Mageret Morning WTO (id:#63040)
Mageret, Belgium 1945-01-08 ()
Designer: Bill Sisler
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
German (SS)American
62.857142857143%

Overview:

The German attack on Bastogne brought SS-Panzer-Division 12 to within 4 kilometers of the city center. The division was ordered to capture Hill 510 to the west of Mageret to provide observation into Bastogne since, from their current positions, they were unable to see any activity there. The only units available for the attack were Kompanie 2 of the Pioneer Bataillon and the Begleit Kompanie with some armor support. After a short artillery preparation, the Germans attacked at 0730.
Attacker: German (SS) (Kompanie 2, SS Pioneer-Bataillon 12, and SS-Begliet-Kompanie,SS Panzer-Division 12 "Hitlerjugend")
Defender: American (44th Armored Infantry Regiment and 68th Tank Battalion)  
7 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:14.0 D:8.0
AFVs: A:5
PzKpfw VG x 2
PzKpfw IVJ x 3

AFVs: D:8
M4A1(76)W x 2
M4A3(75)W x 4
M4A1 x 2

Guns: A:0 D:0
M2 60mm Mortar

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: GS, Mist. A: WC, Assault Engineers w D: M4A1s set up dug-in, are HIP
Overlays: NONE
Errata (source)
Players wanting to play this game/Request a match:

Scenario info

Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-03-08(A) Dave B vs Vincent Maresca American winAmericans used reverse slope defense but with the mortar on level 3 with coverage of the central woods mass. SS came in three groups: massive in the center, smaller on each flank. Mortar crew broke immediately, but the other US units laid down effective fire. Mark IVs flanked to each side of the hill, attempting to get into position to slow down the reinforcing American tanks, but were largely ineffective in this.

SS 9-2 leader battle hardened to 10-2 in turn 2, only to expire on an almost immediately subsequent MC rolling 12. The SS squads rolled 9s and 10s on MCs much of the time, resulting in massive casualties and very little progress. Dug in Shermans did some damage until one was destroyed in CC and the other by (finally) a turret hit from one of the two Panthers blasting away at it for a while. It eventually became clear some time in Turn 5 that the numerous US tanks would prevent any reasonable chance of German victory, given the massively depleted SS ranks. Total fiasco in the face of an expert defense.
2025-03-02(D) Todd Cox vs American win
2018-07-31(D) Paolo Cariolato vs Gaetano Girelli German (SS) winThe scenario is profundly unbalanced in favor of the SS, still it was a fun game, and I gladly will play it again.
2018-02-16(A) Eric Partizan Eric vs Michel Bongiovanni American win
2018-02-01(D) Lawrence Spangler vs Diane Spangler American win
View all or balance report
ActionDate
BlitzkriegBeast Added a playing2025-03-13 12:08:49
BlitzkriegBeast Rated the scenario2025-03-13 11:28:40
Viking_CTO Added a playing2025-03-02 04:03:14
aokigaryou Updated the Scenario ID2024-07-08 09:13:53
Dispang12 Added a playing2024-06-03 20:42:36
FileDescriptionUserViews
(sherman snow rd.png)Imagehoxson1918
(!ss-usa new.png)Imagehoxson1899
VASL board (VASLMap.png)Map ImageYarlis648
(z-magret_morning.jpg)Map Imageaokigaryou345
DescriptionUploaded by
TitleAuthorDate

Quick Map View

Location

Images

 
Statistics:
Avg Rating: 7.06Votes: 16
Views: 5013
To-Play list count: 3
Estimated Play time: 7.2 hours
Recorded Games: 10
Archive recorded plays:
German (SS)4
American6
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Mageret Morning [Confirmed]
[A] German 18
[D] American 7
All Rights Reserved. (c)2022 Dave Ramsey.