Tuesday, November 26, 2024

WWII Tank Battle in Normandy

We rejigged the terrain from last week to be more French & used the same German army against a British force.
Germans: SteveJ (right flank) & Mike (left flank.
British: Chris (left flank), Mark (right flank) & Jim (right flank). 
Rules: Mech War house rules.  15mm figures.  10'x6' table.

The Brits are coming on from the left long edge, the Germasn from the right long edge.
The Brits take up defensive positions in the farm on their left & the central village & advance with armour on their right.
The Germans advance on ther right with armour & infantry.
The British tank attack on the left was met with a hail of hot dice & destroyed.  The Germans took out  Cromwells, 2 Fireflies & 2 17pdr antit tank guns at the cost of 3 MkIVs.
The British left was supposed to just buy time keeping the Panthers busy while the Brits won the battle eslewhere.  That didn't happen their left is slowly being ground down by the pussies.
The Brits concede the battle & the survors run for it. They lost 6 Cromwells, 3 Fireflies, 2 17 pdrs & half their infantry.  The Germans lost just 1 Panther (to a PIAT) & 3 Mk IVs.  It was all over in about an hour play time.

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