Second Crack at Caumont ETO (id:#60211)
Caumont L'Evente, France 1944-06-13 ()
Designer: Chas Argent
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Balance:
AmericanGerman
52.475247524752%

Overview:

On June 12th, to expand the Omaha Beach foothold, the 18th and 26th Infantry Regiments of the “Big Red One” launched a morning attack in the direction of Caumont. Initial progress was swift and the village of Sallen, 3km north of the objective, fell easily. But as dusk approached and the Americans tried to enter Caumont itself, they were hit by a counterattack comprised of infantry and assault guns from Panzerdivision 2. The battle raged in the fading light as the Germans pushed the Americans out of all but one small corner of the town. Early the next morning, having been reinforced with Shermans from the 743rd Tank Battalion, the 26th Infantry tried again.
Attacker: American (2nd Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division / 743rd Tank Battalion)
Defender: German (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 304 / Panzerjäger Bataillon 38, Panzerdivision 2)  
6 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:12.5 D:10.5
AFVs: A:5
M4 x 5

D:2
JgdPz IV
PzKpfw IVJ

Guns: A:0 D:1
8.8cm PaK 43

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Bocage. D: may set up concealed in Concealment terrain
Map Board(s): 4 53 54
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentResultComments
2020-01-17(D) Richard Jenulis vs Steve Buckley American win
2019-01-06(A) Andy Goldin vs Peter Courtney American winPeter and I had a good match. Unfortunately he didn't calculate the VP correctly and consolidated his setup in the SW corner of the town. His 88 did score a kill on one of my Shermans but that didn't stop me from surrounding his redoubt. Once that happened, it was just a matter of time before I was able to take the couple of remaining buildings I needed for the win.
2018-05-13(A) Paolo Cariolato vs Brian Routh American win
2018-05-12(A) Stephen dedier vs Hunter, Jim American winTo me the Germans seem to have their work cut out for them in this scenario with a pretty weak force.
Still it came down to the last turn with Americans holing 14 buildings and Germans on the counterattack.
The Shermans have very poor smoke capability and I had no smoke success with them so they were use to pound some areas and act as MGs to deter German movement.
I put my small bd54 group on the East side of the town more as a nuisance. I attacked from the North with one group going across the grain fields to capture the buildings on the SW side of the town. I stumbled into the 88 with a HS and was able to muster firepower and take out the crew in the first turn. The rest of the game was a slugfest. I had no success shooting unless I could get adjacent and muster 24 or up firepower. Luckily for me my opponent had the same bad luck shooting or was using concealment to slow me down. Lot's of hand to hand combat where I was usually able to get odds and win in 1 or 2 tries. I lost 1 Sherman to a the schrek, one to malf/recall and a third to one to the Jg but didn't lose enough infantry to trip the 29VP.
Overall a good scenario and good for me to keep learning how to maneuver armor.
2018-04-29(A) B-E Karlsson vs German American win
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Avg Rating: 7.18Votes: 39
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To-Play list count: 3
Estimated Play time: 5 hours
Recorded Games: 27
Archive recorded plays:
American19
German8
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of Nov 2019)
Second Crack at Caumont [Confirmed]
[A] German 87
[D] American 88
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