Mech War in Normandy

A small Sunday school battle:  Jim's Yanks v. Chris' Germans
Germans: 2 Mech Inf platoons, medium mortars, 1 Tiger & 5 MkIVs.
Yanks: 2 mech inf platoons, off table 105's, 2 M10 & 5 Shermans.
The village, the bridge & the two prominent ridges.

The Yanks got first move & got infantry onto both the village and bridge objectives. They also got lucky with the 105's ranging in on the MkIV's first up & taking one out.  The US armour has advanced towards the hedgegrow but only hit one half track. 

On the right the US have dug in near the bridge while the Germans have advanced to the tree line.
In the centre the 105's have bagged another MkIV, but the Germans armour is winning the tank fight hands down.

On the right the Germans have dismounted in the trees & a fire fight had broken out.
In the centre the US armour has been destroyed, the MkIV's are below half strength & shaken, but the Tiger is now king of the jungle.
On the far flank the German infantry is preparing to attack the village.

After the German armour & mortars have decimated the defenders in the village their infantry charged the shaken remnants of the defenders.  The US didn't have many dice, but they were all 5+ and the German attack broke.
On the right flank, the US had got on top in the firefight & advanced hoping to take then enemy ouyt before the Tiger arrived.  But the Germans broke under another shower of 5+'s

It had been a wild ride for both sides in a battle of fluctuating fortunes, then in one turn, the game had lurched from looking like the Germans only had to mop up, to a US victory with the US holding 3 of 4 objectives & the Germans reduced to just mortars & 1 useful tank.