As Good As They Got ETO (id:#63014)

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Hannut, Belgium 1940-05-12 (30 others)

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Scenario and VASL map available for free on Lone Canuck website . . .General Hoepner, commander of the German 6th Army, ordered the 3rd, and the 4th Panzer Divisions to secure Hannut to protect the Sixth Army’s flank. The 4th Panzer Division rapidly advanced, engaging a French Armoured unit with some 25 tanks east of Hannut, knocking out seven of the French tanks in the process. The 4th Panzer Division deployed its 35th Panzer Regiment in an attempted to flank Hannut, but it ran into fierce resistance near Crehen, where a French reconnaissance unit, with an anti-tank screen, and supported by artillery had set up. In addition, the French had deployed its tanks to the rear under cover, but counter-attacked several times during the battle, giving the Germans as good, as they got. The German 35th Panzer Regiment managed to fend off the attacks, pushing the French back several kilometres, while the rest of the 4th Panzer Division destroyed nine French SOMUA S35 tanks for the loss of five panzer as they advanced toward Crehen; thereby encircling the French 2nd Cuirassiers. Despite of this manoeuvre, the French 2nd Cavalry Corps managed to breach the German line and the French units broke out, suffering heavy losses in the process. The right flank of the German 4th Panzer Division was then dangerously exposed.

Defender: French (I Bataillon, 11e Dragoons Portés, supported by Section de l'Observation de 1e Groupe 76 Régiment d'Artillerie, 5e Brigade Légère Mécanique and 2e Escadron de Combat, 2e Cuirassiers, 5e Brigade Légère Mécanique)  

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