MIKE’S LOG

Mission Briefing
The Congo, 1964. It’s a ‘Race for the Wreckage!’. Two pilots of a fixed-wing spy plane have gone down whilst flying on a northern flight path to investigate Paulis, rumoured to be a Cuban base. These two pilots must be recovered. The plan is to follow the flight path by land. The route will follow possible crash sites at Albertville on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, then inland to Kindu, Stanleyville and finally Paulis.  The Task Force assembled for this mission at Elizabethville, the Merc (mercenary) Base, consists of:

Leader Mike (command  & signal)
1 Armoured Car Section (recon)
2 Commando Platoons (transported in jeeps)
1 Heavy Weapon Platoon (heavy weapons mounted on half tracks)
1 Sapper Section (combat engineers)
1 Supply Column  (various logistical vehicles)
1 Fixed-wing Air Strike (on-call air power)

Some substantial British reinforcements for the front! These 4 trays complete my set of 6 Ranger! British line companies. Grenadiers in Ranger! fight as line unless they have scenario specific rules.

By order-of-march, the models depict the 1st Foot or 60th Foot (Blue) leading, followed by the 43rd Foot or 47th Foot (White), then the 44th Foot or 46th Foot (Yellow)  and bringing up the rear the 22nd Foot, 27th Foot or 40th Foot (Buff).