Fate of a Nation Batrep, Ishermania!

I have been feeling guilty about all my M51 Ishermans just sitting around, not killing enemy tanks. So I was happy to get them on the table for some fun 105mm action!

My opponent was Dustin with Egyptian armor in a free for all.

We settled on 1750 points so we could get a ton of tanks on the board.
My Israeli list was this;

P'lugah Tan'kim Tank Company	Israeli AIW
Tank Company

Platoon	Qty	Unit	Points
Headquarters
P'lugah Tan'kim HQ  p.3	1	M51 Isherman	100
Combat Platoons
Tan'kim Platoon  p.4	4	M51 Isherman	365
Tan'kim Platoon  p.4	4	M51 Isherman	365
Tan'kim Platoon  p.4	4	M51 Isherman	365
Tan'kim Platoon  p.4	2	Magach 2	310
Support Platoons
Ch'ir Mamochan (Motorised) Platoon  p.6	1 5 6 1 1 1	Cmd FN FAL team M3 A half-track FN FAL team FN MAG LMG team Light Mortar team Blindicide team	250
Company Points:			1755

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Source document: Fate of a Nation booklet

And Dustin's force was;

Kuteybh Debabh Tank Battalion	UAR AIW
Tank Company

Platoon	Qty	Unit	Points
Headquarters
Kuteybh Debabh HQ  p.13	1	T-54 or T-55 with Stabiliser and Searchlight	65
Combat Platoons
Debabh (Tank) Company  p.14	10	T-54 or T-55 with Stabiliser and Searchlight	545
Debabh (Tank) Company  p.14	5	T-54 or T-55 with Stabiliser and Searchlight	335
Debabh (Tank) Company  p.14	6	IS-3M	280
Weapons Platoon
Debabh Air Defence Company  p.15	2	ZSU-57-2	95
Support Platoons
Meshah Meykaneykeyh (Mechanised) Company  p.16	1 6 1 2	Cmd AK47 Assault Rifle team AK47 Assault Rifle team Blindicide team B-10 82mm recoilless gun	130
Scout Company  p.17	1 6	BTR-50PK PT-76	150
Self-propelled Anti-tank Company  p.19	5	SU-100M	145
Company Points:			1745

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Source document: Fate of a Nation booklet

 Yes, I know I was five points over... I'm horrible like that, but we played anyway.

I deployed two M51 platoons on the left one on the right with infantry and M48's in the center.

Facing 8 Ishermans. All Dustin's tanks.

Hiding from the SU-100's for now.

That is a terrifying firing line!

Forward!

An abyssal turn of shooting for the Ishermans sees only one T-54 dead.

M51's on the right shift, leaving the infantry to hold off the SU-100's

It is up close and personal now!

Hunting for recon.

At this range Egyptian armor starts to burn.

Hiding in the trees?

The PT-76's managed to penetrate the M51's armor twice... but failed firepower.

The surviving T-54's are now stationary.

They knock out a entire platoon of M51s! And the IS-3's nab a Patton.

But retribution is severe.

One of the last IS-3's knocks out one last Sherman.

Before being silenced.

The SU-100's moved over too late with the AA, but had taken out two Shermans on the right.

The recon had lived a charmed life and got right on top of the remaining Shermans before being knocked out.

Dustin had lost 4 of 7 platoons and also his commander so his force broke.

It was a fun quick game, with the outcome really in doubt the whole time, despite all the knocked out Egyptian tanks. I lost 7 out of 13 M51 Ishermans and 1 of my 2 Pattons.