Tuck runs up the stiars with his fire team and follows Minh's lead.  "Fortify our position with whatever we can find!  I'll post and cover," Robert says as he pulls out his binos and begins to scan the area for their targets and troops they can fire at with their limited AT capabilities.

TUCKER
M-16A2 [31/30] / M-203 [HE] - {READY WEAPON} Safety 'OFF'
Browning HP-35 [13/13] SAFETY 'ON' Cocked & locked
H&K SOCOM (Suppressed/.45 acp) [12/12] SAFETY 'ON'
Kevlar Vest/Helmet
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Bayer shouts back, "Der tank!"

He then toggles his radio and repeats, adding a slight change in the plan, "The tank... but open fire once it passes under 75 meters... go for topside hit. Over."



"Copy." Bayer replies. "No other friendlies in the objective at this time. Out."



"Sunray." Bayer responds. "We'll guide you in. Wait one..." Then still on the radio he passes the task onto Sergeant Tucker's group below (who are closest to the reinforcements), "Send one man and guide them into position. Make it quick. Over."

"Understood.  The RPG team will move to a higher floor for a better shot.  The MG team are staying here and will start engaging once they have a target," Jan called in reply to Konrad before turning to Artur and Pawel and switching to Polish so that they could understand what he was saying.  "Jay and I are moving to an upper floor to attack the tank with the RPG.  You stay here and engage targets once you can but do not get into a prolonged exchange.  Relocate from room to room after each attack.  Call up the stairwell if you need me.  HQ are still below you as well."

Jan then nodded to Jay and led him up the stairs, aiming to get to the fourth floor before the tank was in range.  "Jay," he said as he ran, "we are to attack the tank with the RPG.  You must wait until the tank is within 75m and we are trying for a topside attack.  I will try to knock out the APC's weapons with my HEDP rounds."


Jan
Issuing orders and then running upstairs to the fourth floor to take over Tuck's team's positions.
F88 Steyr AUG (30/30 rounds - 7 mags & some loose rounds in total) - held
 - Underslung M203 (1/1 HEDP - 6x HE, 2x HEDP & 1x ILLUM total)
Sig Sauer P226 (15/15 rounds - 4 mags total) - holster
Frag Grenade x4

"No, RPG initiates." Bayer clarifies. "Even if we come under fire from enemy first."

"Understood!" Jan yelled in reply to Konrad before halting his run upstairs briefly so that he could change his instructions to the two Poles.  "Artur.  Pawel.  Correction to my orders.  Hold your fire until the RPG fires.  We will initiate the attack.  Keep your heads down until that happens, even if you get incoming fire.  Is that clear?"

Assuming that it was Jan chased up the stairs, trying to catch Jay.  The Ghurkha was younger and unwounded however!

"Copy," Danny drawls, "Standing by."  He turns to "his" three nervous militiamen, who've joined him behind the skeletal truck and are doing good impersonations of Kalashnikov-armed cats in a room full of rocking chairs.  "Friend coming, will show path," he explains in his fragmentary Polish.  "No shoot friend."  This is not the most comfortable way to link up with a new unit...
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Robert turns to Jacek and points to him, "I need you to go downstairs and get guys with rocket launcher."

HQ and Sections 2 & 3

After a second burst of 30mm HE fire, the enemy M113, rolling slack in the Baron's relief column, ceases fire, but its gunner keeps an eye on the building currently housing HQ and sections 2 & 3. Jay waits until the point T-72 crawls to within 50m and then takes the shot. The rocket leaps from the launcher tube and streaks into the front, left fender of the tank. The resulting fireball tears through the thin metal of the fender and destroys the drive wheel, crippling the x-ton MBT. The T-72 limps forward another several meters as the the severed track unfurls in a pile next to it. (Jay -1 RPG HEAT round)

Jay's room is instantly filled with acrid smoke and the back of the Ghurka's neck is painfully singed by the fiery backblast of the rocket deflecting back off the ceiling. He half-flinches, half-ducks down below the level of the window sill, dropping the launch tube and clutching his neck. He coughs violently as smoke enters his lungs. He knows that he needs to get out of the room before he passes out, so he starts crawling through the haze towards the darkened rectangle of the doorway. (Jay scratch wound to the back of the neck)

The gunner in the M113 responds as soon as the rocket sizzles down from the third floor, dousing the area with 30mm fire (he fires at least 10 rounds in a sustained, sweeping burst). Fortunately, his aim is impeded by the movement of his mount, and he only succeeds in tearing up the concrete facade and blowing up a couple of empty rooms on the fourth floor. He does, however, keep anyone else in the building from firing on the convoy while his 30mm HE grenades impact nearby. The burst ceases abruptly as the sound of tracked vehicles grows louder.

Roof

Jeff crawls around searching for a piece of rebar. He finds one, about two feet long, on the far side of the roof (away from the granary). There is a small hunk of concrete at one end. It would make a decent one-use improvised club.

Assault Team

Craig takes point and Mariusz moves in behind him, with Ireneusz bringing up the rear. They move quickly up the first flight of steps, arriving at the first landing without catching sight of the enemy above. A blur and a clatter stops them cold. Before they consciously recognize the object for what it is- a Soviet RD-67 fragmentation grenade- it explodes in a blast of scorching light and violent sound. And then the world goes black.

Down below, Dawid hears the explosion, amplified and channeled by the narrow confines of the stairwell.

Reinforcements

Daniel and his militia charges are within sight of the granary complex. Multiple explosions rock the area. No fire is currently directed their way indicating that the enemy on the granary roof either haven't yet noticed their approach or have mistaken them for friendly forces coming to their aid.


Updated Tac-Map: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms...0&mid=1327635428


Next Moves?
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Craig stumbles down the stairs to where David is stationed falls over and stops moving.

On Jan's instruction, Jay had hurried up the stairs to the 4th floor to find a decent firing position, closely followed by the Legionnaire. After a quick scout around, he found a suitable position.

As the armoured convoy rolled into range, he lined up his shot and took careful aim. He only had the one shot, so had to make it count. He controlled his breathing and squeezed the trigger, sending the RPG on it's way. The rocket shot downwards, striking the tank with venom. However, Jay couldn't gauge the extend of the damage, as the RPG's back blast near destroyed the room he was in. As thick smoke filled the room he dropped to the floor, gasping for breath. He dropped the RPG launcher and scrambled as quickly as he could towards the doorway, ignoring the stinging wound on the back of his neck. He had no idea how serious it was, but knew that staying here wouldn't make it any better.

He kept moving, half-crawling, half-dragging himself along the floor, heading towards the stairwell. Once there he paused, coughing and blinking in an effort to clear his lungs and his eyes. He grabbed at his canteen and took a quick swig of water, and then splashed some on his face and wiped it with a dirty hand.

As soon as he could he unslung his AK74 and rejoined the fray.

OOC - Note, RPG rocket used and launcher currently abandoned
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"Oh Holy Mother Mary..."

He called out in Polish, "IRENEUSZ! See to the front entrance! NOW!"

Dawid began checking Craig out, looking for wounds he could bandage using the man's own personal medkit (before he looked for his own). It was remotely possible that everyone else was fine but somehow, under the circumstances, he doubted it. Thumbing his radio he said,

"Sunray... we have one, probably several more casualties. We need a Doctor! A Doctor!"


Dawid Piotrowski
PKM GPMG (45 + 44)
Inside Granary Entrance
Administering First Aid on Craig

Mariusz had been riding his luck since the attack at the stadium, and it looked as if he had been lucky again. His head rang and the world was accompanied by an orchestra of giants playing bells with hammers. He crawled over to the nearest cover he could find and tried to gather his senses.

Roused from unconsciousness again Craig fumbles at the hands trying to help him. He realises it's Dawid and tells him;

”The others upstairs.... grenade....crap. Upstairs.”

Shit can't hear myself, ringing. He grabs for his right side of his head as he does so he realises his helmet is missing along with his ear and a sizeable chunk of his head and neck. He spat blood as he looked at the gore on his hand.

He picked up the dressing Dawid had pulled from his pouch and tried to apply it to the wound on his head.

In reply to Craig Sutherland (msg #269):

"Craig... can you tell me how far up you made it?" He pointed up, holding up one, then two, then three fingers, a question on his face. Craig couldn't likely hear him but maybe he would understand his pantomime.

The fact that Craig was coming to his senses and starting to function was a very good sign, despite the blood and, well, missing scalp. At least it meant he wouldn't bleed out immediately.

"Ireneusz, help this man!"


OOC: Does Craig still have his AK/GL on his back? If not, Dawid tried to grab the SPAS-15/HEAT from Ireneusz as he returns to the entrance. Also, is the elevator shaft open? How many floors is the granary?
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Bayer shields himself with his back to wall after observing Jay's hit on the tank and the subsequent return fire. Thumbing his radio, he shouts over the clamor, "Sunray, roger... wait. Do what you can and hold on. Over."

He then shouts to those with him in the building, just in case they weren't sure, "FIRE!"

Bayer will then inch his way towards the side of the window, pie'ing it until he can spot one of the lighter AFVs. He makes sure he keeps back from the window as much as possible as to keep in the shadows and not advertise his position to the enemy. Once he's aimed at the vehicle he'll fire the grenade launcher and then scurry back away from the window - reloading on the move.

Bayer
G36 (30/30) + 1 HEDP
Firing HEDP at whichever APC he can see the easiest
HQ Group

In reply to Konrad Bayer (msg #271):

Tucker turns to Piotr and Minh and tells them, "Concentrate your fire on that grenade launcher!  Give him a magazine, displace, reload and then re-engage!  He'll chew us the fuck up if we give 'em the chance."

TuckerThen took aim with his grenade launcher, made sure his first shot tried to count, and then fired the 40mm HE round he had loaded at the M113 APC to try and take out the grenade launcher, gunner, or better yet, both!

TUCKER
M-16A2 [31/30] / M-203 [HE] - {READY WEAPON} Safety 'OFF'
Browning HP-35 [13/13] SAFETY 'ON' Cocked & locked
H&K SOCOM (Suppressed/.45 acp) [12/12] SAFETY 'ON'
Kevlar Vest/Helmet

Firing HE round at the M113 to try and take out grenade launcher and or gunner
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Griet fired her grenade launcher at the lead M113, hoping that the round would send some shrapnel the way of the bastard gunner that had chewed them up earlier.

Griet
AK-74 30/30
BG-1   1/1 HE
Firing at M113 with grenade launcher.

Was he bleeding from his nose, that can't be a good sign. Can't really tell lots of blood.

"First landing, I think."

He unslung his Ak or just let it drop off his arm beside him along with the sniper rifle.

Danny flinches as a rolling string of explosions sends loose snow cascading from rooftops onto Kanadyjska Street.  Griet said she lost the Mark Nineteen, that's gotta be the other side's heavy iron.  On the heels of the explosions, his radio crackles:

"Sunray... we have one, probably several more casualties. We need a doctor! A doctor!"

Aw, shit.  I think that was Eagle...  Danny can see heads bobbing atop the granary but they're focused elsewhere.  Hundred meters, more or less... what the hell is Polish for "bounding overwatch?"  He's tensing himself for the sprint when Haptmann Bayer replies:

"Sunray, roger... wait. Do what you can and hold on. Over."

Okay.  If he wanted me there, he'd've said so.  Danny glances across the street again, then turns to "his" fireteam, who he's mentally dubbed Rabbit, Scarface, and Sleepy.  "You - take.  Get to friends."  He unslings the LAW and passes it to Rabbit, who's by far the fastest runner.  He hates to put anyone else on point but the friendlies are less likely to shoot these guys out of reflex than they are to blue-on-blue his own unfamiliar face.  Pointing to Rabbit and Scarface, he sketches something that might, in dim light, resemble a plan.  "You run, we watch.  Then you watch, we run," indicating Sleepy, the teenage member of the trio.  "Ready?"  He waits for nods of understanding, then hunkers down behind what's left of the truck's engine block and draws a bead on the granary's parapet.  "One... two... three... go!"

Danny
Winona [30/30] + 6 magazines - ready
CZ 75 [15/15] + 2 magazines - holstered
AN-M8 (HC smoke) x2 - stowed
AN-M18 (red smoke) x1 - stowed
Moving team northeast (toward the back of Warren's building) via bounding overwatch, focused on granary roof as primary threat axis; engaging with aimed semi-auto fire if necessary
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Dawid took the AK as it began to slide to the floor, slinging it around his shoulder. He transmitted, "Eagle calling Sunray, understood. Staying at front entrance to objective."

As he waited for Ireneusz to arrive and take over guarding the front entrance, he continued with the 1st Aid on Craig, checking the street outside as well to make sure no one was making a break for the granary.


Dawid Piotrowski
AK-74/BG-15 (45/45) + 4x30 (1/1 HE)
Inside Granary Entrance
Helping administer First Aid on Craig, then visual checks of the street.

OOC: Dawid still wears a lifchik with 4x 30-rd 5.45x39mm mags.
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With the back blast from Jay's RPG-7 and the incoming fire Jan's battlefield became very small as he focussed on just him and Jay.  Even the other two members of his fireteam, Artur and Pawel were two floors below him and so out of effective communication range at present, particularly as Jan's ears were ringing from the various explosions that had just occurred in his vicinity.

The room was full of smoke however so Jan turned to Jay.  "Follow me!" he yelled before heading down to the floor below, the third floor, intending on finding another window to fire through.  If he found one he took the time, and risked further incoming fire, to aim and fire his M203 at the AGS-17 mounted on the top of the M113 APC, hoping to knock it out with a HEDP round.  He was running out of HEDP rounds and the AGS-17 seemed to be the last major heavy weapon left to the Baron's forces so it was worth the risk to make the shot count!  That was unless the T-72 still had a surprise in store for them!


Jan
Relocating to the 3rd floor and then firing an aimed shot with his M203 (HEDP round) at the AGS-17 mounted on M113#2.
F88 Steyr AUG (30/30 rounds - 7 mags & some loose rounds in total) - held
 - Underslung M203 (1/1 HEDP - 6x HE, 2x HEDP & 1x ILLUM total)
Sig Sauer P226 (15/15 rounds - 4 mags total) - holster
Frag Grenade x4

Quyen is crouched behind the furniture she dragged over to the window to strengthen her cover when she hears the Konrad and Robert's fire orders. She then pops up, her eyes scanning for the correct APC and sets her sights on the exposed gunner. Quyen will then fire two single shots aiming for the man then quickly switches over to automatic and squeezes off a short burst as well.

Immediately following her shots Quyen drops back down below her cover and scurries low across the floor using one hand to brace herself. She'll then head to a different firing position as ordered.

Quyen
AK74 (30/30)
Firing 2 single shots at AGL gunner then 1 five round burst

HQ and Sections 2 & 3

No less than four grenadiers take aim at the oncoming M113. They unleash a deadly barrage from above, striking the M113 with three out of the four shots. Two shots hit the imrpovised armored shield for the AGS, showering the "turret" and the top of the APC with dozens of fragments, and instantly killing the gunner. The third hit strikes the track on the M113's right side, severing it, while the fourth grenade explodes in the road of the APC's port side. The M113 squeels to a stop just past the disabled T-72, effectively blocking off most of the road. The MTLB stops suddenly and the driver pauses, probably weighing his options and/or responding to orders from his high-ranking passengers. (Jan -1 HEDP grenade, Konrad, Tucker, & Griet -1 40mm HE each)

LaRue

The squad of the reinforcements from the tug responds to LaRue's pantomimed orders and proceeds as instructed. No one is covering the rear so the small team makes it to the building occupied by the Kommando's main body (aka "Warren's building) molested by neither foe nor friend.

Sniper

Warren studies his prize of rebar, singing Nirvana and pondering his next move.

Assault

Ireneusz covers the main entrance while Dawid assists the wounded. Craig appears to have born the brunt of the grenade blast. Fortunately, his Soviet-made helmet protected him from the worst of it. Despite its gruesome appearance, his head wound does not appear life threatening (it will likely require dozens of stitches to close up properly). The wound in his leg, however, will impead his ability to move around very far (or fast) on his own power. He undoubtedly suffered a pretty serious concussion as well so, for the remainder of this battle at least, Craig will not be able to contribute.

Mariusz, being behind the larger man, was shielded from some of the blast and most of the shrapnel. The largest piece (about the size of his thumbnail) is lodged in his PAGST vest over his abdomen. So, aside from a concussion, Mariusz appears to be fine.

The enemy can be heard through the stairwell yelling back and forth on the floors above. Their intentions are unclear.


Next Moves?

Craig stayed in place by the barrier, the pain was coming in waves and that set off a bout of nausea each time. It was all he could do to say upright and not throw up on himself.

In reply to Craig Sutherland (msg #280):

While helping to drag Craig to the sandbagged entrance fighting position, he took a couple spare 40mm grenades from his LBE and stuffed them into a pocket.

"Ireneusz, keep an eye on the street with the PKM. And keep Craig here safe."


"Craig, my friend, hang in there!"


Dawid he moved to the unblocked stairwell. Looking up, he tried to spot anyone looking down.

If it looked clear he would move up, trying to make the 1st floor as quickly as possible, not stopping, even for casualties. He figured the assault team must have hit a booby-trap, so the way was now clear. If a grenade had been dropped down, he figured as long as he didn't tarry in the stairwell he would have a good chance to make it.


Dawid Piotrowski
AK-74/BG-15 (45/45) + 4x30 (1/1 HE)
Getting 2 spare 40mm HE.
Granary Ground Floor, moving to First Floor

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