More Big Bolt Action Tank War

2 x 1250 pts Late War platoons on 10'x6' table.
Mark & Mike: US v. Jim & Steve: Germans

Jim's Hetzers & Mk III's on near side left.  Steve's Panthers on the right.
Mike on the US right, Mark on US left.
There are 7 objectives. 1 at each place where a road enters the table (6" from edge).  1 at the farm house, 1 in the village & 1 on each of the two ridges nearest the centre.
The round tress are orchards =  BA standard woods - can see in or out of but not thru, no doubling.
The pine trees on the hills are thick woods.  Visibility 6". Max move 6". No wheeled, tracked take bogging roll if moving: tanks bog on 1, half tracks bog on 1-2.  Bog = stop & go down for this move.

On the left the Germasn have grabbed the objective on the road, but the US are winning the tank duel.  The US get to the farmhouse first, but a Hetzer & 2 panzergrenadier squads are disputing the objective.  There are lot of tanks dancing around the woods & orchards on the far flank.  The Germans have taken the objective in the village. 

On the left the Hetzers have struck back & destroyed all but 1 US tank with 2 Hetzers left (1 in the orchard beside the house).  The German attack on the house resulted in MAD, but the Hetzer secured the objective.  On the right the tanks traded blows as the US inf moved up to attack the village.  A Sherman sent ona  flaking mission on the far table edge struck a telling lucky blow by taking out a Panther in the village in a front on fight. 

After turn 6 the Germans held 5 objectives to 2.  In turn 7 the Germans in the village held off the US attack, but on the left the remaining Jackson ran thru the fire of 2 Hetzers to take the road objective & on the far flank that damn Sherman dodged Panther fire to take the road objective in the German rear, so the US staggered over the line to win 4 objectives to 3.

It was a rattling good game.  The first turns took a long time, slowed by much US indecision & a lot of units to be actioned one at a time.  But as casualties mounted the game sped up & we finished in 2 & 1/2 hours.