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Seizing Viru Harbor PTO (id:#60705)
(BFP 3: Blood and Jungle ID: BFP-47)   [next]   [previous]
See Also: Seizing Viru Harbor by Critical Hit
Tetemara, New Georgia, Solomon Islands 1943-07-01 (6 others)
FXH 1: The Real Estonian Legion (Internet)
LN3: Seizing Viru Harbor (Leatherneck)
LN4: Tempest at Tombe (Leatherneck)
SC1: Somewhere, July 1943 (ASL Digest # 1.05)
RBF-46: Tempest at Tombe (Recon by Fire! #4)
Q30: The Tombe Diversion (Quick 6 Scenario Pack V)
Designer: Steve Swann
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
American (USMC)Japanese
36.363636363636%

Overview:

The Battle of Viru Harbor was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II that took place on New Georgia island during the New Georgia Campaign from 28 June – 1 July 1943. A battalion of U.S. Marine Raiders landed at a remote location, marched overland, and attacked a force of Imperial Japanese Navy and Army troops that were guarding Viru Harbor. The Marines drove the Japanese out of Viru, which was then occupied by additional U.S. Army soldiers and U.S. Navy personnel and ships.
Attacker: American (USMC) (Elements of 4th Raider Battalion)
Defender: Japanese (Elements of 1st Battalion, 229th Infantry Regiment)  
7 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:16.0 D:19.0
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0
M2 60mm Mortar x 2
D:2
Type 89 Heavy Grenade-Launcher x 2
Type 97 20mm Automatic Gun x 2

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: PTO, LJ w A: Pre-game Air attack with bombs; Marines are Raiders
Map Board(s): 32 37
Overlays: 1
Errata (source)
BFP 47: SBR 3 line 4. Replace “selection” with ‘direction’.BFP website
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultComments
2022-11-17(A) Simon Staniforth vs Craig Benn DrawThis scenario from the generally excellent Blood & Jungle back is set on 2 mapboards but in reality the game is played out on only a quarter of that due to the Japanese set up restrictions. They basically hunker down and skulk as they look to survive US firepower and protect the guns and / or fail that TC to attempt exit. We ran out of time and called it a draw T5 with the game in the balance, All 3 IJA leaders were still in the game and the Guns remained out of US LOS tucked away on the board edge.
2013-09-22(D) Richard Carter vs Dave Clemons Japanese winable to use the knee mortars to neutralize FG's w/ SMOKE and then a couple of banzais which allowed me to exit and win early. Interesting scenario. Might be tough on the US player.
2010-05-08(A) Jeff Waldon vs Frank Tozier Japanese winFtF
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Simonstan Added a playing2022-11-23 16:30:59
Hutch Modified the Defender's Guns2021-01-30 19:51:39
Hutch Modified the unit counts2021-01-30 19:51:39
hoxson1 Modified the Defender's Guns2020-03-18 04:11:24
hoxson1 Modified the unit counts2020-03-18 04:11:24
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(viru march map.png)Imagehoxson1525
U.S. Navy landing craft unload troops at Viru shortly after the harbor was secured by Marine Raiders on 1 July (ViruHarbor1943.jpg)Imagehoxson1509
(viru map.png)Map Imagehoxson1394
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U.S. Navy landing craft unload troops at Viru shortly after the harbor was secured by Marine Raiders on 1 July
 
Statistics:
Avg Rating: 5.67Votes: 3
Views: 1956
To-Play list count: 0
Estimated Play time: 5.9 hours
Recorded Games: 3
Archive recorded plays:
American (USMC)0
Japanese2
Drawn:1

ROAR Data: (as of November 2021)
Seizing Viru Harbor [Confirmed]
[A] American 4
[D] Japanese 5
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