Craig settles into firing position and, quickly settling his sights on the disabled BMP-2, launches his second HEAT round. The rocket impacts a few meters from the IFV's front, left quarter, errupting in an impressive rolling fireball. The sound of the explosion is equally impressive. Unfortunately, the exploding warhead does not appear to have done any damage to the BMP. (
Craig -1 RPG rocket)
As the BMP's turret rotates to bring its main gun and coax to bear on the firing signature of Craig's RPG-16, Thor pops out of cover just long enough to fire his LAW. The LAW's slightly smaller HEAT warhead detonates in almost the same spot the RPG round hit just moments earlier. (
Thor - 1 M72 LAW)
While Craig and Thor were taking on the BMP, Jan, Tucker, and Minh were attempting to provide suppressive fire. With all of the lead flying and the percussive blasts of the exploding rockets, it's really hard to tell if any of the outgoing rounds are finding their mark. Tucker, though, is pretty sure that one of his shots just broke an RPK gunner's arm. (
Tucker -6 rounds, Minh -2 rounds, Jan - 2 rounds).
The BMP fires off another burst of cannon fire at Craig's position. 30mm HE rounds explode in showers of glowing shrapnel and blasted concrete. Craig had just displaced and somehow avoids getting hit badly. It's a close call, though. Craig feels something warm and wet trickling down his upper back. At first he thinks it's just sweat but after reaching up to make sure, his hand comes away red. It appears he's sustained a fairly superficial wound to the back of his neck. The BMP almost has him pegged now. To expose himself from his current position would be extremely risky. The BMP's gunner bravely fights on from inside his hobbled steel mount, despite the fire of at least two AT gunners.
Mariusz fires off a couple of rounds at the shape of an enemy soldier before ducking into cover. He removes the pin on a smoke grenade and throws it as far as he can over the wall towards the enemy force. (Mariusz -2 rounds & 1 smoke grenade). Dawid sweeps the building to the east with a long burst of fire, attempting to forstall a flanking attempt from that quarter. Dawid picks up the gun and follows the displacing Mariusz, his ersatz ammunition carrier. (
Dawid -10 rounds)
On the group's southern flank, an squad-strength enemy flanking attempt is already well underway. Ondar and Warren have culled the enemy squad a bit, but the half dozen or so survivors continue to fire and manouver aggressively, slowly but steadily gaining ground. (
Ondar -1 round)
The main enemy group directly to the east, facing the party's center, is more or less pinned down by the party's fire. The group to the northeast seems to have lost heart after their covering BTR took a direct RPG hit to its turret. You can occasionally make out its large caliber MG ammo cooking off in the background of the firefight. The small enemy group to the south, their fighting spirit apparently bolstered by the BMP's valiant stand, is the biggest threat at the moment.
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