FSO: June - Operation Husky, the Invasion of Sicily

[ghostdancer]

Gentlemen,

Sorry for the delay but I had a real life event this weekend that delayed me posting the write up. June's FSO is Operation Husky, the description is here.

http://ahevents.org/mediterranean-theatre/1943-operation-husky-the-invasion-of-siciliy.html

Frame 1 - Operation Barclay, the run up to Husky with attacks on Sardinia and Sicily (maybe Italy to)
Frame 2 - The Invasion (have 2 British CVs involved)
Frame 3 - The Race to Messina

[Saxman]

ANOTHER ETO setup?!



At least there's FM-2s, but four in a row is excessive.

[Ponyace]

No, no, no,
Its NOT a ETO Setup, that would be silly.














Its MTO.

[Anaxogoras]

Doh!  Now I can't crow about being gone in June.

[Bark0]

Give us some NAVY will ya? 

We're tired of flying 109s and spits all the time!

[Motherland]

Sweet, I thought I wouldn't see an ETO scenario this summer!


I know I'll pay for it eventually though.

[Shifty]

I know I'll pay for it eventually though.

Nah you'll never see four straight months of USN/USMC or IJN/IJAAF.
Just won't happen.

Heck even the Norway setup would be nice, it had some Corsairs in it.

[Ponyace]

No wait, THIS IS A PTO SETUP!!!!!

Look at the map we are using (Straight from ahevents.org):

NOTE: We will be using the Japan terrain for this event.

......or it could be a typo

[TUK]

Hmmmm. Decisions..Decisions..What will we fly....  Dont cry, just fly....

[MachFly]

It has jeeps
What for? Will a squad or 2 actually be assigned to drive jeeps for 2 hour? Or they can just take a jeep after they get shot down?

[ghostdancer]

First off let me say the attitude / snarkiness is not appreciated at all.

Next there is Navy involved and there will be FM2s (Martlets) and Seafires involved.

Right now I am working out the particulars of a possible amphibious invasion. The last time I did this in 2005 I found that the HE round of the LVT4 did no damage at all to other vehicles, including light skin vehicles such as the M3. I need to do some testing but what I thought that might be fun is to see if could find a spot with shore guns and a base nearby. Then have a fleet of DDs park off the coast and offer fire support (dueling with shore guns) while the LVTs went ashore and tried to take the base. If the LVT4 75mm HE round still does nothing against any vehicle. Then basically I need to make sure the opposition is just armed with machine guns since the LVTs will only have those to take out enemy vehicles.

So right now I am looking at the SdKfz 251 or M3 as the main German / Italian opposition vehicle plus, might throw in some jeeps (armed with 1 .50) to give the Axis a vehicle that is really mobile at the cost of no armor at all.

That is why I included the jeep even though I might not use it.

Oh, and no for any of the ground battles it will not be a 2 hour event but more of a 50 minute event and then a second life in an airplane.

[Stampf]

Come on Ghost.

You make it sound like you guys actually put some thought, and work into these operations.

[Dantoo]

LVT4 can kill osti interestingly enough.

[Motherland]

Next there is Navy involved and there will be FM2s (Martlets) and Seafires involved.

Good point. PTO guys get to fly some birds they like, even if it's not WHERE they'd like.
There hasn't been an Eastern Front FSO in 9 months and you don't see me complaining.


As long as it's FSO all's good IMO.

[Shifty]

I don't think Sax's initial post was as much as a complaint as it was just a hey don't forget the blue plane guys.
Mine wasn't a complaint just an observation. True there hasn't been an Eastern Front for months. However you guys regularly get to fly your 109s and 190s.
So no I wouldn't complain either if the F6F or F4U were in the majority of setups. Even if there are F6Fs or F4Us many times they're limited and you're lucky if you get to fly them one frame. So you guys that get to regularly fly your squadron birds... Good for you, that's great and I am being serious. I think that's a great thing. You might just count your lucky stars and be glad it works out so well for you instead of knocking people who don't have the same good fortune. You know this board is made for communication. Part of communication means different points of view at times. Just because you post a point of view it doesn't make you a whiner or a crybaby. Nobody got out of line or called names. In fact the people closest to being out of line have been some of the folks knocking Sax or anybody agreeing with him. He didn't cry, he didn't get snarky, he even found a silver lining in the fact FM2s are in the setup. Remember when your buzzing around in your 190 or 109 there are a lot of guys flying on the other side that would rather be flying something else. Yet they come out and fly aircraft they may not like that much to support the FSO, and to enjoy the matchups. Which by the way adds to your enjoyment too. Unless you're just completely self centered maybe you'll remember that. Although I'm not sure of his math I think it's only three in a row.