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A Legend is Born PTO (id:#56140)
Multi-Man Publishing (HASL 5 - Blood Reef: Tarawa ID: BRT06)   [next]   [previous]
Prior Publication: Heat of Battle: Blood Reef Tarawa BR8
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Designer: Eddie Zeman and Steve Dethlefsen
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
American (USMC)Japanese
29.62962962963%

Overview:

In the pre-dawn light, the first amphibious invasion of a fortified beach began. Marines of 2/2 were slated to hit Red Beach Two, while those of 3/2 were assigned Red Beach One. Colonel Shoup, commander of the Regimental Landing Team, had planned for the first waves to travel in on LVTs. At first the Japanese let the "little boats with wheels" travel unmolested as they concentrated their fire on the larger ships. When the LVTs rammed up against the reef and kept going, the rikusentai realized that the reef would not stop these strange new vehicles. As the Marines reached the beach, overwhelming fire kept them pinned down as the following waves waded in.
Attacker: American (USMC) (Regimental Landing Team, Second Marines)
Defender: Japanese (3rd Special Base Force)  
10 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: American (USMC)     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:38.0 D:34.0
AFVs: A:8
M4A2 x 2
LVT(A)2 x 6

AFVs: D:4
Type 95 HA-GO x 4

Guns: A:0
M2 60mm Mortar x 4
D:0

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: BRT SSR: D: PB (B30), FB (B23.9)
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HASL 5 - Blood Reef: TarawaMMP: BRT
Overlays: NONE
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DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2020-02-09(D) Ron Garcia vs Darryl M. Japanese win
2017-06-23(A) Andy Hershey vs Keith Spurlock Japanese win[Imported from ROAR]
2017-06-23(D) keith Spurlock vs Andy Hershey Japanese win[Imported from ROAR]
2017-05-31(D) Andy Hershey vs Keith Spurlock Japanese win[Imported from ROAR]
2016-07-17(A) Jeff Waldon vs Will Willow Japanese winVASL
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Hutch Modified the gps location2025-04-09 14:49:49
Hutch Modified the misc. rules2025-04-09 14:48:50
Turuk Uploaded a VASL file2024-06-19 15:03:25
Hutch Updated the Scenario ID2023-03-07 22:39:12
Jude Added a playing2023-02-27 03:48:15
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VASL Scenario Setup (BRT 6 a-legend-is-born v667.vsav)VASL SetupTuruk268
LVT on Read Beach One (brt6 LVT.png)Imagehoxson11114
(usmc-jap.png)Imagehoxson1979
(BRT6-Map.png)Map Imagebkemp011295
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 6.20Votes: 5
Views: 6635
To-Play list count: 4
Estimated Play time: 22.1 hours
Recorded Games: 8
Archive recorded plays:
American (USMC)1
Japanese7
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
A Legend is Born [Confirmed]
[A] American 7
[D] Japanese 12
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