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This Close to the Sharp End WTO (id:#58066)
Kinetic Energy Productions (Time on Target # 2 ID: TOT 23)   [next]   [previous]
Rethem Station, Germany 1945-04-11 (32 others)
BB14: Forth Bridge (Backblast # 2)
J15: Turning Off the Spigot (ASL Journal # 2)
J64: American Tragedy (ASL Journal # 3)
G37: Forth Bridge (AH:The General # 31.3)
OBS4: Seizing the Ridge (Ordeal Before Shuri)
OBS5: The Japs Counter-Attack! (Ordeal Before Shuri)
PBP 9: Last Roundup (Paddington Bears '96 Pack)
TEF1-2: The Last Waltz (Total Eastern Front Pack I)
TEF1-3: Panzers in the Park (Total Eastern Front Pack I)
TOT 19: Liebe Elfriede (Time on Target # 2)
TOT 20: Threat to the Bridgehead (Time on Target # 2)
TOT 21: Tony - Take the Bridge - Out! (Time on Target # 2)
TOT 22: Rock of Resistance (Time on Target # 2)
TOT 43: Jagdtiger, Jagdtiger (Time on Target # 3)
FT 13: Cabanes Vieilles (Franc-Tireur # 5)
FT 14: Les Mille Fourches (Franc-Tireur # 5)
: Monster Mash (ConTrary `89)
FT108: The Damned Die Hard (From The Cellar Pack # 3)
FT169: Daring Parafroggers (From The Cellar Pack # 6)
RPT130: Stumbling Through the Steigerwald (Rally Point #13)
S16-9: Erfurt Mop-Up (Sweet 16 4-Pack 3)
T-TERROR #2: A Park in Vienna (Teutonic Terror 1)
#8: Welch Return (Across the Aller)
#9: Left Flank Failure (Across the Aller)
#10: Loss of the Seekapitan (Across the Aller)
#11: 'Hatton'...Then Steel (Across the Aller 2)
#12: Rethem Requiem (Across the Aller 2)
#2: The Last Waltz (Ostfront Pak 1)
#3: Panzers In The Park (Ostfront Pak 1)
SP288: Commanding From the Bridge (Schwerpunkt #24)
FT13: Cabanes Vieilles (From The Cellar #13)
FT14: Les Mille Fourches (From The Cellar #13)
Designer: Mark Neukom
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Balance:
BritishGerman
50%

Overview:

On the afternoon of 11 April, the Welch Division mounted its fifth assault on Rethem: a direct attack across the open ground to the south of the railway station. Despite heavy fire from railway-mounted anti-aircraft guns, B Company of 2nd Battalion, the Monmouthshire Regiment managed to take a small farm complex on the right flank of their avenue of approach and from there mounted a further assault on the rail station.
Attacker: British (B Company, 2nd Battallion, Monmouthshire Regiment and C Squadron, 5th Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment)
Defender: German (Kompanie 1, Marine Grenadier Regiment 5)  
4.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: British     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:9.0 D:7.0
AFVs: A:2
Sherman VC(a)
Cromwell VII

AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0
OML 2-in. Mortar
D:2
10.5 cm FlaK 38 x 2

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Mud (D8.23)
Map Board(s):
33 Show/hide map dependencies
PublicationBoard
ASL 6 - The Last Hurrah (2nd Edition)33
ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions (3rd Edition)33
ASL 11a - Doomed Battalions (4th Edition)33
Overlays: RE2 OG5
Errata (source)
In the first line of SSR 5, add "placement of concealment counters and the start of" after "prior to". At the end of SSR 5, add "Both players may freely inspect any/all enemy stack(s) in order to implement this SSR."Kinetic Energy
In the first line of SSR 5, add "placement of concealment counters and the start of" after "prior to". At the end of SSR 5, add "Both players may freely inspect any/all enemy stack(s) in order to implement this SSR."Kinetic Energy
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DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2005-11-18(D) Jesus Pie vs Jesús Argaiz British win
1998-10-08(D) Stephen Stewart vs Chris Garrett German win
1998-05-13(A) Fred Ingram vs Dave McLee British win
1997-07-19(A) Fred Ingram vs Rich Summers German win
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Hutch Modified the misc. rules2024-11-19 13:06:18
Hutch Modified the unit counts2024-11-19 13:04:22
Hutch Modified the Attacker's Guns2024-11-19 13:04:22
Hutch Modified the Defender's Guns2024-11-19 13:04:22
Hutch Modified the gps location2024-11-19 13:00:33
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Avg Rating: 4.50Votes: 4
Views: 5440
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Estimated Play time: 2.9 hours
Recorded Games: 4
Archive recorded plays:
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German2
Drawn:0

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This Close to the Sharp End
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[A] British 23
[D] German 18
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