Battle Report - Falkland - November 12th, 2016

[PL_Cmd_Jacek]

Yesterday we played a mission called Falkland:

Historical Background:

The Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas), also known as the Falklands Conflict, Falklands Crisis, and the Guerra del Atlántico Sur (Spanish for "South Atlantic War"), was a ten-week war between Argentina and the United Kingdom over two British overseas territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It began on Friday, 2 April 1982, when Argentina invaded and occupied the Falkland Islands (and, the following day, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands) in an attempt to establish the sovereignty it had claimed over them. On 5 April, the British government dispatched a naval task force to engage the Argentine Navy and Air Force before making an amphibious assault on the islands. The conflict lasted 74 days and ended with the Argentine surrender on 14 June 1982, returning the islands to British control. In total, 649 Argentine military personnel, 255 British military personnel, and three Falkland Islanders died during the hostilities.

This is hypothetical scenario based on the time of crisis.

RED ORDERS:
1) Sunk landing fleet in Choiseul Sound strait
2) Protect cruiser “De Ruyter” against naval attack

BLUE ORDERS
1) Protect landing fleet at all cost
2) Sunk attacking cruiser “De Ruyter”

The list of players:



Our main task as a BLUE side was to protect our landing fleet against "De Ruyter" cruiser.



I was a member of TF consisted of 2 FFG OH Perry and destroyer type 42. Additional there was Sturgeon class submarine to support us. Against us heavy armored cruiser with his escort (French type destroyer) and 2 Kilo class submarines.



I went south and started to gather contacts' information



As shown on the map, the enemy task force was visible from far away. We started attack approach. Unfortunately, positions of enemy subs were unknown. Additionally information from links started to mix and I lost contact with cruiser. However I still had her on my narrowband . Finally my heli started. So I sent him south to confirm position of the cruiser. Based on that we launched our Harpoons. First 4 from FPSchazly and next mine.



Probably only one FPSchazly missiles hit a target. My harpoons locked at escort and did nothing to De Ruyter.



Aditional to that, enemy airplaned appeared and attacked our fleet. I speed up to get closer to the cruiser and attack her with SM-1. I also sent my heli to find a submarine, that was indicated by Type 42. I used 2 sonobuoy and found Kilo. The salvo of three fished were launched



and hit and sunk the target



Next we had to get the cruiser, but also we had to be careful, because Tamburello was somewhere there. However Type 42 did his job, she used 12 or even more missiles to destroy the cruiser. The battle was won.



I am wondering what would happen if Type 42 did not destroy the cruiser. It could be very interesting to fight with De Ruyter: first with SM-1 and next with guns .


Thanks everybody for the game and see you next time.