietnam, and had remained largely untouched by the war. The Tet Offensive changed that. The North Vietnamese infiltrated Hue with two regiments, and attacked on January 31, 1968. Initially the attack went … Lock 'n Load: Tactical — Heroes of the Nam
Stay Behind Scenario#: HotN09     Date: 09/10/1968     Location: West Of Tan An, South Vietnam An infantry battalíon had been sweeping an area 12 km west of Tan An for several days with scattered resistance. Since they couldn't get the enemy to stand and fight, they were set to pull out and return to base. … Lock 'n Load: Tactical — Heroes of the Nam
Sky Soldiers Scenario#: HotN08     Date: 11/03/1965     Location: Plei Me, South Vietnam On the morning of November 3rd, 1965, B Troop Rifles of the 1/9 responded to sightings of NVA soldiers southwest of the Plel Me special forces camp. After landing, the platoon proceeded north and overran the regimental headquarters and hospital … Lock 'n Load: Tactical — Heroes of the Nam
Serious Firepower Scenario#: HotN07     Date: 05/01/1968     Location: Dai Do, South Vietnam The Marines spent three bloody days clearing the villages of Dai Do and Dinh To. The fighting was tough, and the Marines called for armor support for the actual attack on Dai Do. The NVA forces holding the town, however, … Lock 'n Load: Tactical — Heroes of the Nam
River of Perfume Scenario#: HotN05     Date: 02/08/1968     Location: Hue, South Vietnam The fighting in Hue was some of the most bitter of the war. It was a mix of Vietnam and Stalingrad. South of the Perfume River Marines fought the Viet Cong block by block, house by house, and room by … Lock 'n Load: Tactical — Heroes of the Nam
Prelude to Lang Vei Scenario#: HotN04     Date: 01/15/1968     Location: Lang Vei Special Forces Camp, Quảng Trị Province, South Vietnam In late January, 1968, survivors of the 33rd Laotian Battalion streamed into the Special Forces camp at Lang Vei; their camp had been overrun by the North Vietnamese. A fight with the NVA wasn’t unusual, what was unusual was … Lock 'n Load: Tactical — Heroes of the Nam
Assault on Ben Suc Scenario#: HotN03     Date: 01/08/1967     Location: Ben Suc, South Vietnam In Operation Cedar Falls, the United States Army wanted to elminate the Viet Cong stronghold called the Iron Triangle. Army intelligence felt that the village of Ben Suc was the key to the Iron Triangle. Unfortunately, when the Army air … Lock 'n Load: Tactical — Heroes of the Nam
Ap Bac Scenario#: HotN02     Date: 01/02/1963     Location: Ap Bac, South Vietnam The ARVN mistakenly believed that a reinforced Viet Cong company was holed up in the small village of Ap Bac, 65 kilometers southwest of Saigon. In reality, however, there was more than a battalion of Viet Cong in the vicinity … Lock 'n Load: Tactical — Heroes of the Nam
A Friend in Need Scenario#: HotN01     Date: 05/08/1969     Location: A Shau Valley, South Vietnam U.S. Army units moved into the A Shau Valley In the opening moves of what would culminate in Hamburger Hill. Here two platoons advance on a small village suspected of harboring a Viet Cong contingent. The VC knew the Americans … Lock 'n Load: Tactical — Heroes of the Nam
Operation Starlite - Hotel Company Scenario#: Comp4     Date: 08/18/1965     Location: Van Tuong Peninsula, South Vietnam In the first major clash of the Vietnam War, three battalions of Marines under Colonel Oscar Peatross fought the 1 Viet Cong Regiment under Nguyen Dinh Trong southeast of the new Marine Base at Chu Lai. Hotel Company, 2 Battalion, … Lock 'n Load: Tactical — Compendium 4
Battles of Firebases Coral and Balmoral Part 2 Scenario#: Comp2     Date: 05/17/1968     Location: North of Tân Uyên, South Vietnam After the initial assaults on FSPB Coral, the Australian forces commenced an aggressive patrolling regime with combined infantry and armored forces. These patrols would often spring NVA and VC forces preparing for an attack in their bunker and tunnel… Lock 'n Load: Tactical — Compendium 2
Battles of Firebases Coral and Balmoral Part 1 Scenario#: Comp2     Date: 05/15/1968     Location: North of Tân Uyên, South Vietnam Three months after the Tet Offensive, Australian forces moved to establish a Fire Support Base in Area of Operations Surfers (AO Surfers), in support of patrols to locate and destroy NVA units retreating through the area. Over a period of … Lock 'n Load: Tactical — Compendium 2
Bob's Farm Scenario#: SB12     Date: 06/06/1944     Location: Normandy, France The 3rd Para Brigade continued to take heavy casualties while aggressively defending the northeastern sector of the invasion bridgehead. The 5th Brigade, who had been placed in reserve after their courageous stand around the canal bridges during the… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Swift and Bold
No Time For a Spot of Tea Scenario#: SB11     Date: 09/17/1944     Location: Arnhem, Holland Unlike the confused response to the Normandy landings, some German commanders quickly and correctly appraised the massive airdrop outside of Arnhem and took immediate action. Captain Sepp Krafft, an instructor at the Waffen SS NCO School, did just… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Swift and Bold
Expected Company Scenario#: SB10     Date: 06/07/1944     Location: Le Bas De Ranville, France The 12th battalion had landed earlier in the morning and established defensive positions around the strategically important town Ranville. Here, the countryside was more open, and the 5th Para Brigade allocated their small supply of anti-tank guns… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Swift and Bold
Overlord Begins Scenario#: SB09     Date: 06/06/1944     Location: Benouville, France After months of rehearsals, D Company of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (familiarly referred to as the "Ox and Bucks") under Major John Howard, lifted off in towed Horsa gliders during the later hours of June the 5th, headed … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Swift and Bold
Saving Brigadier Hill Scenario#: SB08     Date: 06/06/1944     Location: Ranville, France The British 3rd Para brigade under Brigadier James Hill had successfully accomplished their D Day objectives, but with heavy casualties. They then established holding positions north of the town of Ranville. Ranviiie was key in defending the British… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Swift and Bold
The Last Gasp Scenario#: SB07     Date: 08/25/1944     Location: Beuzeville, France While Free-French and American troops were liberating Paris, the fatigued and depleted British 6th Airborne division was still inching its way northeast towards the Seine. The village of Beuzeville lay in the 3 Para Brigade's path. General Gale, the… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Swift and Bold
Men of France, You May Fire First Scenario#: SB06     Date: 06/06/1944     Location: Ouistreham, France One of the objectives on D-Day for the British 1st Special Service Brigade was to clear the gun emplacements outside the seaside resort of Ouistreham. Captain Kieffer, in charge of the contingent of Free-French Commandos, asked permission to lead the… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Swift and Bold
The Best Laid Plans Scenario#: SB05     Date: 06/07/1944     Location: Sainte Honorine, France On the second day of the invasion the British 6th Para Brigade had easily taken its first objective: the town of Longueval. The Brigade commander decided to assault the secondary objective to the southeast: the hamlet of Ste. Honorine. With … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Swift and Bold
Sniper's Den Scenario#: SB04     Date: 06/06/1944     Location: Le Port, France The Ox and Bucks had taken the Orne canal bridge and quickly established a perimeter. Now, they had to hold it while facing greater German resistance. Even worse was the incessant sniper fire coming from west of their positions. … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Swift and Bold
Holding Hell's Highway Scenario#: SB03     Date: 09/20/1944     Location: Veghel, Holland Operation Market Garden; Montgomery's plan to shorten the war by creating an “air bridge" of allied troops to the city of Arnhem, was floundering. The 101st Airborne Division had successfully seized its assigned bridges, but now had to defend them … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Swift and Bold
Attack of Das Kochegschirr Scenario#: SB02     Date: 06/06/1944     Location: Benouville, France Benouvilie, a town crucial in stemming any German counterattacks against the canal bridges and the invasion itself, was defended by a small holding force of the Ox and Bucks. They had successfully fended off early morning German probes, but had … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Swift and Bold
Stalingrad of the West Scenario#: SB01     Date: 09/19/1944     Location: Arnhem, Holland Colonel John Frost's 2"^ Parachute Battalion had orders to take and hold the Arnhem Bridge until relieved. He had taken one end of the bridge and had established a small perimeter with the limited resources at his disposal. Now, with … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Swift and Bold
Closing the Sack Scenario#: NBO06     Date: 12/20/1944     Location: Noville, Belgium In the morning, the extent of the German build up became apparent. Noville was threatened by possible encirclement. HQ decided to evacuate the town and fall back to Foy. Will the American forces manage to break through the tightening ring … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Noville - Bastogne's Outpost
Roadblocks! Scenario#: NBO05     Date: 12/19/1944     Location: Noville, Belgium When Team Desobry arrived at the small crossroads settlement of Noville their task was clear: stop the German advance on Bastogne. The men of Combat Command B (CCB), of which the team was a part of, had barely enough ñrepower … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Noville - Bastogne's Outpost
One Hell of a Night Scenario#: NBO04     Date: 12/19/1944     Location: Noville, Belgium All through the night the Pares held against probing attacks of ever-mounting intensity. It was a nightmare of violent firefights, clanking tank tracks, and confusion, but the Pares gave as … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Noville - Bastogne's Outpost
Here Comes the Sun Scenario#: NBO03     Date: 12/19/1944     Location: Noville, Belgium Suddenly the mist lifted, as if drawn aside by an invisible hand, and Noville's defenders saw that they were surrounded by Panthers, Tigers, Panzer IVs and groups of advancing German infantry. But what could well have been a disastrous defeat … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Noville - Bastogne's Outpost
Tigers in the Mist Scenario#: NBO02     Date: 12/19/1944     Location: Noville, Belgium In the morning the men had to fall back to Noville proper. But the day's fighting had just begun. Out of the almost impenetrable mist came threatening noises: Tigers were … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Noville - Bastogne's Outpost
A Counterattack Countered Scenario#: NBO01     Date: 12/19/1944     Location: Noville, Belgium His forces bolstered by the hardy Paras of the 1st Battalion, 506th PIR, Maj. Desobry felt confident. He immediately ordered a counterattack to take the high ground around Noville. The German Volksgrenadiers and Panzers had other ideas, however. - … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Noville - Bastogne's Outpost
Big Cats at Twilight Scenario#: NOSB12     Date: 02/22/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary Hitler's Operation Spring Awakening, using six Waffen SS divisions to counterattack and relieve entrapped units in Budapest, was off to a slow start. Mud and dogged Russian defiance once again were the culprits, denying quick rnaneuver and advance.… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Not One Step Back
Keeping the Door Open Scenario#: NOSB11     Date: 02/16/1944     Location: Lysyanka, Russia Once again, the Soviet armies had encircled German forces on the tenuous and dynamic Ost Front. The encircled this time were six German Divisions that had been holding defensive positions along the Dnepr River in the Korsun Pocket. German High … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Not One Step Back
Room at the Inn Scenario#: NOSB10     Date: 01/12/1943     Location: S Of Livny, Russia The Soviet winter offensive of 1943 threw the Germans back along the breadth of the Eastern Front, frequently creating ruptures in the Wehrmacht's line, both large and small. In this fictitious scenario, a small German reconnaissance group, probing… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Not One Step Back
Prochorovka Scenario#: NOSB09     Date: 07/12/1943     Location: Prochorovka, Russia Right after 5 a.m., on July 12th, hundreds of Soviet tanks and assault guns rolled out of Prochorovka and slammed into the German SS Leibstandarte Division, which had stalled just west of the town. Streams of T-34 and T-70 tanks, … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Not One Step Back
A Bitter Holiday Scenario#: NOSB08     Date: 12/31/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia Operation Uranus had been a success for Soviet command. They had effectively encircled the German 6th Army at Stalingrad. The Germans formed a defensive perimeter (nicknamed, The Cauldron) and dug in, still hoping they would soon be relieved. The… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Not One Step Back
State Farm is There Scenario#: NOSB07     Date: 12/08/1942     Location: Nw Of Verchne Solonovski, Russia German High Command launched a counter offensive to attempt to relieve the encircled 6th Army at Stalingrad, and made steady progress, approaching within 25 miles of the 6th Anny lines before the Soviets retaliated. After some initial success, the… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Not One Step Back
Kalach Bridge Scenario#: NOSB06     Date: 11/22/1942     Location: Kalach, Russia The Final objective for Russia's Operation Uranus was to seal off any escape for the embattled 6th Army by taking the bridge over the Don River at Kalach. Using a handful of captured tanks, Lieutenant-Colonel Filippov drove right through cheering … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Not One Step Back
Pavlov's House Scenario#: NOSB05     Date: 10/01/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia On the 26th of September, 1942, Y.F. Pavlov and three other Soviet Soldiers of the 13th Guards Rifle Division, searched and secured a large apartment house on the edge of the 9 January Square known as the House of Soviets … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Not One Step Back
Bridge over the River Dnepr Scenario#: NOSB04     Date: 10/01/1942     Location: Bryansk Forest, Russia Partisan forces became better organized as the war in the east entered its second year. There was exceptionally strong partisan activity in the Bryansk forest of modern day Belorus. From the forest, thousands of partisans and clandestine Russian… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Not One Step Back
Rattenkrieg Scenario#: NOSB03     Date: 10/30/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia The 14th Panzer Division had been given the task of clearing the southern area of the city known as the Bread Factory and getting to the Volga River. Suffering horrendous casualties, the Germans took the Bread Factory and were just … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Not One Step Back
Enter the Guards Scenario#: NOSB02     Date: 09/01/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia For months the Germans had pushed the Soviets across the steppes. The Soviet's victories of the previous winter were but a bad dream, long forgotten. German Panzers ruled the plains, Bf-109s ruled the sky, and all was right with the … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Not One Step Back
Tough as Nails Scenario#: NOSB01     Date: 09/21/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia After a few initial set hacks, German forces were making steady progress towards clearíng the city of Soviet troops. On September 20th, a German infantry assault was repulsed around the building known as the Nail Factory by stalwart elements of … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Not One Step Back
Under the Claw Scenario#: LOF19     Date: 09/19/1944     Location: Near Arracourt, France In an effort to halt General Patton's Third Army as it charged across France, the German 5th Panzer Army, under the command of General Hasso von Manteuffel, launched a counteroffensive near Arracourt, in the Lorraine. Combat Command Alpha (CCA) of … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Line of Fire #14
Stay Behind Scenario#: LOF18     Date: 09/10/1968     Location: West Of Tan An, South Vietnam An infantry battalíon had been sweeping an area 12 km west of Tan An for several days with scattered resistance. Since they couldn't get the enemy to stand and fight, they were set to pull out and return to base. … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Line of Fire #12
Ambush! Relief Attempt During Operation Attlebore Scenario#: LOF17     Date: 11/04/1966     Location: Northwest Of Saigon, South Vietnam By noon of November 4th, 1966, the First Battalion of the 27th lnfantry had met and engaged the enemy. Orders were issued for a rifle company to be inserted north of the First Battalion and to sweep towards the fire … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Line of Fire #12