[Caliber-10:1] Caliber Ten
CALIBER 10 SCENARIO PACK – MISSION 1(of 8)
12.30 hours, New Year’s Eve
The 131st Brigade, led by Col. Ivan Savin (callsign ‘Caliber-10’) rolls into downtown Grozny as the main strike element of Group North. Its present task is to secure key objectives downtown, particularly the Presidential Palace and the Central Rail Station, while minimizing casualties. Due to dense civilian population in this sector, artillery and air support will not be available.
SCENARIO SIZE: Small (~1 hour of play) – TYPE: Urban Assault
CONDITIONS: Day/Cloudy (fair)/Wet Ground
NOTE: Recommended starting scenario for the Chechnya mod – challenging and eventful, but quick to play.
PVT DENIS SHACHNEV, Gunner-operator on T-72A No.517, 131st Brigade:
”…At last, we entered the city. Ahead of us was a broad avenue. On it, a column of vehicles was already lined up, side by side in rows of two.”
SITUATION:
131 OMSBr (131st Independent Motor Rifle Brigade) formed the key combat element of Group North – one of four groups that surrounded the separatist-held Chechen capital, Grozny, in the last week of December 1994. On the morning of New Year’s Eve, they were ordered to move down from their safe position high on the Tersky (Terek) Ridge north of the city, reach a phase line on the Neftyanka river, and expect further orders. Col. Ivan Savin, the brigade’s commanding officer (callsign ”Caliber-10”), reported this task complete by 8.00 that day. At 9.00, Savin received orders to move out into the city itself.
Following a series of recon actions at the town’s edge (during which at least 1 enemy tank and 1 APC were destroyed by brigade’s fire), by 11 o’clock 131 Brigade was on the move towards the center of town, split up into two Assault Groups (or Battalion Combat Teams in NATO terminology) via two different approach routes. The 1st Assault Group entered the city through the Old Industrial District, while the 2nd moved in from the direction of the new (Severny) airport, alongside a 3rd Assault group from the neighbouring 81st Motor Rifle Regiment. Soon after 12.00 noon, the two groups’ paths merged on the broad, north-south Mayakovsky St.
Here, Col.Savin ordered the columns to break off into the old downtown streets running to the east and proceed to their major objectives: most notably, the Presidential Palace (RESCOM) and the Rail Station.
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NOTE: Requires the following files to play!
Chechnya database mod: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1903544436
Grozny map: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1903544436
Required items:
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Chechnya: Grozny Map — Steam Workshop
Chechnya: Database Mod (v0.60) — Steam Workshop
