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Sundown The 1st new scenario of the year! New World Order battleset #4 - Part 1 - The War with UBAN - Indian Ocean Persian Gulf - #1 SUNDOWN In September 1995, one of the West's not-so-secret desires was fulfilled. Saddam Hussein, the mother-of-all dictators, was assassinated. However, this apparent good fortune has also kindled one of the Western world's darkest fears. In the chaos following Hussein's demise, the "rogue nation" of Iran has taken political control of Iraq. This new nation has further amalgamated with Yemen, Syria, Egypt, and Libya in a new military and economic confederation known as the United Brotherhood of Arab-Persian Nations (UBA…

File Name: Istiqlal on Patrol (2015) File Submitter: Mgellis File Submitted: 01 Jun 2013 File Category: Scenarios My 18th scenario of 2013... In the near future, tensions between Iran and Kuwait have increased. Kuwait sends a few of its vessels to "show the flag" by patrolling the Eastern part of its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). But will Iran consider this a provocation and use it as an excuse to attack? Image: Kuwaiti patrol vessel Al-Garoh. (Source: U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Kevin H. Tierney.) (Author's note: I found this one surprisingly challenging when I was testing it, perhaps because it is one of those small scenarios…

32nd Scenario posted this year! Harold Hutchison has posted his latest creation. Force Z You are in command of four Australian frigates with orders to protect merchant shipping in an Indonesian exclusion zone. Author: Harold Hutchison This scenario uses the HutchDB and can be found in the StrategyZoneOnline File Archives

Here's a nice AAR from Freek Schepers:

AAR „Alone in the Snow“ Scenario designed by Herman Hum Based on an original Harpoon Classic HDS-II-scenario Database: Players DB 7.4.7 Game engine: H3 ANW 3.8.0 Release Version Aircraft Logistics on A. Foreword: Herman rebuilds a lot of HC scens, especially those of the HC HDS-II-Battleset, with AGSIs permission. “Alone in the Snow” belongs to the HDS-II-GIUK-Battleset, Herman´s favourite. Sweden´s situation is difficult, but not hopeless: It faces an airborne Russian invasion. Sweden has got several squadrons of fighter-bombers in order to keep his bases intact, especially to save Visby. B. My experience 1. Start is November 21st…

File Name: Sharks vs Flattops File Submitter: RKoelbach File Submitted: 31 Jan 2010 File Category: Scenarios DB Used: ANW DB v 2.2 Authors: Ralf Koelbach Battleset: No Information Sharks vs. Flattops A scenario for Harpoon 3 ANW by Ralf Koelbach Database: ANW DB v 2.2 Click here to download this file

File Name: Battle of San Antonio 2013 File Submitter: Mgellis File Submitted: 31 May 2012 File Updated: 28 Jul 2012 File Category: Scenarios DB Used: HUD 4 v1.1 b11 Authors: Mark Gellis Battleset: No Information Chilean convoy vs. Russian navy in the near future... (Image of Chilean navy frigate CNS Almirante Williams (FFG 19) and several other ships is U.S. Navy photo 110629-N-ZI300-106 by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Steve Smith/Released) Click here to download this file

The 68th NEW Harpoon scenario of the year! Surprise, Surprise! This is the worst-case scenario for Middle East affairs. With Iran now in control of the majority of the world's oil, long silent Russia has announced a mutual defense treaty and has vowed to help protect the Gulf for their Arab friends. U.S. forces find themselves in a very hostile world a very long way behind enemy lines. With the Russian declaration, all Russian forces operating in the area should be considered hostile. Of primary concern here should be the sub threat. All American forces should make best possible speed for Diego Garcia and the safety of U.S.-controlled air spa…

AAR: Alone in the Snow [spoiler Alert] A Harpoon3 scenario for the PlayersDB By Herman Hum Rodrigo Flores was just finishing up a hard week's work when we linked up and decided on a game of ANW. We decided to try one of the latest scenario releases for the PlayersDB, "Alone in the Snow". The scenario depicts a Russian attack on "neutral" Sweden. Rodrigo played the Russians while I played the Swedes. As the designer of this scenario, I had a slight advantage since I had an idea of the overall Order of Battle. Luckily, Rod chose the side that I would have deemed more powerful and thus evened out the match. I had three operational airbases an…

The 129th NEW Harpoon scenario of the year! CHOKE POINT - PIG BOATS 1 At first, the world considered the declaration of war nothing more than a formality -- a joke. How could Russia successfully stage a war against Spain? Sure, the Spanish had vetoed the EC trade agreement with their large eastern neighbour, but they had their reasons. The problems could be evaluated and resolved. The declaration of war, though unnecessary, was somewhat understandable. In any case, the two nations were so far removed that nothing would come of the "war" -- right? The EC was completely shocked by the blitz the Russians conducted against the Spanish fleet. In on…

The 11th NEW Harpoon scenario of the year! Showdown These scenarios are based upon events described in the book, "Show of Force", by Charles D. Taylor, 1980, Charter Books. The United States has established a Trident re-supply base in the Indian Ocean. The Soviets claim that such a base is meant to de-stabilize the region and prevent the self-determination of African nations and others within the area due to intimidation. Both nations have deployed extensive fleets to the Indian Ocean in a "Show of Force". Without guidance from NCA, both theatre commanders are operating under their final orders received. What began as a show of force has evolved …

File Name: Iceland - the "Scenedit scen" File Submitter: RKoelbach File Submitted: 31 Jan 2010 File Updated: 31 Jan 2010 File Category: Scenarios DB Used: ANW DB V 2.2 Authors: Ralf Koelbach (based on the H2 manual) Battleset: No Information Iceland - the "Scenedit scen" A scenario for Harpoon 3 ANW by Ralf Koelbach Database: ANW DB v 2.2 (Dale Hillier) Remember the old Harpoon 2 - days? The scenario editor manual? Included is a step-by-step explanation how to write a first scen. Few weeks ago I was in kind of a retro mood and wrote this small beginner´s scen. Those were the days. Click here to download this file

File Name: Operation Southern Gulf (1982) File Submitter: Mgellis File Submitted: 18 Jan 2013 File Category: Scenarios My second scenario of 2013... Spain is conducting a training exercise in the Gulf of Sidra. Libya believes the entire Gulf of Sidra is their territorial waters. Are these two nations on a collision course? Image: The Spanish aircraft carrier Dédalo (R01) underway. Four Hawker Siddley AV-8S Harrier fighters, a Sikorsky SH-3D Sea King and a Agusta-Bell AB 212 are visible on deck. (U.S. DefenseImagery photo VIRIN: DN-SC-88-08302; Author: LCdr. John Leenhouts, USN.) Click here to download this file

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File Name: Vivid Sentry (2018) File Submitter: Mgellis File Submitted: 24 Aug 2013 File Category: Scenarios My 28th scenario of 2013... In the near future, tensions have increased between the Netherlands and Venezuela. The Netherlands sends a small task force to Aruba to "show the flag," and hopefully discourage Venezuela from any aggression, and to gather intelligence. But things may not go as smoothly as planned... (This is another scenario that I think shows how good Harpoon ANW and the HUD-4 are at modeling small battles where both sides only have a dozen or so units. It is not too hard to win, but you have to pay attention to what is going on b…

The 251st NEW Harpoon scenario of the year! Last week, we released 120 New scenarios. This week, we return you to our regular programming schedule. INGRESS PROJECT PENINSULA 94 Peninsula 94 is a series of 4 related scenarios (Recon, Ingress, Strike Ops, and Egress) representing different phases of a US multi-carrier battle group attack on the Kola Peninsula. From the Russian perspective, this is the mission the navy has trained for since its beginning: defense of the homeland. These scenarios are related by a common order of battle and a concurrence of mission. Any discrepancies can be attributed to poor bomb damage assessment and bette…

File Name: A Fight to the Death (mod. version ANW / HUD3) File Submitter: RKoelbach File Submitted: 29 Aug 2010 File Updated: 6 Feb 2011 File Category: Scenarios DB Used: HUD 3 V 1.5.0 (2010-10-30) Authors: AGSI (mod. version by Ralf Koelbach) Battleset: GC1 Hello Pooners, " A Fight to the Death" maybe is the most discussed and debated stock scen, delivered with the very first battleset for Harpoon 2 back in 1994. Several pooners have written their own modification of this thrilling scen. In the HUD 3 version currently available, there is a modified version based on discussions Darren and I had. Here now is another variation, my "personal edition". …

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AAR (SP) „A Fight to the Death“ – playing Soviet side H3 ANW 3.8.0 RC11 Player´s DB 7.4.7 Pentium 4 2,93 Ghz / 1Gb RAM 1. Introduction This scen is one of my all-time favourite ones. I wrote about playing it MP as Soviet side and losing without any chance. Winning it against the AI is possible, but not so easy…. 2. How it worked 1994-12-19; 12:00 Start I am lucky this time! My CVGB is in the North of the map, not so much away from my land base and it is unlikely that there was a Nato CTF between them. Instantly I launch every AC stationed at Kevlavik. I sent my Backfires and Badgers North-West and station them directly over the CVBG. Ke…