Toaw Scenario: Mehran 1985

Iran,
June 07, 1985,

Iran army of 35 units opposed to Irak army of 30 units
for a battle of complexity 0.62 at Company(I) level
on a 2.5 Km/Hex map
for 30 turns of 6 Hours each.

by Cliff Hare submited on 17-11-2002

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Briefing
KARBALA-1 : THE BATTLE FOR MEHRAN *** The Iran-Iraq War was nearing the end of its fourth year and Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had precious little to show for the lives and treasure expended in the war he had precipitated with Iran. In order keep up morale in the army and at home he needed a victory- preferably a cheap one. The southern front, where the majority of Iranian troops were located, seemed to offer little promise in this regard. Farther north, however, was a town named Mehran that seemed to fit the bill. The town was seized easily in May 1985 by troops of the Iraqi 2nd Corps. Once they took the town, they stopped to fortify their positions and were content to stay there, not even bothering to patrol the surrounding mountains. Taking advantage of this laxity, the Iranians built up a counter-attack force that struck back in June. The attack not only retook Mehran, but managed to drive several kilometers west of the town, decisively smashing an Iraqi armored counter-attack in the process with the help of TOW missiles. In the fighting around Mehran, both sides made use of chemical weapons, the Iranians using mustard gas and the Iraqis using nerve and cyanide agents. These weapons took a fearful toll of both sides' troops, but Iraqis were better equipped to deal with this threat. Unit Colors (Iranian): Blue background: Baseej (Militia) Black background: Pasdaran (Revolutionary Guards) Orange background: Regular Army Red background: Airforce Unit Colors (Iraqi): Tan background: Regular Army Brown background: Peoples Army (Militia) Gray background: Airforce This Scenario is based upon 'Karbala-1, The Battle for Mehran' from Frank Chadwick's excellent wargame, 'The Sands of War'. Additional information was obtained from 'The Lessons of Modern War, Vol. 2- The Iran-Iraq War'. Any comments can be sent to me at mickeemao@aol.com

Briefing

KARBALA-1 : THE BATTLE FOR MEHRAN

***

The Iran-Iraq War was nearing the end of its fourth year and Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had precious little to show for the lives and treasure expended in the war he had precipitated with Iran. In order keep up morale in the army and at home he needed a victory- preferably a cheap one.
The southern front, where the majority of Iranian troops were located, seemed to offer little promise in this regard. Farther north, however, was a town named Mehran that seemed to fit the bill.
The town was seized easily in May 1985 by troops of the Iraqi 2nd Corps. Once they took the town, they stopped to fortify their positions and were content to stay there, not even bothering to patrol the surrounding mountains.
Taking advantage of this laxity, the Iranians built up a counter-attack force that struck back in June. The attack not only retook Mehran, but managed to drive several kilometers west of the town, decisively smashing an Iraqi armored counter-attack in the process with the help of TOW missiles.
In the fighting around Mehran, both sides made use of chemical weapons, the Iranians using mustard gas and the Iraqis using nerve and cyanide agents. These weapons took a fearful toll of both sides' troops, but Iraqis were better equipped to deal with this threat.

Unit Colors (Iranian):
Blue background: Baseej (Militia)
Black background: Pasdaran (Revolutionary Guards)
Orange background: Regular Army
Red background: Airforce

Unit Colors (Iraqi):
Tan background: Regular Army
Brown background: Peoples Army (Militia)
Gray background: Airforce

This Scenario is based upon 'Karbala-1, The Battle for Mehran' from Frank Chadwick's excellent wargame, 'The Sands of War'. Additional information was obtained from 'The Lessons of Modern War, Vol. 2- The Iran-Iraq War'.

Any comments can be sent to me at mickeemao@aol.com