Friday afternoon Tank War

Chris' Germans v.  JohnM's Brits.
Tank War scenario 1,500 pts.  Table 12'x6'.

The two forces started with their forces coming on as first waves from opposite corners at the near end of the table.  There are 5 objectives - the T junction, the 2 bridges & the tops of the two hills further down the table.   There is no visibility thru the double lines of trees along the road.

Both side protected their flank by deploying 2 tanks in ambush back from the tree lines while rushing infabtry to the village with tanks on their other flank.

The Brits seemed to have had a plan to use their artillery barrage to lay smoke to cover a charge by 2 Cromwells for one of the hill objectives.  But they seem to have been distracted from the plan by the shirt-fight in the village where the Grewnadiers had taken the T-junction objective.   When the Germans pulled a tank out of their nearside flanking screen the Brits attacked there.

The British attack on the near flank was very effective taking out all 3 MkIV's, but the Grenadiers had destroyed the Brit infantry around the village & held on against the Cromwells until the end of turn 7.  If there had been a turn 8, the British armour might have won the day, but it was not to be.