A Fine Mess... ETO (id:#63876)
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Balance:
FrenchGerman
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Overview:

On 15th May, 1940, the 1ère Division Légère Mécanique, then deployed in the Netherlands, with little success, received the order to rush to the Sambre to stop the panzers advance from the Meuse. General Picard, commanding the 1ère DLM, arrived to find a “fine mess”. His leading elements obtained contact early in the morning of 17th, however the Somua S35, his strongest tanks, were unable to get into action providing little results by the end of the day. However, Picard planned a large counterattack for the day after, mustering both task forces of his division, each with a tank regiment. The 18ème Dragons under Colonel de Beauchesnes initiated a reconnaissance toward the Sambre with part of Capitaine d’Ussel’s squadron and some motorcyclists. The captain received the order “not to rush in, but to reconnoitre” and to bring his tanks back for the counterattack... Formerly released as VV75 "Un Beau Petrin..."
Attacker: French (Elements 4th RDP & 18th RDP, 1st DLM)
Defender: German (Elements 6th Schutzen Regt & 25th Panzer Regt, 7th Panzer Division)  
6 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:8.5 D:8.0
AFVs: A:5
S35 x 5

D:3
PzKpfw 38(t) A x 3

Guns: A:1
Mortier de 60 mle 35
D:2
3.7cm PaK 35/36 x 2
5cm leGrW 36

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules:
Map Board(s): 11 14
Overlays: NONE
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DateReporterOpponentResultComments
2020-12-12(A) Ric Hammond vs Fen Yan Draw
2020-10-09(D) Jason Wert vs Rich Jenulis German winvASLOK 2020
2020-10-08(A) Richard Jenulis vs Jason Wert German winvASLOK 2020 open play
2020-04-17(A) nathan wegener vs Paul Works French winSteady assault aided by the Germans dicing themselves early on meant the French had plenty of VP. One German squad pegged a couple tanks over the course of 3 turns so it was down to keeping the last 3 Suomas alive. One lost its MA and mg and was immob by a turn 5 CC but the offending Kraut squad was driven off by a sudden surge of leadership (7-0) in a self rally squad which charged over and busted him. The second Suoma took out the last Pz38 (with functioning MA) and the 3rd Suoma (also with busted MA) managed to survive 2 last 1/2 turn CC attacks by the charging Germans. Tight game good fun with swirling attacks.
2020-04-17(D) Paul Works vs Nathan Wegener French winNathan moved his tanks independently to crack my defensive line. I had some of my troops too far out front where they could not rout effectively, especially with five S35s roaming around to block those routes and that hurt me. Good play by him! My 37L AT Guns got a lot of hits, but none in hull - so I always had a 3 final To Kill number. I just never got one. I drove all my Pz38s on to try to kill one of his tanks, but again could not get a hull hit to get a decent TK #. I did end up destroying two tanks in CC, and had a chance for a third kill to win the game with another CC attack. I needed a 5 to get the tank... and did not get it.
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Ric of The LBC Rated the scenario2020-12-14 17:24:47
Ric of The LBC Added a playing2020-12-14 17:24:24
RJenulis Added a playing2020-10-09 03:37:30
jwert02 Added a playing2020-10-09 03:32:29
worksp2018 Added a playing2020-05-27 05:20:07
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Estimated Play time: 4.5 hours
Recorded Games: 9
Archive recorded plays:
French2
German6
Drawn:1

ROAR Data: (as of Nov 2019)
A Fine Mess [Confirmed]
[A] German 2
[D] French 3
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