Somewhere in France 1944.
A British Airborne (Para) patrol has just entered a ruined village and are moving to secure this minor objective. Unbeknownst to them, a German Panzer Grenadier platoon has also just moved into the area. Both units must fight it out until one side retreats or is wiped out.
German Panzer Grenadiers
Elite +7
Aggressive Troops
Command Dice: 5
Force Morale: 9
Hauptmann Wechsler
Junior Leaders (Obergefreiter Mauer, Obergefreiter Dennhardt, Obergefreiter Reiniger)
3 sections (each 2 MG42 with 2 crew each, 5 Riflemen)
Panzerschreck Team (2 men)
Adjutant
Junior Leader (Leutnant Adler)
1 'green' section (MG42 with 2 crew, 7 Riflemen)
British Parachute Regiment
Elite +8
Aggressive Troops
Command Dice: 6
Force Morale: 10
Captain Erskine
Platoon Sgt. 'Tusk' Tasker
Junior Leaders (Sgt. Hall, Sgt. Swain, Sgt. Donaldson)
2 sections (each Bren Gun with 3 crew, 1 sten, 5 Riflemen)
1 section (2x Bren Gun with 3 crew each, 2 sten)
PIAT Team (2 men)
2" Mortar Team (2 men)
Adjutant
Sniper Team One
Sniper Team Two
The Battle
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| The Battlefield, South to North. |
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| The Germans - 3 elite squads, 1 green section and an adjutant. |
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| The Brits - 3 elite sections plus support. |
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| The German jump off points. |
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| Overview of the ruined village. |
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| The Para jump off points. |
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| First German section moves into cover. |
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| The German adjutant and Hauptmann Wechsler by the farmhouse. |
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| Paras secure two stongpoints. |
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| Stalemate - The Jerry... |
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| ...and the Brits take heavy fire. |
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| There's a Para sniper somewhere in there... |
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| Shock mounts up! |
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| 2nd Para section moves up. |
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| The 1st German section were in trouble... |
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| Another section sets its position near the farmhouse. |
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| 3rd section of Germans take cover in the treeline. |
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| A Panzerschreck moves up. |
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| Last German (green) section enter the fray. |
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| The Para adjutant barks orders! |
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| The Paras move up to the treeline to begin the assault. |
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| Captain Erskine surveys the scene. |
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| Paras hold out in a ruin. |
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| The 'schreck takes hits and is effectively out of the game. |
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| German sections at the jump off point. |
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| Germans on right flank continue to take fire. |
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| Paras assault under cover of smoke. |
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| The 'green' squad moves forward but takes fire... |
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| ...whilst the second squad move up for a flanking assault. |
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| Charge! The Brits attack! |
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| German 3rd squad and Wechsler begin their flanking assault. |
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| The result of "Handgranaten!" - bodies litter a French field. |
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| Last man standing. Section leader Reiniger by the farmhouse. |
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| Wechsler and the 3rd squad take a battering and retreat. |
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| Victory for the Paras! |
Pics by wardyla.
Great looking game. Nice to see a board chock full of terrain, a little slice of France.
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