THIS SCENARIO HAS SPECIAL VICTORY CONDITIONS - SEE BELOW*
*
Gulf '91, Day 3:  73 Easting*
*
Date: February 26, 1991*                     
*
Battle Location: 70 Easting, southern Iraq*
*
Battle Type: U.S. assault vs. Iraqi defend*
*
Design by:  The Camo Workshop*
*
Scenario description:  On the afternoon of the third day of the ground war to liberate Kuwait, General Franks' VII Corps crossed Phase Line Tangerine and encountered the 18th Mechanized Brigade of the Iraqi Republican Guard Tawakalna Division.  Vision was obscured by blowing sand and swirling mist but the thermal sights of the Abrams and Bradleys allowed U.S. gunners to see what the Iraqis could not.  At 1525, the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment began firing at Iraqi T-72 tanks and BMP armored fighting vehicles.  The Iraqi commander later commented that he had lost two T-72 tanks in five weeks of the Coalition air attack.  But in the battle of 73 Easting (as it was later to be called), he lost his entire armored force in less than six minutes.*
*
SPECIAL VICTORY CONDITIONS: Points do not determine victory in this scenario.  Rather, the U.S. achieves a victory if, at the scheduled end of the scenario (Turn 11): 1) ALL victory hexes depict a U.S. flag; AND 2) no more than three U.S. units are destroyed or abandoned.  Any other result is an Iraqi victory.  If the scenario ends prematurely (i.e. all Iraqi units are destroyed or routed prior to the end of turn 11), the U.S. achieves a victory if no more than three U.S. units are destroyed or abandoned.  Use the 'View Map' and casualty report buttons at the end of the scenario to determine whether the victory conditions have been met.*
*
Note: This scenario is designed to be played with the human player as the U.S. against an Iraqi AI.  Initial smoke bombardment represents blowing sand and swirling mist.*
*
Source:  Scales, "Certain Victory - The U.S. Army in the Gulf War", p. 261-62. 


