The Battle of Tunisia - Frame 2

The Battle of Tunisia

The Western Desert was a battlefield with two flanks, the Mediterranean sea and the
Sahara Desert. Between this lay the coastal desert over which the British, Austrialian,
New Zealanders, Poles, Indians, Ghurkhas, Free French, South Africans, Greeks,
Germans, Italians and Libyans would fight. They would bring with them all that modern
warefare could supply there forces. The greatest feature of this area was the coastal
escarpment west of Mersa Atruh. The Western Desert is an illusory  place, at first; it
appears flat but in fact provides many hiding places for vehicles. It was the perfect
battleground for modern combined arms warfare and would provide the learning
grounds for many ideas relating to this modern form of warfare. A form of warfare,
which tactical air power, was intrinsically linked. Thus, because of the nature of the
Western Desert, the battles ebbed and flowed across Libya and Eygpt and only in
1942 with the help of American aid; Britain was able to push the German-Italian
armies back towards Tunisia.

Join us for the Battle of Tunisia. Sunday European Campaign for April 2013. SEC for 
March starts at 8:00 pm UK, 2100 CET, and 3:00 pm EST. All are welcome to participate.


Battle Elements and Schedule

April 14th   – Youkes-Les-Bains
April 21st    – Bizerte
April 28th   – Tunis



Frame 2

Axis/Allies 50/50

Objectives:

Allied:

Destroy the port facility at Bizerte to include the Vehicle hangar, Ordnance, Fuel, and Radar.

Sink any ships found in Bizerte harbor.

Axis:

Protect the port of Bizerte from destruction. 

Axis Aircraft: BF109F (A7) FW190A5 (A8) BF110C4 and C202 (A1)

Allied Aircraft: P-40E and P-40F (A6), Spitfire V (V98) Boston III, B-24J, B-25C, P-38G (A70)


Restrictions: None

Sink weight on the ships is set to MA standard.



Victory Conditions: The Allies must destroy the VH and radar at P4 and sink 6 of 10 ships in Bizerte harbor to declare victory on the frame

Frame 1 - Arena Setting:
1. Terrain – Tunisia
2. Icon Range - short
3. Wind – 0 kts
4. Time – Start time 0930
5. Fighter and Bomber Warning Range - 36,960 about 7 miles
6. Enemy Collisions - On
7. External view for bombers (F3) - On
8. Visibility – 12  miles
9. Friendly Collisions - Off
10. Fuel – 1.5
11. Ack - .5
12. Kill Shooter - off
13. Tower Range – 36,960 for display to match the above setting.
14. Radar – Off
 
Designer Notes: Duty CM Flossy
 
Event Designer: 
Sasmox

Modified by Redtail7 March 2013