Kwajalein Crush PTO (id:#60709)
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Designer: Chas Smith
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Balance:
AmericanJapanese
52.439024390244%

Overview:

General Corlett, 7th Infantry Division commander, ordered an early morning attack on 2 February. Thick vegetation prevented the Americans from knowing the full details of the defensive works. Japanese strong points had been constructed behind the beaches as sort of a second line, as well as around the airfield. Additionally, Rear Admiral Monzo Akiyama had attached tanks of the 2nd Battalion, 1st Amphibious Brigade dispersed throughout the islands rather than as a concentrated force. This brought the Type 2 and 3 amphibious tanks into the defense.
Attacker: American (Elements of 7th Infantry Division)
Defender: Japanese (Elements of 6th Naval Base Defense Force)  
7 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:18.0 D:13.0
AFVs: A:4
M4 x 2
M3A1 Satan x 2

AFVs: D:2
Type 2 KA-MI
Type 3 Ka-Chi

Guns: A:0 D:2
Type 88 7.5cm Mobile Field High-Angle Gun
Type 96 25mm AA Gun Twin-Mount

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: PTO, LJ (Exc: roads exist, huts are Wooden buildings, Brush remains brush)
Map Board(s): 35 37
Overlays: 1 Wd4
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultComments
2023-05-31(D) Rich Weiley vs Dave Wilson Japanese win
2021-05-07(D) Will Willow vs Andrew Young American win
2021-05-04(D) Richard Jenulis vs Paul Chamberland American winCASLO XXXV (2021). Worse shellacking in my ASL career. VBM sleazes, no ROF, broken weapons, cowering and casualty reductions. The Americans deployed, deployed, and deployed more. I called the game before the reinforcement came in. They would not have made a difference in the final out come. Paul played flawlessly.
2021-02-16(D) James Holt vs Eric Shipley American winThis is an action packed scenario with tons of toys for the US and many potential surprises from the Japanese. I defended heavily on the Japanese left with an upfront defense. My 75 was HIP in the forward kunai behind the road with some overlapping fields of fire from the MMGs in a trench with the 10-1 and a pillbox - all connected by trenches to one another and to the second pillbox with LMG. Eric did not oblige me by running tanks in front of the 75. But it was moot. My plans did not consider the possibility of malf'ing the 75 and both MMGs by the end of turn 2. Once the crust was broken, the Japanese could not hold back the US horde. Hidden Tank-Hunter Heroes chocked and only provided some interesting diversion; even with two having ATMM, they choked on the big stage. Flamethrower Stuarts were tough. Both sides took a lot of casualties and it went down to turn 6 after the Japanese reinforcements swarmed into the rearmost buildings. Too many remaining US squads and functioning AFVs earned a concession at the end of Japanese turn 6. Highlights for the Japanese included staying HIP in cover, allowing US squads to pass through and get shot/broken, and then dropping HIP to eliminate them for failure to rout. I would play this again in a heartbeat after paying tribute to the dice gods.
2020-09-26(D) Rob MacGinley vs Ian Willey American winBig American unit with lots of punch
IJA have to spread out and be very much in depth
expect to be slowly ground to dust!!
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Rich Weiley Added a playing2023-05-31 12:04:49
Ireneusz Rated the scenario2023-03-09 21:45:38
Jude Added a playing2023-02-28 00:43:05
Jude Rated the scenario2023-02-28 00:42:26
wwillow Added a playing2021-05-08 15:11:34
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 7.00Votes: 27
Views: 3289
To-Play list count: 5
Estimated Play time: 7 hours
Recorded Games: 16
Archive recorded plays:
American10
Japanese6
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of October 2023)
Kwajalein Crush [Confirmed]
[A] Japanese 33
[D] American 33
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