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[divefreak]

File Name: Falkland 2010-1
File Submitter: divefreak
File Submitted: 11 Dec 2010
File Updated: 15 Dec 2010
File Category: Custom
DB Used: HC-95to10-DB
Authors: RH
Battleset: Falkland
Battleset-Custom: .scz - Custom BS - Custom BS

What happens when Argentina trys again to take the Malivinas?

Get your group around the Type FF near the Falklands and sink the LCF Hercules!

Click here to download this file

[chrism_scotland]

Hiya mate, possible silly question but how do I get this to open? I've downloaded the required database and opened what I thought was the right Battleset but it wont seem to open!

[TeTeT]

Back to the Falklands
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The scenario starts with the Falkland islands somewhat armed and a section of four Eurofighter Typhoon placed on it. A small surface group is coming to the rescue from the northeast. A replenishment tanker is south of the islands, in range of the coast.

Two Typhoons scramble and fly a criss-cross pattern north of the islands. Soon the first bandits are made out. With help of the AIM-120 medium to long range missiles the first Mirage IIIEs from the Argentinian air force go down.

Meantime the second pair of Typhoons is launched and replace the guard. The first section of Typhoons goes back to base to replenish their AIM-120s. Quickly the second pair is engaging 6 small contacts, the shooting starts again beyond visual range. While all go down, the next wave arrives and the remaining six AIM-120 are launched. The flyboys have done their duty and are returning to base now. But not for long - on the way back the lonely enemy bandit starts to chase them. While an unpreferred method of engagement, the Typhoons head back and kill a Super Etendard. When 3 Orion are detected, the Typhoons complete their mission and shoot these down too.

With all planes grounded a new blip shows up on the radar screen. A total of 36 Skyhawks is sighted over the islands, en route to the base. Now it's the air defense's turn and they down 6 of the attackers. In exchange for these losses the Mount Pleasant airfield is slightly damaged. Once the air raid sirens have stopped, the ground crews continue to make the four Typhoons airworthy again.

Once the first pair of Typhoons is ready again, they go on station northwest of the island. Hopefully they will be able to deter any more incoming raids, either by sheer presence or action. During the wait for the next stage, accountants come up with 33 downed enemy planes for 1 damaged base. Not a bad day for the RAF so far.

The next bandit is sighted north of Mount Pleasant. It seems the enemy shifts the axis of attack slightly with each wave. The two fighters quickly engage the opposing flight. Three more Orions plummet down to earth.

When 28 targets appear, it is clear that the Skyhawks have returned. With the second pair of Typhoons now in the air, the turkey shoot continues. Nevertheless the brave A-4 pilots make it to the target and inflict more damage to the air field.

Meanwhile two tankers from Ascension are on station and hopefully will allow that four Tornados make it to Mount Pleasant on the Falklands. The anti shipping armament of these birds might come handy.

And indeed the Argentinian navy is close - a helicopter signal has been caught by ESM from a Typhoon. But the Tornados are at least 2000 miles away. While the first tanker fuels up the Tornado, the CAP over the Falklands takes care of the remaining A-4s. While no further air raids seem to be possible, the CAP continues to be on guard.

While not exactly good sports, the Typhoons decide to recon the area where the helicopter signal was picked up and discover a hostile fleet. Quickly the helos are downed by the powerful AIM-120.

When the Tornados refuel the second time, the two Typhoons at Mount Pleasant base are re-equipped with SEAD tasking. Together with the Tornados this should make a differnce for the surface fleet cruising southwest of the Falklands.

The SEAD mission is somewhat successfull, with a few hits scored on the frigates and destroyers. Now the wait for the Tornados appearance starts.

But first the ES-3 early warning aircraft arrives and refits. Now the picture on enemy movements is becoming much clearer. Nothing but the small task force southwest of the Falklands is close to the island.

The Tornados finally arrive on the scene, after a very long trip. A trip too long it seems - the crews concentrate on taking down helicopters and misjudge the engagement range of the enemy air defenses. With great pleasure the Argentinians see two Tornados dissolve in a ball of fire. Quickly the remaining two birds release their anti surface missiles and head back to the Falklands.


to be continued...

[TeTeT]

Hiya mate, possible silly question but how do I get this to open? I've downloaded the required database and opened what I thought was the right Battleset but it wont seem to open!

Worked for me, I downloaded the db and the Falklands battleset from divefreak.

[donaldseadog]

Hiya mate, possible silly question but how do I get this to open? I've downloaded the required database and opened what I thought was the right Battleset but it wont seem to open!

Its a good idea to give us some more detail about what you did. Which database version, where did you place which files? Did you open the game using HCLauncher (this makes it easier with database management). What happened "it won't seem to open"? Could you see the battleset in selection window or not, etc
I note there are two "faulklands" battlesets, as TeTeT says, use divefreak's battleset "Faulklands/southatlantic, (not the "Faulkland island War" battleset). That might be the problem?
Don Thomas

[chrism_scotland]

Hiya mate, possible silly question but how do I get this to open? I've downloaded the required database and opened what I thought was the right Battleset but it wont seem to open!

Its a good idea to give us some more detail about what you did. Which database version, where did you place which files? Did you open the game using HCLauncher (this makes it easier with database management). What happened "it won't seem to open"? Could you see the battleset in selection window or not, etc
I note there are two "faulklands" battlesets, as TeTeT says, use divefreak's battleset "Faulklands/southatlantic, (not the "Faulkland island War" battleset). That might be the problem?
Don Thomas

I was trying the launcher and I thought I had the right battleset but will give it another go!

[TeTeT]

It's time to continue the struggle for the Falkland islands. While the Tornados are on their way to Mount Pleasant air base, the four eurofighters are standing in the hangars. Two are equipped for SEAD, the remaining two for precision long range with the Storm Shadow missile. Chances are slim that more Argentinian aircraft will show up, so the lack of dedicated interceptors is seen as a calculated risk.

On Ascension the remaining four Typhoons take off on their way to the Falklands. The tankers setup on the path between the two islands. With these reinforcements the sinking of the Argentinian fleet soutwest of the Falklands should be easier.

With the Typhoons on the way, the air base at Mount Pleasant is generating sortie after sortie against the invasion fleet. And ship by ship sinks in the ice cold water of the South Atlantic. Even before the reinforcing Typhoons make their first tanker contact, all of the Argentinian fleet is sent to the bottom. Overall 8 ships, 64 planes and 10 helicopters have been destroyed, in exchange for a damaged base and 2 lost Tornados.

Time to bring the war to the Argentinian mainland. After a number of missions a standard formula of using 4 Typhoons with Brimstones, 4 with Storm Shadows and 2 Tornados with SEAD arming was found sufficient to level the bases.

After the scenario time was exceeded, I got informed about a draw result. Not sure what else I should have done in the scenario?

[divefreak]

After the scenario time was exceeded, I got informed about a draw result. Not sure what else I should have done in the scenario?

fixed the V-Conds----

[Silent Hunter UK]

An interesting result.

Did you even need the surface group?

[divefreak]

An interesting result.

Did you even need the surface group?

The Typhoon FGR is very impressive....

but i changed the assest on the Islands to the older F2 Variant.

Now you´ll need the tornados...

[TeTeT]

Did you even need the surface group?

Nope, they were just cruising around the Falklands. I tried to get the sub in place to have a go at the surface group, but it was too slow.

[PongoDeMer]

I can't get this to load either.  The download for this (when unzipped) consists of four files: FALK 1 BKz, FALK 1 BLz, FALK 1 SCz and FALK 1 RDz.  All of these have now been installed into HCE (Build 2009.050).  I have also downloaded and installed the database HC_95to_10DB_110112

After firing the game up, I hit the 'New' button on which the list of battlesets comes up.  I look for a custom battleset but there is nothing showing at all.  I then look at the South Atlantic battleset under 'User Scenario' but again nothing shows

Could some kind person put me on the right track, preferably in words of one syllable?

Many thanks,

PongoDeMer

[TonyE]

I can't get this to load either. The download for this (when unzipped) consists of four files: FALK 1 BKz, FALK 1 BLz, FALK 1 SCz and FALK 1 RDz. All of these have now been installed into HCE (Build 2009.050). I have also downloaded and installed the database HC_95to_10DB_110112

After firing the game up, I hit the 'New' button on which the list of battlesets comes up. I look for a custom battleset but there is nothing showing at all. I then look at the South Atlantic battleset under 'User Scenario' but again nothing shows

Could some kind person put me on the right track, preferably in words of one syllable?

Many thanks,

PongoDeMer

You made it most of the way! I'd say this scenario requires the most complicated setup (download scenario, database, AND battleset).

The piece you are missing is the battleset itself, http://harpgamer.com...mp;showfile=271

Note the different map colors, that will help you select the proper battleset in the list of battlesets.

One other download that you'll probably like is the picturefile, http://harpgamer.com...mp;showfile=328 . If you are a big user of the platform display grabbing the picture file will reduce the chance of crashing due to absentee images that the database expects.

Thanks for giving it a try, let us know if you need more detail.

[PongoDeMer]

I can't get this to load either.  The download for this (when unzipped) consists of four files: FALK 1 BKz, FALK 1 BLz, FALK 1 SCz and FALK 1 RDz.  All of these have now been installed into HCE (Build 2009.050).  I have also downloaded and installed the database HC_95to_10DB_110112

After firing the game up, I hit the 'New' button on which the list of battlesets comes up.  I look for a custom battleset but there is nothing showing at all.  I then look at the South Atlantic battleset under 'User Scenario' but again nothing shows

Could some kind person put me on the right track, preferably in words of one syllable?

Many thanks,

PongoDeMer

You made it most of the way!  I'd say this scenario requires the most complicated setup (download scenario, database, AND battleset).

The piece you are missing is the battleset itself, http://harpgamer.com...mp;showfile=271

Note the different map colors, that will help you select the proper battleset in the list of battlesets.

One other download that you'll probably like is the picturefile, http://harpgamer.com...mp;showfile=328 .  If you are a big user of the platform display grabbing the picture file will reduce the chance of crashing due to absentee images that the database expects.

Thanks for giving it a try, let us know if you need more detail.

Tony,

The scenario is now up and running.  I assume that I will have to restore the old common database and picture file when I have finished.  I have backed them up!

Many, many thanks,

Pongo

[PongoDeMer]

Falkland 2010 After Action Report

I was a student in 1982 and had no involvement in the Falklands War.  My memories of those momentous events came from religiously reading the papers, listening to the radio and watching TV.  My perspective was therefore one that was very much from the sidelines.  In more recent years,  I have watched as successive British governments have cut our armed forces into the bone itself and stretched them beyond all reasonable limits.  Much more recently I have witnessed  the Falklands inspired rhetoric, government sanctioned flag burnings and attacks on British companies taking place in Argentina. The question that I have kept asking myself in consequence is; if Argentina attempted to retake the Falklands, could we stop them?  I decided to use the Harpoon program to find out.

Harpoon Advanced Naval Warfare or Harpoon Ultimate Commanders Edition?  I have always found the latter to be more accessible so H.U.C.E. it was.  Surprisingly there was no up to date Falklands scenario included with the standard version of the game.  However, the HarpGamer site provided me with Divefreak's Falkland 2010 scenario and custom database.  At first I couldn't get the scenario to run.  This is because the custom database was not included in the scenario download.  However a prompt answer to my post on the HarpGamer website provided the missing file.  Perhaps in future Divefreak could include the database with the scenario files.

On firing up the scenario, I had a close look at the disposition of my forces which were as follows.  North West of the Falklands some 140 miles off the Argentine cost was the Trafalgar class submarine HMS Tireless, armed with Spearfish torpedoes and Tomahawk missiles.  The Islands themselves contained the Mount Pleasant Airbase, a number of SAM/radar sites plus four Typhoon aircraft.  Close examination of the loadouts available to the latter revealed that these had been restricted to intercept, ferry and escort options only with no anti-surface capability included.  Some 300 miles to the north-east was a surface group consisting of HMS Chatham, a type 22/3 frigate, plus a number of patrol craft and minesweepers.  My initial impression was that this particular formation was in the worst possible location to offer any assistance and this turned out to be entirely correct.  Over 3000 miles to the north lay the airfield on Ascension Island containing reinforcements consisting of 4 x Typhoons, 4 x Tornados, an E3D (airborne early warning) aircraft and 2 x VC10 tankers.

If the forces on the Falklands represented the circled wagons, then the forces on Ascension were the cavalry.  Could the settlers in the wagons keep the injuns at bay until the cavalry came to the rescue?  My 4 Typhoons at Mount Pleasant certainly had their work cut out.  They all made ace on their first patrols and still the Argentinians kept coming.  The Typhoons were all in the air, but almost out of missiles when a wave of 25 Skyhawks came in.  They took 2 out with their last ASRAAMS, and the SAM batteries took a further 10 out, but the rest hit Mount Pleasant causing 9% damage.  Thank goodness I hadn't landed any of my 'winchester' Typhoons.  They were however armed and ready by the time the next wave of Skyhawks came in.  Only 3 survived to bomb Mount Pleasant, causing a further 3% damage.  None made it back.

By this point, I had effectively won.  HMS Tireless damaged the San Juan base with Tomahawks.  The Typhoons and Tornados from Ascension, re-fuelled en-route by the VC10s arrived at Mount Pleasant along with the E3D.  The E3D plus escort was launched after re-fuelling and immediately located an Argentinian surface group approaching the Islands from the south-west.  HMS Tireless was by this time well positioned to intercept them and did so, sinking three of them with Spearfish torpedoes.  She had an unpleasant few moments when the Argentinians launched torpedoes on her in return, but she evaded them successfully and lived to tell the tale.  The Tornados armed with Sea Eagle and ALARM finished off the remainder.

Divefreak had not given me the ideal disposition of forces, nor had he given the Typhoons any anti-surface options in the loadouts.  This certainly made for a more interesting game and yet I still prevailed.  My only loss was 12% damage to the Mount Pleasant airfield.  The principal reason for this was the vast technology gap between the British and the Argentinians.  The former were using state of the art kit, the latter were equipped with systems that had hardly changed since the 1980s.  What concerned me most was how the British defence rested on a 4 fragile Typhoon aircraft which indeed it does in real-life.  If the Argentinians (perhaps using special forces) could find a way of eliminating these, and also (with foreign help) find a way of interdicting any reinforcements coming from Ascension, an attack on the Falklands would become a much more viable proposition.

Pongo