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Operation Tariq Voice of the Arabs #7
(Defender) State of Israel	vs	Kingdom of Jordan (Attacker)

Formations Involved
Kingdom of Jordan		40th Armoured Brigade
State of Israel		4th Reserve Infantry Brigade

	Total
Side 1	0
Draw	0
Side 2	1

Overall Rating, 1 vote
5 4 3 2 1 4
Scenario Rank: --- of 1093

Parent Game	Voice of the Arabs
Historicity	Alt-History
Date	1967-06-04
Start Time	07:00
Turn Count	20
Visibility	Day
Counters	112
Net Morale	0
Net Initiative	1
Maps	2: 64, 66
Layout Dimensions	56 x 43 cm 22 x 17 in
Play Bounty	185
AAR Bounty	168
Total Plays	1
Total AARs	1

Battle Types
Inflict Enemy Casualties
Road Control
Urban Assault

Conditions
Anti-infantry Wire
Entrenchments
Minefields
Off-board Artillery
Randomly-drawn Aircraft

Scenario Requirements & Playability
Sword of Israel	Base Game
Voice of the Arabs	Base Game

Introduction
North of the narrow corridor connecting Jerusalem to the rest of Israel, the Royal Jordanian 40th Annored Brigade had the task of breaking through the Israeli cordon to link up with Jordanians advancing from the south. The Israelis held the corridor with a second-line outfit, having placed their main effort on the Sinai front. With the Egyptian victories there, their Central Front faced extreme challenges.

Introduction

North of the narrow corridor connecting Jerusalem to the rest of Israel, the Royal Jordanian 40th Annored Brigade had the task of breaking through the Israeli cordon to link up with Jordanians advancing from the south. The Israelis held the corridor with a second-line outfit, having placed their main effort on the Sinai front. With the Egyptian victories there, their Central Front faced extreme challenges.

Conclusion
With most Israeli armor facing the Egyptians, and control of the air in the hands of the Arab air forces, the Israeli reservists could not hold back the Jordanian armor. The Jordanian tanks rent the Israeli brigade in two, and rumbled on to join up with the 27th "Imam Ali" Infantry Brigade. In the actual Six-Day War, the Israeli Air Force was fully intact rather than destroyed, and kept the Jordanian armor from even beginning this attack.

Conclusion

With most Israeli armor facing the Egyptians, and control of the air in the hands of the Arab air forces, the Israeli reservists could not hold back the Jordanian armor. The Jordanian tanks rent the Israeli brigade in two, and rumbled on to join up with the 27th "Imam Ali" Infantry Brigade.

In the actual Six-Day War, the Israeli Air Force was fully intact rather than destroyed, and kept the Jordanian armor from even beginning this attack.

Display Relevant AFV Rules

AFV Rules Pertaining to this Scenario's Order of Battle
Vulnerable to results on the Assault Combat Chart (7.25, 7.63, ACC), and may be attacked by Anti-Tank fire (11.2, DFT). Anti-Tank fire only affects the individual unit fired upon (7.62, 11.0). AFV's are activated by tank leaders (3.2, 3.3, 5.42, 6.8). They may also be activated as part of an initial activating stack, but if activated in this way would need a tank leader in order to carry out combat movement. AFV's do not block Direct Fire (10.1). Full-strength AFV's with "armor efficiency" may make two anti-tank (AT) fire attacks per turn (either in their action segment or during opportunity fire) if they have AT fire values of 0 or more (11.2). Each unit with an AT fire value of 2 or more may fire at targets at a distance of between 100% and 150% of its printed AT range. It does so at half its AT fire value. (11.3) Efficient and non-efficient AFV's may conduct two opportunity fires per turn if using direct fire (7.44, 7.64). Units with both Direct and AT Fire values may use either type of fire in the same turn as their opportunity fire, but not both (7.22, 13.0). Units which can take opportunity fire twice per turn do not have to target the same unit both times (13.0). Demoralized AFV's are not required to flee from units that do not have AT fire values (14.3). Place a Wreck marker when an AFV is eliminated in a bridge or town hex (16.3). AFV's do not benefit from Entrenchments (16.42). AFV's may Dig In (16.2). Open-top AFV's: Immune to M, M1 and M2 results on Direct and Bombardment Fire Tables, but DO take step losses from X and #X results (7.25, 7.41, 7.61, BT, DFT). If a "2X" or "3X" result is rolled, at least one of the step losses must be taken by an open-top AFV if present. Closed-top AFV's: Immune to M, M1 and M2 results on Direct and Bombardment Fire Tables. Do not take step losses from Direct or Bombardment Fire. If X or #X result on Fire Table, make M morale check instead (7.25, 7.41, 7.61, BT, DFT). Closed-top AFV's: Provide the +1 modifier on the Assault Table when combined with infantry. (Modifier only applies to Germans in all scenarios; Soviet Guards in scenarios taking place after 1942; Polish, US and Commonwealth in scenarios taking place after 1943.) (ACC) Tank: all are closed-top and provide the +1 Assault bonus, when applicable APC – Armored Personnel Carrier: These are Combat Units, but stack like Transports. They can transport personnel units or towed units. They are not counted as combat units for the +1 stacking modifier on the Direct Fire and Bombardment Tables (4.4). They may be activated by regular leaders and tank leaders (1.2, 3.34, 4.3, 5.43). They do not provide the +1 Assault bonus (ACC). Unarmored Weapon Carriers: These are unarmored halftracks (Bufla and Sk7/2) or fully-tracked vehicles (Karl siege mortar) with mounted weapons. All are mechanized, except the BM-13 (Katyusha rocket launcher mounted on a truck). They are weapon units, not AFV's, so they are never efficient and cannot be activated by tank leaders. (SB)

AFV Rules Pertaining to this Scenario's Order of Battle

Vulnerable to results on the Assault Combat Chart (7.25, 7.63, ACC), and may be attacked by Anti-Tank fire (11.2, DFT). Anti-Tank fire only affects the individual unit fired upon (7.62, 11.0).
AFV's are activated by tank leaders (3.2, 3.3, 5.42, 6.8). They may also be activated as part of an initial activating stack, but if activated in this way would need a tank leader in order to carry out combat movement.
AFV's do not block Direct Fire (10.1).
Full-strength AFV's with "armor efficiency" may make two anti-tank (AT) fire attacks per turn (either in their action segment or during opportunity fire) if they have AT fire values of 0 or more (11.2).
Each unit with an AT fire value of 2 or more may fire at targets at a distance of between 100% and 150% of its printed AT range. It does so at half its AT fire value. (11.3)
Efficient and non-efficient AFV's may conduct two opportunity fires per turn if using direct fire (7.44, 7.64). Units with both Direct and AT Fire values may use either type of fire in the same turn as their opportunity fire, but not both (7.22, 13.0). Units which can take opportunity fire twice per turn do not have to target the same unit both times (13.0).
Demoralized AFV's are not required to flee from units that do not have AT fire values (14.3).
Place a Wreck marker when an AFV is eliminated in a bridge or town hex (16.3).
AFV's do not benefit from Entrenchments (16.42).
AFV's may Dig In (16.2).
Open-top AFV's: Immune to M, M1 and M2 results on Direct and Bombardment Fire Tables, but DO take step losses from X and #X results (7.25, 7.41, 7.61, BT, DFT). If a "2X" or "3X" result is rolled, at least one of the step losses must be taken by an open-top AFV if present.
Closed-top AFV's: Immune to M, M1 and M2 results on Direct and Bombardment Fire Tables. Do not take step losses from Direct or Bombardment Fire. If X or #X result on Fire Table, make M morale check instead (7.25, 7.41, 7.61, BT, DFT).
Closed-top AFV's: Provide the +1 modifier on the Assault Table when combined with infantry. (Modifier only applies to Germans in all scenarios; Soviet Guards in scenarios taking place after 1942; Polish, US and Commonwealth in scenarios taking place after 1943.) (ACC)
Tank: all are closed-top and provide the +1 Assault bonus, when applicable
APC – Armored Personnel Carrier: These are Combat Units, but stack like Transports. They can transport personnel units or towed units. They are not counted as combat units for the +1 stacking modifier on the Direct Fire and Bombardment Tables (4.4). They may be activated by regular leaders and tank leaders (1.2, 3.34, 4.3, 5.43). They do not provide the +1 Assault bonus (ACC).
Unarmored Weapon Carriers: These are unarmored halftracks (Bufla and Sk7/2) or fully-tracked vehicles (Karl siege mortar) with mounted weapons. All are mechanized, except the BM-13 (Katyusha rocket launcher mounted on a truck). They are weapon units, not AFV's, so they are never efficient and cannot be activated by tank leaders. (SB)

Display Order of Battle

Kingdom of Jordan Order of Battle

Royal Jordanian Army
Foot Leader Mechanized

Royal Jordanian Army

Foot

Leader

Mechanized

State of Israel Order of Battle

Israeli Defense Forces
Foot Leader Mechanized Motorized

Israeli Defense Forces

Foot

Leader

Mechanized

Motorized

Display AARs (1)

Fire from above

Author	leonard (Kingdom of Jordan)
Method	Face to Face
Victor	Kingdom of Jordan
Participants	unknown
Play Date	2026-09-24
Language	English
Scenario	VoAb007

Voices of the Arabs is a clever expansion to Sword of Israel. It pictures the battle as seen by an Egyptian radio propagandist. As a consequence, Jordanians are efficient in this scenario and they are on the attack with a lot of good tanks. israeli who are efficient too have AT jeeps, supershermans and more infantry. We wanted to test the new PG Modern Rules and this scenario is perfect for that. Being efficient means a lot of Move & Fire and very dynamic unusual PG action. Move & Fire is available in Direct, AT, Assault and Opportunity (yes, even in Opportunity!). We had a lot of fun with the new rules that function pretty well. In the course of the scenario, the blindicide capabilities of the Israelian infantry (6-2 in AT) were quite dangerous for Jordanian halftracks and M113s. They even theathen the Jordanian tanks. In play, the Jordanians abandon the victory condition asking to control the road and concentrate on Israeli casualties + control of town hexes thanks to very heavy artillery and ubiquitous MIG jets wreaking havoc on the battlefield. Israelis resisted until turn 14-15 and then it was all over for them enduring a Logistic Shortfall on top of it. The scenario and the new rules were enjoyable but the scenario is clearly unbalanced in favor of the Jordanians. I wonder if the designer ever realized that the attacking aircraft do not need any precision die roll to hit a target in Modern rules. Having MIGs attacking Supershermans on every turn with AT values of 8 or more really is deadly.

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