Konflikt 47 Unit 24 Commander

Back again! Not done much hobby recently stuck waiting for Victory at Sea to arrive, which should be now sometime mid August. In a bid to give me more content and something to do I have blatantly decided to steal my good buddy Alex's idea (check out his blog Here) and get some in depth looks at my different units. This set of posts as you can see from title will be about my Konflikt 47 units. To combat the German Okkultekorps (Alex's army) the Allies have started Unit 24, this unit has been specifically tasked with thwarting Professor Lange Germans notorious scientist and evil genius. Led by the indefatigable Major Whitaker,

Model is from Warlord games. 

a graduate of the Royal Military College and he served in the last year of WW1, though his records are sealed. Rumour has it  he served in a unit that dealt with  the occult even back then.
He has had reasonable success against the Okkultekorps but has yet to lead the troops into battle, leaving that to his special project.

 Lt Jenkins

Lt Jenkins served with distinction in the Parachute regiment. He was one of the few to make it back from Operation Market Garden. He was noticed when Major Whitaker requested a parachute unit to take out a Totenkorp, Lt Jenkins was reccomended and his unit went into action (Here is the battle report for that). Major Whitaker was impressed with how the Lieutenant handled a difficult mission. While making their way back to Allied lines being pursued by Okkultekorps Lt Jenkins was caught by the dreaded Shreckwulfen. This was not to be the end though, Major Whitaker found the barely alive Lieutenant (click Here for that story) and using Rift technology Brought gh the Lieutenant back stronger.

The model is from Westwind Wierd War 2 range and I made home brew rules for him Here.

Destroy the Base (Aftermath)

Sgt Howard peered through the smoke at the retreating Germans.
"Coopers had it sir.  McDonald I think will make it" Corporal Smith said behind him. The squad were all a bit stunned they had been used to feeling invulnerable in their Galahad armour but even though the Germans had been defeated they had took down 2 of Sgt Harwoods squad.
"Right thank you Corporal, send a couple of lads to watch the bridge. I'll go see McDonald"
"Yes Sarge" with that reply the Corporal walked off. Harwood walked over to where McDonald lay, his armour blackened and torn.
"Trust you to get an auto cannon to the face" Harwood smiled,
"To be fair sarge I think it was the main gun. All I saw was a flash and boom!"
Harwood snorted a laugh,
"You'll be alright, off to the hospital to see all those pretty nurses. Get back soon chap" he tapped the soldier on shoulder and turned as vehicles approached. A regular soldier came running over.
"Afternoon Sergeant. Bloody impressive up close your Galahad armour. Me and the lads not seen it up close before. Those Germans didn't stand a chance. Oh Sgt Clementine by the way 1st Battalion KSLI."
The sergeant offered his hand. Harwood shook it.
" Took us a while to get into the fight. As good as this armour is its very slow. You're lads seem to have handled everything thrown at them. Those horrors are not fun at all to deal with."
" we've had to many close calls with those bloody Nachtjager. Glad we got them before they landed among us. That would not have been fun. " the sergeant scratched his face as he spoke.
" No not at all. You boys did well I'll put in a word with my CO when I get back to base. We always need reliable troops for special jobs. " Harwood turned as a column of vehicles arrived.
" Thank you sergeant. Sounds good"
"Don't thank me yet, you might regret it but what we do is crucial to the war effort." The sergeant laughed and walked back to his soldiers. The base Lieutenant came over,
"Sergeant, orders came through you and your guys gotta be on those trucks. A Major Whitaker needs you with him ASAP. Apparently Professor Lange is stirring up trouble."
"Yes sir"
He signalled his squad to mount up.
Wonder what that he's up to now Harwood thought

Destroy the Forward Base! (Battle rep)

Games night is upon us! The dastardly Germans led by Professor Lange are out for revenge after his storage tanks were destroyed. He has located a British base and intends to destroy it.

The British base

The British troops rushed to man the defences when the Germans were spotted

Let's go chaps! 

Both squads move out in defence

The watching British anti tank gun spotted the Germans first. Loosing off at shot at the German lorry

Boom!!! 

First blood goes to the British. The German soldiers spill out of the stricken truck.

A loud clanking of metal gets thr British attention as a Mighty German Zeus moves into view

The British snipers spot thr dreaded Nazi horrors bounding toward the British lines

Nachtjager approaching! 

Meanwhile the British Cromwell spots the Zeus and trys a long range shot but it misses

Target ten o clock!!! 

The British troops rushed to man their positions

The Nachtjager flew at the entrenched tommies but they stood their ground and in an immense display of shooting. They blew the Nachtjager out of the sky

Simulated Nachtjager attack

A squad of British rushed to a defence point to cover the bridge

German troops advancing! 

The Galahad armoured troops that had been resting at the forward base moved up to contain the Germans

When you need to wipe out a squad. 8 Galahad will do it

A Hail of bullets too out the German infantry!
The British sniper searched for a target. He spotted the Panzershreck team

Behind that wall. Get him! 

The Sniper shot the remaining Panzershreck team member.
Shreckwulfen bounded across the bridge but again the British soldiers held their nerve and shit the oncoming attackers down.

The Brit soldiers showed no fear against the German horrors.
The Germans started to pull back. The British Cromwell pushed forward to make sure the Germans left

The British successfully defended the base.

Really good game and its been a while since we've played konflikt47. Had a great laugh as ever!

Destroy the Forward Base (Build Up)

Sgt Harwood looked up and spotted the forward base in the distance. He flexed his shoulders, he loved his Galahad armour but  the slow marching speed took some getting used to after being a para for so long.
"Will be good to have a sit down and a cuppa  sarge" one of his men said,
"That's true Smith. Especially after that rather dull patrol" Harwood replied,
"Least we got to see Captain Daniels, that always makes my day although I think she has a thing for you sarge" Smith smiled, a few of the squad  chuckled.
"Corporal, please let Mr Smith know how much I appreciate his insight" Harwood said with a wry smile.
Corporal Tanner cuffed Smith round the back of the head. The squad laughed,
"Ow!"
"Thank you Corporal"
"Sarge" Tanner tapped his helmet in a salute.
The squad entered the base, after Sgt Harwood had reported to the base commander (a rather uptight Lieutenant in Harwood opinion) he rejoined his squad who were sitting down for lunch.

Sgt Mkoll scanned the horizon through his sniper scope, all quiet ...... Again he thought to himself. He shifted his view,
"Getting restless Mkoll?" his companion said.
"Yes Garner this base is boring nothing happens here" Mkoll replied.
"Boring is good, boring is safe" Garner looked at Mkoll.
"Didn't train to be a sniper to be safe Corporal" Mkoll smiled.
"ha! Ain't no where safe anymore so I'd rather not be seen that's why I joined the snipers my man" Garner pulled out a chocolate bar and began eating it. Mkoll smiled, he lay his rifle down and stretched his legs. Something caught his eye, he grabbed his binoculars.
"Corporal are we expecting any visitors apart from our bully tin boys that came in earlier?"
"No sarge why?"
Mkolls hand wrapped around  his sniper rifle,
"Well grab your weapon mate the Germans appear to wanna pay us a visit"
He picked up a rock and threw it down to the guard by the COs tent. The guard looked up and Mkoll signalled that Germans were in bound. The guard went into the tent  and a minute later the Lieutenant came striding out and organising the bases defences.

Destroy the Forward Base (Scenario)

Games night is coming up soon and the Konflikt 47 narrative campaign will carry on with the Germans seeking revenge after the  raid on the storage tanks. Here is the scenario  for Fridays game 

Destroy the Forward Base

In retaliation  for losing a storage tank facility the Okultkorps in revenge are going to attack a forward British base they have discovered which unit 24 uses to resupply

1000 pts

Turns 5

Victory
Germans destroy  British HQ
British defend HQ

Special
All British forces start within centre of board in base
Only one rift tech unit avaliable for British

Favourite Unit in............ Konflikt 47

I thought I would do a sort of series focusing on my favourite units in different game systems.
First up I chose the game system Konflikt 47. As regular readers will know me and Alex Does Hobby Stuff have an ongoing Konflikt 47 narrative campaign so we have played a fair few games with. In fact I believe I'm correct in saying Konflikt 47 drew my good friend back into getting a big battle game.
The unit I have chosen is the British Galahad. The ever stalwart British Tommy now encased in rift tech powers armour.  I love the  design and sculpting of the models and the lore around them.
They are the strongest of the various armies power armoured units meaning they should shrug off most small arms fire as they carry the Tough and Resilient special rules. They are fewer in number as they are quite an expensive unit (A full squad will cost you 290 pts. You can get a Sherman or Cromwell tank for less than that). To me the cost is worth it and I will always take the full 8 man squad where possible as each soldier is equipped with an LMG packing 4 shots. That's a unit throwing out 32 shots!!

This can really devastate a unit or in the case of our narrative campaign a giant failed German bio experiment! 

The Galahads killed it in the first turn of the game. Since then they have been in every British force I make.
They have not been properly tested in close combat in any of our battles I don't believe but against regular equipped troops they have many advantages. Against Nazi horrors they are a bit weaker as their resilient is negated by Tooth and Claw. However if they can pass the horror test and unleash point blank range shooting on the attackers as they come in that could be a game changer with their LMGs.

So Ladies and Gentleman I give you the Galahad!

Destroy Storage Tanks (Aftermath)

Captain Daniels awoke with a start. Her head was pounding, she remembered using the jump drive to try and get round the flank of the Tiger X, then seeing a flash from the Tigers rail gun and then an almighty smash hit Andraste and it all went black. She quickly scanned around, she appeared to be mostly unharmed but she could feel her back getting hotter and hotter.
"Bugger she's on fire!" she shouted. Captain Daniels clawed at the canopy lock and pushed it open.
"Come on Caroline get out!!!"
With the canopy open thick acrid smoke hit Captain Daniels. Andraste was burning badly. She looked at Lt Fellows canopy but all that was there was ruined, fused and bent metal. She forced her self to look further and found the Lt motionless her body smashed beyond help. Captain Daniels climbed over to try and drag her friend clear but the walker fire was getting worse and she was forced to jump clear. The Andraste exploded, the force pushing Captain Daniels to the ground. She drew her side arm and crawled to a nearby wall. Captain Daniels stared at the burning wreck, hate and pain seething through her. A guardian walker strode up behind the ruined Andraste. The top hatch popped and a head came into view.
"You OK there? How the hell did you survive that?!"
"I'm fine they killed my Co pilot and my walker!, God damn it go get those buggers!!!" she screamed,
"Yes Ma'am!" the head disappeared and the walker lurched forward to carry on the battle. Captain Daniels lent back against the wall and listened to the sound of battle. Soon a halftrack pulled up and some British infantry helped her into the half track. She didn't want to leave the Andraste or Lt Fellows. They'd at least managed to get her dog tags from the wreck. Capt Daniels lent back against the truck side listening to the Infantry talk.
"I'm telling you sarge. That Tiger aimed its gun at me!"
"Don't be daft Pike!!"
"Sarge he was the barrel was pointing at me".
By the cherry nature of their talk Captain Daniels assumed the mission was a success.
Back at the muster point Captain Daniels waited for her ride back to Unit 24s base. A tall sandy haired man sat next to her,
"Captain Daniels is it?" he said with a thick Birmingham accent. She nodded,  a bit aggrieved her peace and quiet had been interrupted.
"Names Captain James Blake. I pilot Caradoc the Merlin walker. Sorry about your Co pilot and your walker. Damn rail guns."
"What do you know about it!" Captain Daniels snapped, instantly regretting it.
"Lost 2 tanks, a walker and to many friends to those blasted things." Captain Blake said. Captain Daniels looked at Blake
"Look. I'm sorry about that, not had the best day"
"no bother Ma'am. I know how you feel. I didn't come over here just to harass you, I was pointed in your direction as I've been transferred to a Unit 24?" he looked at a piece of paper to check.
"Major Whitaker does have his spies everywhere. Well I'm waiting for a transport that's supposed to be passing through. Your welcome to follow me with your walker." Captain Daniels said with a grin.
"Cracking! I'll go and fetch Caradoc." Captain Blake  stood up and jogged over to  Caradoc,
"Fire him up Jarvis!"  Captain Blake shouted. The walker engines spooled up. Captain Blake cambered up the walkers arms and climbed across into the cockpit.
"Captain. All systems green across the board" A robotic voice said.
Blake spotted a bren carrier stop by Captain Daniels, she pointed at the walker and waved. The Bren carrier moved out,
"Thanks Jarvis. Let's go find our new unit"
The Merlin strode off after the Bren Carrier

Destroy Storage Tanks (Battle Report)

Tonight saw an armoured clash between the British and Germans. The British were targeting one of Professor Lange's storage facilities and aiming to destroy the 2 storage tanks.

The storage facility 

The British armoured unit arrives 

The German defenders roll out

The Merlin advances 

One of the Guardian walkers runs ahead

The Mudskipper being well aware of the Tigers Railgun takes cover 

The Firefly takes a shot at the Tiger X

The second Guardian walker moves out to the left flank 

The Tiger X returns fire at the Firefly its Railgun making short work of the Sherman

A long range effort from the Merlin goes wide

The walker on the right flank takes cover

Hoping the Tiger is distracted by the Merlin it makes a bold move 

Which ends very badly! 

 At this point I was seriously worried. My opponent had a Tiger x and Zeus guarding the centre of the board both equipped with guns that can tear through all armour

On the left flank the Guardian moved from cover to cover

On the right the Guardian took cover behind the knocked out Mudskipper 

The Bren Carrier eagerly r to drop the Automatons off came up with a genius plan to avoid the Tiger. Hide beneath some built up earth works

Seizing an opportunity the walker on the left flank charges the Tiger but fails to get through the thick armour 

The Merlin misses again this time at the Zeus. The British infantry advance from the half track 

The Zeus quickly destroys the Guardian after its failed attack on the Tiger

The sole surviving Guardian moves up on the right

The Merlin hits the Tiger in the side and blows it up! 

With the Tiger gone that was the one weapon I truly feared out of the way. My Merlin had a chance against the AT gun but the railgun with +8 was to scary for my liking.

The last Guardian charges the Zeus hoping to do better than his fellow walker

Which he does!!! His flail smashes into the Zeus and knocks it out

Bert and Ernie strike again taking out the Puma

 The last turn and the Germans had infantry dug in stopping me get any of my squads close enough so I had to take a pot shot from my Merlin.

The Merlin lands a lucky hit blowing a storage tank to pieces 

The last Guardian walker charges the other  storage Tank destroying it for the game win. 

Brilliant game tonight. The Germans did some solid defending, I only broke through on the last turn. The Tiger held the centre brilliantly and took out two vehicles before being knocked out. The Merlin did really well on its first outing. I was a bit cautious with it as I lost my Firefly and Mudskipper by turn 3. Really enjoyable game!

Destroy Storage Tanks (scenario)

Allied Intel have located German storage tanks for one of Professor Langes evil experiments. The nearest force an armoured platoon has been dispatched to destroy these storage tanks. Reports of heavy German armour in the area.

Forces 1500pts Armoured Platoon.

Turns 5

Victory

British destroy both tanks
German defend one or more tanks.

Special 

Storage Tanks have an armour value of 11. Though troops that get in base to base contact automatically destroy the storage tank.

Destroy Storage Tanks (Build up)

Captain Lucy Daniels conducted her usual walk around Andraste. She checked the jump units of the Mudskipper at the rear and the newly repaired leg. She winced remembering the impact of the Panzershreck on her poor walker. Though they were incredibly lucky they didn't get hit with a second shot. The walkers engines spooled up with the distinct sound Rift technology makes as Lt Fellows started Andraste up. Capt Daniels made sure the HMG ammo drums were secure and walked over to the engineer fussing around the walker also.
"she's all good Davis. Tell your lads good work"
Davis took his cap off, smiled and in his rough Yorkshire accent said
"Thanks Ma'am try and bring her back in one piece this time aye?"
Capt Daniels laughed,
"Cheeky blighter!"
She took her helmet off where it was hanging and climbed the ladder. Lt Fellows was already in her seat checking screens.
"All set Caroline" she asked as she settled in her chair.
"All ready Capt. Let's go bag some Germans"
Captain Daniels lowered the canopy and scanned round the field. They'd been co-opted into joining this Armoured platoon, everything happened in a rush after they had discovered the location of some storage tanks used by Professor Lange for god knows what. Major Whitaker had wanted a Unit 24 presence on the raid and Andraste was the fastest walker he had and happened to be very close at the repair yard.  A group of soldiers climbed aboard a half track flanked by 2 Guardian walkers, a man stood on a Sherman Firefly yelling and pointing at various people. That was the CO today, Capt Daniels had briefly met him where he had said he wasn't a fan of female walker pilots. What an arse she thought, she noticed a lot of the engineers looking all in one direction. Something behind a barn. Then round the corner came a walker, a shape she had never seen before. Taller than Andraste, a cannon of some sort on its soldier, HMGs under one arm and carrying a giant sword. The single glowing red lens in its head swept around. Not dissimilar to an Automaton Capt Daniels  thought.
The radio crackled into life
"Caradoc reporting for duty."
The Merlin walker took up position in the column. Capt Daniels engaged the controls and the force moved out.

Village Attack (Aftermath)

Sgt Harwood rushed (well as much as you can Rush in the heavy Galahad armour) to the village centre. A group of soldiers had gathered around Lt Jenkins, who was on the floor. Harwood pushed through the crowd,
"Move lads let me get in. Medic here yet? "
"it's.... OK Sgt Harwood no rush" a pained voice said. He looked down and saw Lt Jenkins lying on his back, his uniform a burnt mess but he seemed to have took most of the damage on his rift tech armour.
"Bloody hell sir you are a lucky blighter" Harwood smiled,
"I'm not keen on your definition of lucky Sgt. I've been set upon by wolf men, flamed and all in the last 2 months!"
The crowd of soldiers chuckled. Harwood smiled, lent down and offered a hand to Lt Jenkins. He pulled the officer to his feet,
"You two, get the Lt  onto a truck and back to base." he pointed at 2 of his men who got Lt and helped him away.
A crowd of villagers were thanking the soldiers and helping bandage ones head.
"Ernie the PIAT loader got hit but he's OK grazed his head but as he fell back he knocked himself out on a tree trunk, poor Bert nearly had a heart attack. Still he got that Puma that was prowling around with his PIAT. We stopped Lange today. That will teach the sod." a female voice said.
Harwood turned and saw Captain Daniels the Mudskipper pilot walking over, she had a cut across her head. In the distance he spotted the walker listing to the side. It's left leg mangled and smouldering. Lt Fellow was yelling at a tank recovery unit who were trying to get the walker back to base. Captain Daniels smiled,
"Lt Fellow is not a happy lady. She wanted to get out and shoot the bugger that hit us, thankfully her cockpit was jammed."
Harwood smirked,
"You did well, I've seen to many walkers and tanks fall foul of Panzershrecks. Would have hated to see you guys get hit Ma'am"
Captain Daniels grinned,
"Thank you Sgt. Right I best stop her from murdering those poor engineers" with that she walked off back to the stricken Mudskipper. Harwood watched her go. A Scottish voice loudly said,
"Fine walker pilot that girl. Got a lot of balls leaping being the lines and that. Bloody Panzershrecks" Harwood turned and faced the new Guardian walker pilot, who stuck out his hand,
"Good to meet you. Sgt Stewart though everyone calls me Jock."
They shook hands, Harwood regarded the Scot. He was medium build, his face had oil stains on it and his overalls were sweat stained but  he had a tough no nonsense look to his face. Harwood could tell he had seen a few battles. Harwood asked while he pulled out his canteen, he offered it to the Sgt.
"How'd you get on? We had bloody shreckwulfen on our side. Glad we didn't have to tangle with them."
Sgt Stewart scratched his oil stained face and pulled out a hip flask which he offered Harwood. They swapped containers, Harwood took a swig from the flask and the whisky it contained went down very nicely Harwood thought to himself .  Sgt Stewart swigged the canteen and handed it back,
"Aye they are proper buggers. I didn't do to badly almost bloody blown up but they missed. Lucky for me. Not so lucky for them. Blast of the flame thrower and they were soon off. Oh sorry about your officer, poor bugger took a flamethrower to the face. I got the sod that did it though, smacked him with me flail!! Ha ha ha ha ha"
Harwood looked where the Scots walker stood and noticed a blood stained cracked wall. He looked away. The Scotsman continued,
"poor bugger really but seeing an officer go down I got all rilied up. Anyway laddie I best suit up got to escort the convey home. You best get a move on to friend be a long walk back in that tin can" he winked and jogged off to his walker.
Cheeky sod Harwood thought but couldn't help but smile. He headed to the trucks as they were getting ready to pull out.

(Read the German perspective here)

Village Attack (Battle Report)

  Tonight saw the British rushing to try and stop the evil Professor Lange's German forces kidnapping some villagers for his diabolical experiments (scenario rules Here and build up story Here). Basically there are 3 objectives who ever holds the most wins.

Tonight's battle field

The Brits line up on the village outskirts. 

The Germans advance towards to village 

Both forces lined up across the board edges, pretty much even. A squad on each flank and the vehicles in the centre.

The British snipers climbed the church tower to get a good view of the village 

The Mudskipper concerned with the Puma in the distance advanced cautiously 

On the right flank. The British advanced through some light woods

On the left flank the Tommies advanced with Guardian Walker support 

On the Germans left flank the Schreckwulfen advanced followed by a machine gun squad

The German Puma advances down the road running through the village

 Both sides had closed the distance and the gunfire would start soon.

British sniper unit hit the German MMG team

On the right flank the Brit infantry started shooting at the Germans with little effect 

The British infantry on the left secured the building in front of the objective

Lt Jenkins moved through the church yard and fired at the MMG team 

The Mudskipper moved over and finished the German MMG team off

The German snipers crawled to the top of the hill. While a German squad worked its way round the hill 

A strong German moved into the village centre

Schreckwulfen advance

The Nachtjager leap onto the building surveying the Mudskipper and other forces below 

The Mudskipper fearing an assault activated its jump engines and leaped over the building 

Unfortunatly the Mudskipper didn't spot  Panzershreck and paid the price. The Mudskippers leg was destroyed and the walker was disabled 

The German sniper team take up position 

The British infantry in the house on the left flank pour fire onto the advancing Germans 

The British sniper tries to kill the Nachtjager on the opposite building 

The Galahads on the British right flank slowly advance pouring fire from their LMGs

The Nachtjager swoop down onto Lt Jenkins and his bodyguard. 

Unfortunately my opponent rolled this in the ensuring close combat. Lt Jenkins killed both Nachtjager. 

A German squad pushes forward firing Panzerfausts at the Guardian Walker. They streak past the walker who retaliates with its flamethrower. Bathing the Germans in flame, killing some and making the rest flee. 

On the British Right flank the regular infantry desperately shoot at the hiding Schreckwulfen. 

The Guardian walker turns its attention to the Puma. Its HMG blasting away. 

My Mudskipper was immobilised in the enemy's rear and only really had one target, the German sniper team on the hill. It eventually killed the Germans and amazingly survived several more Panzershreck shots. 

The German Puma and flame thrower secured the centre objective. 

Despite suffering a casualty my PIAT team stepped up again and took out the Puma with a side shot. 

My Galahads on the right flank covered the slightly open area keeping the Shreckwulfen at bay. 

On the British left flank I secured the objective. 

The British on the left flank poured fire into the advancing German squad. Helped by the Galahads they wiped them out. 

Most fire now turned on the German flame thrower holding the middle objective but he would not budge. 

The Panzershreck helped secure the middle objective and in a bold move the flame thrower rushed forward and flamed Lt Jenkins knocking him out of action. 

Seeing his leader took out the Guardian walker charged forward and stomped on the flame thrower. 

The final turn ended with the British in control of 2 objectives and the Germans 1. So a British win, Professor Lange's forces were defeated for now.

A great game, really enjoyable to play and had me thinking lots. I absolutely love my Galahads I have to say!