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Tunisia - December 1942

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Tunisia – December 1942
 
In the East, Montgomery’s 8th Army pushed through Libya until brought to a halt by Rommel at the "Mareth Line." As often happened to both sides in North Africa, the 8th Army was at the end a long supply chain, and this stalled its advance.
 
In the West, the Allied 1st Army had landed in Morocco and Algeria and had rolled through both countries, facing only light Vichy and German resistance.
 
But Hitler, recalling his own experience in WWI, threatened to turn Tunisia into the Verdun of the Mediterranean.  During the last two months of 1942 the Axis landed nearly a quarter-million additional troops in Tunisia.  Over 400 combat aircraft support those troops. 
 
At the same time, the Allies built up their forces on both sides of the Axis redoubt.  Troops with aerial support were moved forward from Algeria into Tunisia.  The 8th Army was able to rest and refit its air units in western Libya.
 
Reinforcements have arrived.  The stalemate is about to end.
 
Version 1.02 - 02-Feb-2014
 
SIDE BALANCE:
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Axis:            50%
Allies:          50%

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AIRCRAFT
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U.S. (Allied) -------------------------------------

A-20G ...........................  min 10 - max 20
B-25C ...........................  min 10 - max 20

P-38G ...........................  min 10 - max 20
P-39D ...........................  min 10 - no max
P-40F ...........................  min 10 - no max

BRITISH (Allied) ---------------------------------

Boston Mk.III ................  min 10 - max 20
B-25C ...........................  min 10 - max 20

Spitfire Mk.V .................  min 10 - max 20
Hurricane Mk.IIC ...........  min 10 - max 20
P-40E ...........................  min 10 - no max

GERMAN (Axis) ----------------------------------

JU-87D-3 "Stuka" .........  min 10 - max 20
JU-88A-4 ......................  min 10 - max 20
HE-111H .......................  min 10 - max 20

Bf-109G-2 ....................  min 10 - max 20
FW-190A-5 ...................  min 10 - max 20
Bf-109F-4 .....................  min 10 - no max

ITALIAN (Axis) ----------------------------------

C.202 ...........................  min 10 – max 20

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SPECIAL RULES
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1.) This is a one-life event.
2.) Bomber formations are NOT enabled.
3.) Bombsight calibration is AUTOMATIC (MA standard).
4.) Bombers (A-20, B-25, Boston, JU-87, JU-88, HE-111) may never fly at an altitude over 25,000 feet.
5.) Planes may strafe ground targets, but will only score points for strafing down guns.
6.) Any plane may attack any ground target with bombs, and will score full points for target destruction.
7.) All planes in flight at T+120 will be counted as lost to enemy action.

SCORING
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Ground Target Points
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Vehicle Hangar ..........................................  25 points
Fighter Hangar ..........................................  25 points
Bomber Hangar ..........................................  25 points
Ammo Bunker ............................................  3 points
Fuel Dump .................................................  3 points
Barracks ....................................................  3 points
Radar ........................................................  3 points
Gun ...........................................................  1 point

NO POINTS are awarded for:
  1.) civilian buildings in towns and cities
  2.) structures at bases which are not assigned as targets

Aircraft Points
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Single engine fighter plane ........................  2 points
Ju-87, P-38 ...............................................  4 points
A-20, Boston, B-25, JU-88, HE-111 ...........  10 points

Friendly Fire Penalty
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Shooting down a fellow countryman incurs a penalty equal to double the normal aircraft value.

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ARENA SETTINGS
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Terrain Map: "Tunisia"
Fuel Burn: 1.33 (AH to RL map scale is 1:1.33)
Icon Ranges:  9,000 feet (3.0K yards)
Auto-Ack Strenth: 0.4
Fighter and Bomber Warning Range: 79,200 feet (15 miles)
Tower Range: set to 79,200 feet (for display to match the above setting)
Haze/Fog Visability: 15 miles
Radar: OFF
Enemy Collisions: ON
Friendly Collisions: OFF
Killshooter: OFF
Formations: OFF
Bomber Calibration: AUTOMATIC
Stall Limiter: OFF

Game Clock
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Frame 1 ..............  09:00 ................  9:00 AM (morning)
Frame 2 ..............  12:00 ................  12:00 PM (noon)
Frame 3 ..............  15:00 ................  3:00 PM (afternoon)

Wind
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00 - 02K .............  NO WIND ...........  speed zero
02 - 10K .............  SW -> NE ...........  speed 10
10 - 20K .............  SW -> NE ...........  speed 20
20 - 30K .............  SW -> NE ...........  speed 30
30+ ....................  SW -> NE ...........  speed 40

 

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Bases in Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, Italy, and France do not figure in this FSO, and may be set to neutral (CM) for all frames.

No sea-going fleets are used in this FSO.

US bases -------------------------------------------------------------
North-West part of the map

A14
A15
A16
A17
A18

P19
P55

V58
V73
V74
V75
V76
V77
V78
V79
V80
V81
V82
V84
V85

German / Italian bases ---------------------------------------------------
Center of the map

A1
A5
A6
A7
A8
A9    INACTIVE  (no planes may base here, but planes may rearm)
A10  INACTIVE                                    “
A11  INACTIVE                                    “
A12
A13
A65
A66
A67
A68
A69
A70
A71
A72  INACTIVE  (no planes may base here, but planes may rearm)

P4

V45
V86
V87
V88
V89
V90
V91
V92
V93
V94
V95
V96
V97
V98
V99
V100
V101
V102
V103
V104
V105
V106
V107
V108
V109

British bases -----------------------------------------------------
South-East part of the map

A2
A21
A22

P20

V23
V25
V110
V111
V112
V113
V114
V115
V116
V117
V118
V119
V120
V121

NOTES:

·        The P-40E is a stand-in for the RAF’s Kittyhawk Mk.I
 ·        The FW-190A-5 is a stand-in for earlier variants
 ·        Original design in October 2008 by GhostDancer, adapted January 2014 by Bino


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