3mm Near Future American Civil War

Ive always enjoyed smaller scales. Mostly because my poor painting skills aren't as obvious. So recently I invested some money in some of Oddzial Osmy's 3mm moderns. My intention was to create a campaign for a few of us to play through centering on the break up of the US into dozens of independent nations.

The first grouping of scenarios I came up with deals with a 3 nation struggle over the territory surrounding the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers near Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky.

Greater Texas

Greater Texas encompasses a large portion of the southern US. Their primary strategic goal has been the acquisition of the Mississippi River as a geographic protective boundary and the potential resources of surrounding agricultural states. Greater Texas has allied itself with the Indiana Free Republic (IFR) and Lower Ohio Federation(LOF) against the Chicago Combine for control of the aforementioned territory.

Greater Texas has a large supply of US equipment due to the numerous former army bases spread throughout the lower states. The forces present in the Ohio valley are minimal due to other combat commitments farther south. As of now Greater Texas is supporting its allies with a battalion of M2A1 Abrams.

Indiana Free Republic

The IFR has been in a state of war against the Chicago Combine for several years, losing some territory in the process. Recently with the influx of Texan support the Hoosiers have been able to stage several counter attacks at key points severely weakening Combine positions.

Prior to the collapse of the US, Indiana had one of the largest and best equipped National Guards in the nation. Multiple combat deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Mexico have created a large cadre of well trained and professional soldiers.

The IFR is armed primarily with former US equipment. M1A2 Abrams and M2A2 Bradley's comprise the majority of their fighting capability. Though there is a significant artillery and air support contingent as well.

Chicago Combine

The Combine has been attempting to push its influence south towards the transit hubs of Indianapolis and Cincinnati for several years. Things came to a head 2 years ago with Indiana and the Lower Ohio Commonwealth signing a cooperative defense pact as well as several economic agreements that essentially cut off the Combine from needed raw materials and markets. In response the Combine made a two front surprise attack against the IFR. After several initial gains low quality combine troops stalled against well prepared IFR defensive positions.

The Combine has a standing contract with the Russian Federation to supply it with military hardware and support. The armor battalions are a mix of T-80 and T-90 tanks supported by Infantry mounted in BMP-3's.