Final part of the mission. After successfully ambushing the large enemy column south of Masbete, the remaining team members have moved to the warehouse. After
Gillespie eliminates the guards inside the warehouse itself who are guarding the T-72 tanks, the three of us plant our satchel charges on the enemy armor.
Gillespie and
Tripper take up position outside the western wall of the warehouse, about 7 meters away against the fence.
Legs (I think) moves off to set up a follow-on RPG shot to an enemy BMP-2 sitting outside the gate.
Tripper detonates his satchel charge and
Gillespie, kneeling immediately behind him sees the blast wave and shrapnel from the resulting explosion wash the valiant soldier away in a red mist of gore and body parts (he literally disappeared from my screen, apparently blown
through the fence). The ammunition in the tanks blows, setting off a catastrophic explosion that destroys both the warehouse and ends the life of
Gillespie, who like
Tripper chose to remain on-site to
ensure the evil SLA forces were deprived of their outdated Soviet tanks.
Legs (I think it was Legs) - driven into a killing rage after seeing his comrades perish in such a gruesome fashion - screams (well, not really screams as he didn't have a microphone) unintelligible curses and charges the BMP-2 with his RPG but is unfortunately blasted into chunks by the APC's 20mm autocannon.
In other words, we stood too closely to the explosions like utter goons, and Legs strolled out in front of a BMP-2 that was sitting 5 meters away with its barrel pointed at the entrance. But it's all in how you spin the story that matters.
