Initial Skirmish ETO (id:#62712)
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Hannut, Belgium 1940-05-12 ()
Designer: Stephen Johns
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
GermanFrench
50%

Overview:

On the first day of the eventual five day battle of the Gembloux Gap, the French screening force holding Hannut was scheduled to fall back at 0800 hours. At that same time the lead elements of Panzer Regiment 35 led by Leutnant Rauschbanch approached the hamlet. The Germans were surprised to be counterattacked by two Pan-hard armored cars led by Sous-Lieutenant Paumé of the 12th Cuirassiers.
Attacker: German (II/35th Panzer Regiment, 4th Panzer Division)
Defender: French (11ème Régiment de Dragons Portés &12ème Cuirassiers, 3ème Division Légère Mécanique)  
4.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:8.0 D:5.0
AFVs: A:5
PzKpfw IIA x 2
PzKpfw IB x 3
Motorcycle w/Sidecar x 3
Motorcycle x 5

AFVs: D:2
AMD 35 x 2

Guns: A:0
PzB 39 ATR
D:0
Canon de 37 mle 16 TR
Fusil Antichar Boys ATR

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Grain is in Season. Voluntary AFV Abandonment (D5.4) is NA.
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-03-21(A) Len Kay vs Chuck Tewksbury French winVery tight, lots of fun. I lost by 1 VP. Motorcycles!
2024-11-14(A) Ian Morris vs Neil Brunger German winI managed to get up to the village without much harm, just a broken squad, and two Malf'ed Pz IBs on back-to-back rolls of 11 for bounding fire - both repaired in the French rally phase. Everybody was dismounted, the motorbikes played no further part. I kept the panzers in motion throughout the game - Neil rarely hit them, and all survived. Neil drove his armoured cars into the centre of the village, where eventually I was able to knock one out. Having got into his rear and with little left to stop me, Neil conceded.
2024-11-14(A) David Ramsey vs Martin Barker French winThe French armoured cars sat in the middle of the town and held off the German tanks which when killed left too many CVP to chase.
2024-07-02(D) Paolo Cariolato vs Federico Corso French winNice little scenario with some options for both players.
2023-11-23(D) Andy Bagley vs Mike Grogan French winThe Germans launched their infantry towards the north with their tanks further south, but quickly ran into trouble with two tanks malf'ing their MA early on, then rolled 6's on subsequent repair attempts. I brought my Armoured Cars on to the south behind his tanks, but thought the luck had evened out when both were Shocked by lucky hits. Fortunately however they recovered, which left two remaining German tanks caught between these armoured cars and my crew with the 37mm Inf gun which refused to break despite numerous shots against it. Meanwhile the German infantry was unable to make sufficient headway against my line of defenders in hexrow J, and the Germans surrendered on turn 3 when it was evident their losses were too great.
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Hutch Modified the Unit Elements2025-03-22 06:36:30
waaayback Added a playing2025-03-22 01:04:19
Gamer72 Added a playing2024-11-18 14:41:51
Dave Added a playing2024-11-15 13:18:16
Hutch Modified the unit counts2024-10-08 16:52:15
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Estimated Play time: 2.9 hours
Recorded Games: 21
Archive recorded plays:
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Drawn:0

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Initial Skirmish [Confirmed]
[A] German 22
[D] French 21
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