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Phoenix Rising III - The Nagorna-Karabakh Conflict - Spring 2009
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They are a bit pricey, but you get to keep them, after you have used them, to hang off your vest, or just for display.
Was never told that now : / That should really be something you get told when buying them. I bought one of the big boomers
and to be fair there was no way I was strolling into the enemy building" wow hold on lads, need to get my souvenir" 0 -
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Post by Ian on the TA forum:
May I start with thanking every single player that came to the event for making it a very special weekend.
But special thanks has to go to the following people:
Brett & Steve – the core members of the team.
Jon Coles, Marcus Stacey-Bradbury and Mike Harrison for taking on the huge task of commanding each side and doing a fantastic job.
Carl Silver for the sounds effects.
Mark Goddard for coming down for the Friday and Saturday just to help where he could.
TLSFX for the usual stonking good pyro and some excellent new pyro in the form of the 3rd gen stuff.
The marshalling team; Sean, Matt & Si, Andy Stevens and the lads from UCAP, and Charlie Keller and the team Dark Angels.
Loraines Kitchen for their excellent catering once again.
Dave Manning (Airsoft Skirmish) for the tents and the shop.
Jayson Sladen for the use of the quad bike.
Plus anyone else that contributed towards the success of the weekends action
A very special thank you has to go to all those that helped with the cleanup of the site afterwards with emphasis on Sean, Matt & Si, Andy Stevens and the UCAP team.
And finally, it would be criminal not to say a special thanks to Julie, for her unconditional support both leading up to these events as well as during the actual weekend itself.
Ok let’s get down to business.
Armenia forces soon moved through the streets of the small town and made significant progress before making full contact with the enemy.
They fought hard and it was not long before their guts and determination pushed the Azerbaijan reconnaissance unit back to the northern outskirts of the town.
But by mid-afternoon Azerbaijan forces started to turn the battle around and it was not long before the Armenian force was on the back foot.
One lost fire-fight led to another as the casualties increased and the Armenian units started to take massive losses, with emphasis on the loss of command and control due to heavy losses of its commanders in the field.
By contrast, Azerbaijan medics worked hard to keep their commanders in the battle including well executed casevacs when required.
By early evening the Armenian covering force had been completely destroyed and the remnants had been pushed beyond the outskirts of the town.
What was left of the Armenian force withdrew to regroup and once they had been joined by a reserve unit they were ready to attempt a counter-attack against the enemy occupying force. At the same time an Armenian transport helicopter crashed in the area of pine woodlands north-west of the town.
An Armenian SF unit operating within the area was sent in to extract any survivors. Two teams were sent in which attracted some attention from the Azerbaijan’s for which consequently they sent a platoon to investigate.
Upon arrival the Armenian SF unit had found the helicopters pilot and was preparing to extract him when contact broke out. One of the SF teams began to extract the pilot whilst the second team carried out a delaying action on the Azerbaijan unit. What followed was an intense fire-fight both along the edge of the woodlands as well as within. But finally the Armenians were able to successfully extract the pilot.
Whilst the contact in the woods was unfolding the reinforced Armenian company started its counter-offensive and whilst the opening assaults were very successful primarily due to the intense rolling artillery barrage that ripped through the southern district of the town, the offensive ground to a halt nearly halfway through the town.
As darkness approached both forces settled in for the night as various fire-fights broke out during the evening and through to the early hours of the morning.
By first light both forces were once more exchanging rounds at each other and as the morning went on the intensity of the fighting increased, but no matter how much each side tried, neither were able to make any significant gains in ground….which ended in a stalemate.
Conclusion:
Well Armenia started very well in the opening hours of the weekend as well as throughout the afternoon, but by late afternoon this soon turned as the Azerbaijanis got a grip of themselves, settled down and started to win back the fight.
By approximately 1800hrs, the Azerbaijan force had completely dominated the entire town and the Armenians were forced to retreat and regroup.
An Armenian counter-attack was launched at approximately 1930hrs whilst an SF extraction mission took place in the north-west outskirts. The opening offensive started well and a foothold in the town was established.
Although the SF mission was highly successful, it was not enough to pull back the losses from the retreat witnessed only a few hours beforehand.
The evening was evenly balanced as well as through the night time fighting. But finally this too was dominated by the Azerbaijanis as the action wound down by 0300hrs.
The following day was fought hard by both sides, and neither was really able to push the other back too far before counter-attacks quickly re-gained lost ground. So the Sunday morning action was seen as a level pegged fight.
Ultimately victory could only go to one side ……
AZERBAIJAN
Once again, a massive thank you goes to all the players that attended. As an organiser I can only set the stage, for you guys to do what you do best…..make war!!!
I look forward to many of you again at Steve’s charity game in August which TA Events is pleased to be sponsoring.
As for the next TA Events game….well stay tuned for something around October….Location: TOP SECRET.
Oh and finally the Purple Heart award goes to one of the Azerbaijan players (who shall remain nameless), for having a fight with the corner of a building and receiving 3 stitches for his efforts. But he was back from Hospital on the Saturday evening and back in the fight the next day. Now that is what I call commitment!!!! .... however, if I receive a bill for the damaged wall then I will be sending it his way!
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photos from the event just a small slid show at the moment
http://www.fraghaggis.co.uk/PR3/
love the one of 3 guys in dpm and the ball grenade in mid flight 0 -
photos from the event just a small slid show at the moment
http://www.fraghaggis.co.uk/PR3/
love the one of 3 guys in dpm and the ball grenade in mid flight
Some really savage pics there man...:)0 -
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there a great set of photo's. he really knows what he was doing.
Very happy to see the tri colour photo too, I'll defo be buying a copy of it. there was a few people who had their back stabbing opinions on me errecting it, (who can go f*&k themselves for that matter) but im delighted it was recognised and that it was also the only flag flying high in the vilage.
Puding: do ya know if thats all the pics or if their is any more due? cheers by the way.0 -
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there a great set of photo's. he really knows what he was doing.
Very happy to see the tri colour photo too, I'll defo be buying a copy of it. there was a few people who had their back stabbing opinions on me errecting it, (who can go f*&k themselves for that matter) but im delighted it was recognised and that it was also the only flag flying high in the vilage.
Puding: do ya know if thats all the pics or if their is any more due? cheers by the way.
Keep the flag flying Masada, well done!0 -
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FragHaggis (the photographer) was offerin ga service whereby you could flick through the pictures on a couple of laptops in the church/admin centre and bring a pen-drive with you and get the photos you wanted there and then. I think I may do that next time.
we had a look yourselves, it was a good set up, we just thought getting the complete lot was a nice way of saying thank you to the guy 0 -
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i wasnt having a go at you richie about the flag but rather the fact that it was originally a ball of material on the roof. I was proud as punch when it was then mounted on a pole and remained there for the rest of the game. I hope it stayed there - i would dearly love to see some squaddies face when he returned to work to see that (no offence to mod staff - its a cracking site) 0
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