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The Hawk PTO (id:#56135)
Multi-Man Publishing (HASL 5 - Blood Reef: Tarawa ID: BRT01)   [next]   [previous]
Prior Publication: Heat of Battle: Blood Reef Tarawa BR3
See Also: The Hawkins Room by Heat of Battle
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BR 5: Ryan's Orphans (Blood Reef Tarawa)
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FT296: “Go Get Your Feet Wet, Boys!” (From The Cellar Pack #10)
Designer: Eddie Zeman and Steve Dethlefsen
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
American (USMC)Japanese
50.45045045045%

Overview:

Lieutenant Dean Hawkins, and his Scout Sniper platoon had the distinction of being the first American force on the island of Betio. He led a detachment of engineers and his Scouts along the pier on D-Day taking out bunkers and buildings likely to be in the way of the following assault waves. On the second day Hawkins was a veritable one-man show going after pillboxes and fortified buildings. When not on his own, he repeatedly led assaults into "The Pocket", to relieve pressure on the pinned Marines on the beach and to stop the deadly enfilading fire. Hawkins personally destroyed 6 pillboxes on the second day on Betio. He would throw a grenade, then rush the emplacement, then stuff another grenade or Demolition charge into the aperture.
Attacker: American (USMC) (D Company, 2nd Tank Battalion)
Defender: Japanese (7th Rikusentai and 6th Special Base Force)  
5.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:6.5 D:7.0
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:1
Type 92 70mm INF Gun

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: BRT SSR: A: AE (H1.22) D: PB (G1.632), FB (B23.9)
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MMP: BRT Show/hide map dependencies
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HASL 5 - Blood Reef: TarawaMMP: BRT
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-09-18(A) Dan Best vs Dave Mareske American (USMC) win2.5 hrsa heroic 10-3 is hard to stop. he was killed in the last CC but killed the 16th and 17th CVP. fun scenario.
2025-09-18(D) Dave Mareske vs Dan Best American (USMC) win
2024-12-17(D) Johan Vrijdaghs vs Guerra Guido Japanese win
2024-12-01(D) Chris Pavle vs Japanese winJapanese were getting close a CVP loss but the Marines ran out of troops and time.
2021-01-24(D) Jeff Wright vs Dave Johannsen Japanese win
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dmareske Added a playing2025-09-25 18:06:22
Danno Added a playing2025-09-18 21:37:50
Hutch Modified the misc. rules2025-04-09 14:33:43
Hutch Modified the overview2025-04-09 14:32:04
johan.vrijdaghs@gmail.com Added a playing2024-12-17 09:55:00
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 6.29Votes: 28
Views: 9380
To-Play list count: 3
Estimated Play time: 1.8 hours
Recorded Games: 26
Archive recorded plays:
American (USMC)17
Japanese9
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
The Hawk [Confirmed]
[A] Japanese 39
[D] American 46
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