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The Bear Marches West: 12 Scenarios for 1980s NATO vs Warsaw Pact Wargames
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NATO kept the Warsaw Pact behind the Berlin Wall until its dissolution - but what if it hadn't?
The Bear Marches West contains 12 wargame scenarios set during a fictional Warsaw Pact invasion of West Germany in the 1980s. All the scenarios are based on battles depicted in well-known novels, and are designed to be used with whatever rules the players wish.
Each scenario includes the battle's context, weather conditions, deployments, force lists and a colour map. The scenarios range in scale from small skirmishes, with a company on each side, to large engagements, with Soviet regiments bearing down on smaller but better-equipped NATO units.
Author
Russell Phillips
Russell Phillips writes books and articles about military technology and history. Born and brought up in a mining village in South Yorkshire, they have lived and worked in South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Cumbria and Staffordshire. Russell has always had a deep interest in history and conflicts all over the world, and enjoys sharing their knowledge with others through clear, factual accounts which shine a light on events of the past. Their articles have been published in Miniature Wargames, Wargames Illustrated, The Wargames Website, and the Society of Twentieth Century Wargamers' Journal. They have been interviewed on BBC Radio Stoke, The WW2 Podcast, Cold War Conversations, and The Voice of Russia. They currently live in Stoke-on-Trent with their wife and two children.
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The Bear Marches West - Russell Phillips
Opening Shots
On the first day of the war, the battalion scouts retreat, leaving Team Yankee to hold the position against the lead Soviet battalion.
MapWeather
Fine weather, good visibility.
Deployments
The U.S. forces are set up on the western hill, in prepared defensive positions.
The Soviet forces enter the table from the eastern edge.
Soviet Forces: Motor-Rifle Battalion
Battalion Command
2x BMP-2K
2x T-72
2x BTR-60
1x MTU-72 bridging tank
2x ZSU 23-4
Motor-Rifle Company
1x BMP-2 with command section
3x BMP-2 with infantry section
2x BMP-2 with infantry section
2x BMP-2 with infantry section
Motor-Rifle Company
1x BMP-2 with command section
2x BMP-2 with infantry section
2x BMP-2 with infantry section
2x BMP-2 with infantry section
Motor-Rifle Company
1x BMP-2 with command section
3x BMP-2 with infantry section
2x BMP-2 with infantry section
1x Tank Company
1x T-72 (command vehicle)
Tank Platoon
3x T-72
Tank Platoon
3x T-72
Tank Platoon
2x T-72
1x Off-Table Artillery Battalion
3x batteries, each with 6x 2S3 152mm SP guns
U.S. Forces
1x Tank Company
2x M1 Abrams (command vehicles)
2x Platoons, each with 4x M1 Abrams
1x Infantry Platoon
1x M113 (command vehicle)
4x M113 with infantry section & M47 Dragon ATGM
1x Anti-Tank Platoon
2x M901 ITV
Objectives
The Soviet player needs to destroy or rout the U.S. forces. The U.S. forces simply need to hang on.
Mackall's Defence
On the first day of the war, Sergeant Mackall is part of an armoured cavalry troop deployed in front of a German village.
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