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Tiger 222 WTO (id:#58036)

Kinetic Energy Productions (March Madness `99 Pack ID: KE 16) [next] [previous]

Prior Publication: KE: Time on Target #1 TOT7

See Also: Tiger 222 by Kinetic Energy Productions

Stavelot, Belgium 1944-12-19 (56 others)

Designer: John Knowles

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Balance:

German (SS)American

Overview:

By December 19th, Kampfgruppe Peiper had begun to face ever increasing resistance, and it had nearly reached the apogee of its penetration into American lines. Peiper's single-minded goal was to push through to the Meuse River. Unfortunately, Volksgrenadier Division 12 to the north and his own division's Kampfgruppe Hansen to the south had failed in their role of maintaining flank security. His kampfgruppe found itself isolated with the American 117th Infantry Regiment pushed the small German security detachment out of Stavelot. SS-Panzer Division 1 tasked the followup unit, Kampfgruppe Sandig, with retaking Stavelot. Along with armored elements belonging to Peiper -- including Tiger 222 -- KG Sandig attacked towards the Stavelot bridge late that afternoon.

Attacker: German (SS) (Kampfgruppe Sandig, supported by 7. SS-Panzer Kompanie, SS-Panzer Regiment 1 and 2. SS-Panzer Kompanie, Schwere SS-Panzer Abteilung 501)

Defender: American (1st Battalion, 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division supported by the 823rd Tank Destroyer Battalion)

5 turns

Players: 2 OBA: None Night: No

Unit Counts:

Squads: A:8.0 D:7.0

AFVs: A:3

PzKpfw VIB
PzKpfw IVJ x 2
Kfz 1/20 x 3

AFVs: D:1

M4A3(76)W

Guns: A:0 D:0

Misc Rules:

River: Frigid, Deep. D: Daisy Chain Minefields (B28.531)

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Publication	Board
ASL 3a - Yanks (2nd Edition)	41
ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre	41

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Date	Reporter		Opponent	Result	Comments
2025-01-26	(D) A Fifteen	vs	Mike Reed	German (SS) win
2013-08-28	(A) X von Marwitz	vs	Chris Mazzei	German (SS) win	When first looking at the scenario card and the board, this one looks very interesting. When thinking a little deeper about it, the scenario loses some of its appeal. Basically, ONLY way across that River (not Stream!) is the Bridge. Because it is pretty much walled in, the amphibious Kübelwagen won't go swimming. The only appearance they are bound to make is to speed through for some EVPs if a path can be beaten clear. For the German, getting down SMOKE is absolutely essential. And one better gets deeply into the nuances and limitations on the placement of SMOKE on a Bridge - so much at this point: Yes - Inf Smoke, Veh Smoke grenade, OBA Smoke; No - ordnance SMOKE, sD, sP, sN, sM. Go figure... It appears that the US has a choice on which side of the stream to put their Schwerpunkt. But if they should try to stand up to the Germans right in their entry area, there will be likely many US prisoners as the ONLY way out is across the Bridge. The US have plenty to HIP but not much good choices where to do so. Placement of AT Mines on/behind the Bridge on paved road seems without much alternative (possible per SSR), but you'd better read up how known AT mines can be got rid of. The most interesting thing of the scenario might be to figure it out before play. Playing it itself may be dicey depending on how SMOKE works for the Germans. I think if it does, they are hard to stop. If it doesn't the Germans are in trouble. Furthermore much depends on whether the US can get off a successful BAZ shot on a worthy target before being anihilated or not. If you are lucky and things even out, this can be an interesting and tense scenario. Otherwise, so lala only. I would not recommend it for tournaments.
2012-05-26	(A) Richard Carter	vs	tate rogers	American win	probably did not use smoke enough initially, was distracted by amphibious units.
2009-09-03	(D) David Ramsey	vs	Martin Barker	American win	Swapped sides and tried again. German was beaten by a lucky couple of shots from the bazoka crews
2009-09-01	(A) David Ramsey	vs	Martin Barker	German (SS) win	Nice scenario. Interesting situation keen to play this one again.

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Action	Date
asloser Linked the scenario to ROAR	2025-01-29 13:03:25
A15.4er Added a playing	2025-01-26 06:51:37
Hutch Modified the misc. rules	2024-11-18 18:59:47
Hutch Modified the Attacker's AFVs	2024-11-18 18:57:52
Hutch Modified the unit counts	2024-11-18 18:55:19

File	Description	User	Views
VASL Scenario Setup (KE-16 Tiger 222 v667.vsav)	VASL Setup	Turuk	220
(!ss-usa new.png)	Image	hoxson1	848
(tiger 222.png)	Image	hoxson1	424
VASL MAP (Tiger 222.jpg)	Map Image	Fre20741	1149
(KE16 Tiger 222.jpg)	Map Image	von Marwitz	1188

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Avg Rating: 5.83	Votes: 6
Views:	6241
To-Play list count:	1
Estimated Play time:	2.5 hours
Recorded Games:	5

Archive recorded plays:
German (SS)	3
American	2
Drawn:	0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Tiger 222 (repl TOT7) [Confirmed]

[A] American	7
[D] German	11

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