Stovepipe Funeral PTO (id:#63920)
Designer: Vincent Maresca
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Balance:
JapaneseAmerican (USMC)
63.636363636364%

Overview:

As part of the invasion to capture the southern Marianas Islands, the 2nd Marine Division landed on the southwest coast of Saipan on 15 June. Lt. Gen. Yoshitsugu Saito chose not to expose the bulk of his troops to an American shoreline bombardment, but instead deployed the 43rd Infantry Division and 9th Tank Regiment inland where they could counterattack the Marine beachhead as it formed. The Marines landed under fire but quickly pushed off the beach. Saito took advantage of the relatively level and open terrain to launch a combined-arms attack, headed by Colonel Takashi Goto's 9th Tank Regiment, to smash the Marine position before the Americans could bring their forces to bear against him.
Attacker: Japanese (136th Infantry Regiment, 43rd Infantry Company and 4th Company, 9th Tank Regiment)
Defender: American (USMC) (Companies, A & G, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division w/Company Reserve)  
6 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:12.5 D:9.0
AFVs: A:2
Type 97B CHI-HA x 2

D:0
Guns: A:0
Type 89 Heavy Grenade-Launcher
D:0

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: PTO, LJ. (Exc: no buildings are Huts)
Map Board(s): m
Overlays: NONE
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DateReporterOpponentResultComments
2020-12-14(D) Eric Topp vs Jim Bert American (USMC) winI set up my Marines well back from the starting line. In previous games, I have found that Marines on the hill can be eliminated for failure to rout by the Japanese tanks.

The Japanese tanks moved up, being careful not to get within the dangerous 4 hex range of the BAZ. The Japanese MTR fired Smoke providing cover for the Japanese infantry crossing open ground.

The Marines weren't getting much ROF from their MMG and the Japanese were mostly passing their MC. By the end of Japanese turn 6, both tanks were inside the "perimeter" along with five squads, a HS and crew.

Then came the US counterattack. Jim was careful to reduce the risk of losing his valuable tanks from the BAZ by keeping them in Motion. Despite this, a Critical Hit knocked one out anyway. The other US fire attacks were mostly ineffective so it all came down to the final CC. Despite a Japanese Ambush, the US prevailed and wiped out enough Japanese infantry units to win.
2020-11-27(A) Mark Dennehy vs Jim Bert Japanese winAmericans mostly held fire as the Japanese approached until the Japanese declared Banzai in Turn 5 on the northern building hexes, all occupied by American Marine squads plus one MMG. Americans cowered several squads plus some poor FP attacks and good Japanese morale checks allowed the Japanese to have multiple squads in each building hex. The Americans conceded.
2020-10-04(A) Eric Topp vs Mark Dennehy Japanese winA Japanese Banzai charge through the kunai chilled the hearts of the US defenders (three cowers in a row). The Japanese were able to grab the J5 and H6 buildings at a minimal cost in lives. The CHI-HA tanks snuck into H5 and I6 then stayed in Motion. The Marines could not knock them out in CC and the game was over.
2020-10-04(D) Mark Dennehy vs Eric Topp Japanese win
2020-08-08(A) Vilis Pavulans vs Matias Dahlbäck Japanese winMatias as usual rolled a large number of well placed boxcars and 11s and a few 10s and 9s as well. The americans were almost wiped out, with both japanese AFVs and a few squads in the village by turn 4 and we called it a day.
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hoxson1 Linked the scenario to ROAR2021-02-17 20:40:58
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Avg Rating: 7.30Votes: 23
Views: 1715
To-Play list count: 1
Estimated Play time: 3.4 hours
Recorded Games: 18
Archive recorded plays:
Japanese11
American (USMC)7
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of Nov 2019)
Stovepipe Funeral [Confirmed]
[A] Japanese 3
[D] American 1
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