Panjishir Valley*
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Date: May 17, 1982*                     
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Battle location:  Panjishir valley, NE of Bagram, Afghanistan*
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Battle Type: Russian assault vs. Mujahideen defend*
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Design by:  The Camo Workshop*
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Background and description:  By early spring 1982, Soviet intelligence was aware that the Mujahideen had concentrated over 5000 troops in the Panjshir river valley, northeast of Bagram.  These forces were well-supplied and dug-in, using caves and other fortified positions to repel any attacker.  Soviet planners devised an operation involving a thrust up the Panjshir river valley from Bagram to Evim using elements of the 108th and 201st Motorized Rifle Divisions; the 103rd Airborne Division; the 66th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade; and subunits from the 860th and 191st Separate Motorized Rifle Regiments and the 345th Separate Parachute Regiment.  This operation was the biggest to-date by Soviet forces in Afghanistan.*
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Victory conditions:  The side with the most points at the end of the scenario is the winner.*
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Note: If played against the AI, the human player should take the Russian side.*
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Source:  The Russian General Staff, "The Soviet-Afghan War - How a Superpower Fought and Lost", translated and edited by Grau and Gress (2002) pp. 74-83.
 



