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4th Pz Bde TF (Pied Piper) Date: 0600 21 July 1989 Time: D1 + 6 hours (0600 hours) Location: Hameln, West Germany Weather: Clear Elements of HQ 1/4th, 11/4th, 21/4th and 31/4th Panzer Bn were deployed near by Rohrsen and GroB Hillingsfeld, and covering the highway K60 while elements of HQ 1/66th, 11/66th, 21/66th and 1/66th Panzer Grenadier were deployed near by GroB Hillingseld and Hasperde in order to blow up three strategic bridge(s). 27th Guards MRR and their Forward Security battalion were detected, and observed that they were moving down south toward Hasperde, GroB Hillingsfeld and Afferde in order to hold all key strategic bridge(s) in southeast of Hameln for 27th Guards MRRs to cross and occupying Hameln as their objective of the day. Elements of 11/66th, 21/66th and 1/66th PG fought tooth and nail, and stalled two battalion of T-80BVs near by the city of Hasperde and GroB Hillingsfeld without an artillery support for two hours. Elements of 11/4th, 21/4th and 31/4th Panzer Bn spotted their Forward Security Battalion in the southeast of Rohersen (K60 and N1 highway) and engaged against enemy unidentified vehicle(s) which were moving on highway K60 and N1 Later, Elements of 54th and 64th Bde Artillery arrived on the scene near by Wangelist, and then provided an artillery support for 4th Panzer and 66th PG in north of GroB Hillingfeld and Hasperde, and (27th MRRs and Forward Security Battalion) slow them down considerably Elements of HQ 2/4th, 12/4th, 22/4th and 32/4th Panzer arrived on the scene near by Wangelist, and then ordered to move into the city of Hameln in order to counterattack surviving T-80BVs which were successfully occupied three key bridge(s) in south of Hameln. Counterattack was successfully, and able to eliminated all surviving T-80BVs with only 3 Leopard 2 damaged or fallen out At approximately 1105 hours, 27th MRR were forced to withdraw, and passing the control to NATO. Tactical Success, but with a heavy price. Greetings from the Inspectorate of the General Staff - To: Colonel Bauer, commanding 4th Pz Bde TF * In the battle of "NS_WGS The Pied Piper" your forces worth 3,334 points secured 80% (9626 vs 2426) of awarded victory points against an enemy force worth 5,878 points. The Inspectorate congratulates you and rates your performance as competent and professional. * Your force has claimed 8 Recce, 52 Tank, 71 APC, 60 Inf, 4 SP AT, 15 HQ and 6 AD enemy subunits. * Remaining force tally - Active: 13 Tank, 13 APC, 13 Inf, 3 HQ, 6 SP Arty and 1 Utility. Fallen out: 5 Tank, 5 APC and 4 Inf. Destroyed: 8 Tank, 5 APC, 5 Inf and 3 Utility. * By the end of the battle your units had a 79% average readiness and a command cyle duration of 22 minutes. * Your force took very heavy - 25% - permanent losses and must refit for for a considerable time to recover the 14 subunit(s) that have fallen out. Staff evaluation complete. Estimated state of forces at present time: - West German Forces: Fuchs (Wheeled APC) - 1 starting, no losses or exits. Headquarters (Command Unit) - 2 starting, no losses or exits. Leopard 1A1A1 (Main Battle Tank) - 13 starting, 2 fallen out, 8 destroyed. Leopard 2A4 (Main Battle Tank) - 13 starting, 3 fallen out. M109A3G (Self Propelled Artillery) - 6 starting, no losses or exits. M113GA1 (Tracked APC) - 11 starting, no losses or exits. M577A2 C2V (Command APC) - 1 starting, no losses or exits. MAN N 4510 (Wheeled Utility Vehicle) - 4 starting, 3 destroyed. Marder 1 A2 [m] (Tracked APC) - 11 starting, 5 fallen out, 5 destroyed. MG3 Medium MG (Support Infantry Unit) - 2 starting, 1 destroyed. PzGren ATGM (Infantry Unit) - 6 starting, 1 fallen out, 2 destroyed. PzGrenadiers (Infantry Unit) - 14 starting, 3 fallen out, 2 destroyed. - Soviet Forces: 9P149 AT-9 Spiral-2 (Self Propelled Anti-Tank) - 6 starting, 3 fallen out, 1 destroyed. BMD-1P [m] (Tracked APC) - 4 starting, 4 fallen out. BRDM-2 [g] (Recon Unit) - 8 starting, 5 fallen out, 3 destroyed. BTR-60PB (Wheeled APC) - 60 starting, 22 fallen out, 38 destroyed. BTR-60PB [g] (Wheeled APC) - 2 starting, 2 fallen out. BTR-60PU (Command Vehicle) - 4 starting, 3 fallen out, 1 destroyed. Headquarters (Command Unit) - 12 starting, 6 fallen out, 5 destroyed. Heavy MG (Support Infantry Unit) - 6 starting, 4 fallen out, 2 destroyed. Mechanized Rifle (Infantry Unit) - 54 starting, 19 fallen out, 35 destroyed. MT-LB (Tracked APC) - 8 starting, 4 fallen out, 1 destroyed. SA-14 Gremlin (SAM Infantry Unit) - 6 starting, 2 fallen out, 4 destroyed. T-80BV [m] (Main Battle Tank) - 82 starting, 33 fallen out, 19 destroyed. Note: Soviet commanding officer (Colonel) were summary executed.
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