Pentecost Sunday Meeting ETO (id:#65386)
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West of Hannut, Belgium 1940-05-12 ()
Designer: Evan E. Sherry
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Balance:
GermanFrench
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Overview:

Elements of the 12e Cuirassiers, 3e Division Légère Mécanique are conducting a screen with three AMD 35 armored cars and a platoon of sidecar equipped infantry when they are attacked by two platoons of motorcycle infantry from Aufklärungs Abteilung 7 and Pz IB, PzIIA and PZIIF tanks from the Panzer Division 4. This meeting of two reconnaissance units features lots of exciting maneuver for both sides and is an exciting, 5.5 turn tournament action set on boards 11a and 12a.
Attacker: German (Elements of Aufklärungs Abteilung 7 and armor from the Panzer Division 4)
Defender: French (Elements of the 12e Cuirassiers, 3e Division Légère Mécanique)  
5.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:8.0 D:5.0
AFVs: A:5
PzKpfw IIF x 2
PzKpfw IIA
PzKpfw IB x 2

AFVs: D:3
AMD 35 x 3

Guns: A:0 D:1
Mortier de 60 mle 35

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Cycles & Sidecars
Map Board(s): 11a 12a
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultComments
2021-11-19(A) Rich Weiley vs Dave Longworth French winPlayed over two face to face Friday night sessions. Screwed this one up in the first session when I squandered about a thirds of my infantry on a fool's errand assault against the French defenders of the stone buildings on the right. My main assault came down the left. First blood in the armour battle also went to the French when AMD with the armour leader took out the Pz2A. The first session ended with a glimmer of hope as I managed to knock out one armoured car. Meanwhile my infantry was dispersed, both 8-0s were dead and would face a hard time exiting facing the unscathed French infantry.

I tried to be creative/aggressive with my armour in the second session, the plan being to overrun his CE armoured cars with the Panzer 1s, which would remain in their hex and allow the Pz2s to close in and shoot up the French vehicles point blank. Net result was two Pz1 blazing wrecks and and a Pz 2 stunned by an LMG shot, (my opponents low To Kill rolls were a feature of this session), The stunned Pz2 died in the next French Prep fire phase. Coming into turn 4 I had a mathematical chance of winning and the last surviving Pz2 did manage to immobilise one AC (which also malf'ed its MA) but this left it exposed to the AL led AMD. The panzer survived defensive fire but was hit and killed as it tried to move in turn 5, so at that point I conceded.

Looks like a good scenario, a more focused attack during the first session would have put me in a much better position. The sting of defeat was somewhat mollified by the excellent chicken vindaloo my opponent provided for dinner.
2021-02-25(A) Tom Kearney vs Alan Saltzman German winThe French strongly defended the two stone buildings adjacent to the east-west road on board 11a. Only the HIP AMD 35 with armor leader protected the southern approach, assisted by a 7-0, squad, and LMG. The Germans swarmed the southern approach, lost the PzIIa, but eliminated the French defenders in that area during the AFPh and subsequent RPh. A centrally located AMD 35 disabled it’s MA and the remaining one failed to pass a non-platoon movement DR. This gave the Germans a clear route to exit much more than the required 14 EVP. The French deployment could have been better. This is a fast playing scenario that has potential to be a nail biter.
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hoxson1 Linked the scenario to ROAR2022-02-24 19:24:32
Rich Weiley Added a playing2021-11-19 23:27:04
Augie Modified the unit counts2021-09-12 20:47:23
Augie Modified the Attacker's AFVs2021-09-12 20:47:23
Augie Modified the Attacker's AFVs2021-09-12 20:46:44
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Avg Rating: 5.50Votes: 2
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Estimated Play time: 3.5 hours
Recorded Games: 2
Archive recorded plays:
German1
French1
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of November 2021)
Pentecost Sunday Meeting [Confirmed]
[A] German 4
[D] French 0
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