Operation Barras 2000
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#1: Operation Barras 2000 Author: DAK_Legion,  PostPosted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 6:38 pm
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Hi!

Background
Eleven members of the British Army's Royal Irish Regiment led by Major Alan Marshall[2] and their Sierra Leone Army liaison officer, Lieutenant Musa Bangura[4] were held hostage by an armed rebel group known as the West Side Boys led by Foday Kallay on August 25, 2000. Some controversy exists regarding the mission of the British troops; British sources initially maintained that the soldiers were returning to Freetown from a meeting with Jordanian United Nations forces when they were captured, however, the Nigerian UN commander, General Garba, claims that the British soldiers never met with the Jordanian troops. British authorities later admitted that their soldiers may have been captured while deep in rebel territory.[1]

On September 3,[5] five of the eleven British soldiers were released in exchange for a satellite phone and medical supplies. Further negotiations then broke down and Foday Kallay threatened to kill the remaining hostages. It was then that British Prime Minister Tony Blair authorised the mission.[2]


[edit] The operation
At 6:16 in the morning of September 10, three Chinook and three Lynx helicopters took off from the Freetown airport and headed for Rokel Creek, upon the banks of which was located the West Side Boys' camp. On the northern bank was the village of Geberi Bana, where the remaining British soldiers were being kept. On the opposite bank were two more villages, Megbeni and Forodugu, also occupied by the rebels. The Land Rovers used by the captured soldiers had been taken to Magbeni.

The attack on the rebel camps commenced at around 6:30 as the helicopters came in and disgorged troops almost simultaneously on both northern and southern target locations. In Geberi Bana, SAS observation teams, which had been inserted days before and had kept the rebels under surveillance ever since, began to engage them. The rescuers, SAS troopers, extracted the remaining six British soldiers and the Sierra Leonean Officer, Lieutenant Musa Bangura, within twenty minutes. They were flown out to the RFA Sir Percivale moored in Freetown harbour at about 7:00 that morning. In Magbeni, the Paratroopers engaged the awakened rebels. A second wave soon brought the Paras to full strength as they continued the assault. This attack diverted attention from the rescue mission on the opposite bank in Geberi Bana. Most of the action was over by 8:00, although the last British troops pulled out at 14:00 in the afternoon, after conducting mopping-up operations that saw the capture of Foday Kallay and the recovery of the Land Rovers.


[edit] British and allied units involved
130 paratroopers from the 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment
40 members of the SAS
Field Surgical Team from 16 Close Support Medical Regiment RAMC
Royal Irish Regiment
RFA Sir Percivale
HMS Argyll
HMS Argyll's Lynx helicopter
Three Boeing Chinook helicopters providing transport
Three Westland Lynx helicopters providing armed escort and close air support
One Mi-24 Hind gunship as air support, flown by Neall Ellis, a South African national contracted to do so
3 members of the Tactical Communications Wing, Royal Air Force

[edit] Hostages
Major Alan Marshall
Captain Flaherty
CSM Head
Sergeant Smith
Lieutenant Musa Bangura
Corporal Sampson
Corporal Ryan
Corporal Mackenzie
Ranger Gaunt
Ranger McVeigh
Ranger Rowell
Ranger MaGuire

[edit] Casualties
25 rebels confirmed killed although far more are thought to have died
18 rebels captured including Foday Kallay
1 British SAS soldier killed in action; identified as Bradley Tinnion [6]
12 British soldiers wounded (1 severely, 11 minor)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Barras










#2:  Author: flick,  PostPosted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 9:19 pm
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I was reading about this, a couple of months ago, and was thinking what a kick-arse idea it would be.

One thing though, the forces are totally lop-sided.

Three Westland Lynx helicopters providing armed escort and close air support
One Mi-24 Hind gunship as air support, flown by Neall Ellis, a South African national contracted to do so

130 paratroopers from the 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment
40 members of the SAS

The west-side boys (who sound like a boy-band, rather than some meth-heads with AK-47's) don't have a chance! Lol.
#3:  Author: schrecken, Location: Sydney, Australia PostPosted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 9:47 pm
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Looks great

Can I download and play?
#4:  Author: DAK_Legion,  PostPosted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:59 pm
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Please give me a few days and I will give you a download link
I think this is what you want matrix, afrique2 map is very similar to this battle.



I hope you enjoy it
#5: Re: Operation Barras 2000 Author: shorttape,  PostPosted: Mon Jan 13, 2020 7:47 pm
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hi

just read this post
do you still make scens for close combat
if so may I use what you have

br steve
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