The Bardia Waterworks DTO (id:#57073)
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16:00 hours, Bardia, Libya 1941-01-04 ()
Designer: Fred Hair / Patrick Hair
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Balance:
Australian / BritishItalian
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Overview:

It was the task of the 300th Regiment, Frontier Guards (a fortress unit) to defend from the enemy the single most important non-munitions item in the Western Desert -- water. The Bardia waterworks possessed the means to pump, process and distribute a large quantity of the precious liquid. Despite it strategic importance, morale plummeted among the defenders of Bardia the moment it was threatened.
Attacker: Australian / British (16th Australian Brigade, 6th Australian Cavalry Regt & British 7th RTR)
Defender: Italian (B Co., 300th Regiment, "Guardia alla Frontiera")  
6 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: Australian / British     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:7.0 D:14.0
AFVs: A:5
Matilda II
Mk VIB x 2
Carrier B
Carrier MMG A
15-cwt Truck x 6
30-cwt Lorry

AFVs: D:2
L3 cc
L3 Lf

Guns: A:0
OML 2-in. Mortar
Boys ATR
D:1
Cannone da 65/17
Fucile-cc S x 2

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: DLV (F11.6), D: FTV (D3.6)
Overlays: X1 X2 X3 X4 X5 X7 X8 X9 X10 X11 X13 X14 X15
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2026-10-10(D) Jobbo Fett vs JobboFett Italian winSo long as the Artillery doesn't hit its mark, on the second fire mission, the Allied troops don't have the means to break from the column movement and you're stuck slowly crawling your way to the waterworks. The Italians managed to give the Brits and Aussies a bloody nose once they finally did start threatening the objective, but the back-and-forth trades benefitted the Italians more, and they were able to maintain control of the buildings by the end of the scenario.

It should also be said that the instructions to build this scenario are incorrect and/or incomplete. Several buildings are called to span several hexes despite being single-hex overlays, the roads are convoluted in how they are written down and you'll probably have to take some liberties when building it.
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Estimated Play time: 5.2 hours
Recorded Games: 1
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Italian1
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The Bardia Warterworks [Confirmed]
[A] British 0
[D] Italian 1
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