Scenarios for Korean War Mod

[K K Rossokolski]

Mike Hello....I trust you had a good Christmas.
Once again, let me congratulate and your offsiders on a beautiful and remarkable work.
I have started playing with some scen ideas and will have a go at the Commonwealth Brigade action at Kapyong in April' 51 and something out of the Iron Triangle in 1952. Hopefully more, but we need to balance priorities.
I particularly like the trouble you went to by including the smaller, perhaps largely forgotten, Allies, including my own county's forces, the Kiwis, Canada, the Dutch, Belgians (with a platoon from tiny Luxemburg), the French and Brits, the Turks and Greeks, Ethiopia and the Philippines*, Colombia and Thailand. Marvellous stuff, Mike.
I think there is a lot of scope for brigade/division size scenarios which IMO particularly suit our game. There was much night action, and prodigious levels on the UN side of fire support.... arty, air and NGS. The UN Allies were invariably outnumbered, often by significant factors. Much of the Korean combat was closeup, dirty, infantry work in the manner of WWI. Not too much in the way of massive tank formations sweeping over the plains, as I read the history. Nor, indeed, much in the way of plains in this rugged land.
As for the OOB, I greatly like it, as I believe in the KISS principle. The new engineer types would be good... bridging and construction for the big guys, minelayers for all. You might need to think about truck sizes and VPs. Noting the close combat against field fortifications, I think the flamethrower platoon is an essential. There is a US one in the MW files which should suffice.

Scenariomeister Huib's idea for a scenario contest is a great one. I would bet he is reading up on the Dutch involvement, even as I write this.

*A platoon commander in the 20th BCT and a hero at Hill Eerie in '52 was Lt Fidel Ramos, the highly regarded President of the Philippines in the 90s