JON AND STEVEN
STUG BATTERIE
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HQ + 2iC Stug Gs
2x Zugs of 4ea Stug G
GRENADIERKOMPANIE
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HQ + 2ic, add fausts and panzerschreck team
2x Full grenadier platoons w/ fausts
HMG Platoon
Pioneer platoon
Panzerwerfers (3 w/ extra crew)
Captured M4 Sherman
LUKE & BRIAN
Armored Rifles
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HQ
2x Platoons (1 understrength)
2 mortar tubes
4 Stuarts
Armored Rifles
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HQ
2x Platoons (1 understrength)
2 mortar tubes
4 Shermans
Jon and I weighted our attack on the right flank which was weakly held by Luke's ARs. My game was marred with abysmal luck at all the wrong times, though all in all I think the Germans held their own. In the end we lost 3 Stugs to a wreckless assault, and a handful of infantry stands, though no full platoons fled. The Americans lost their Shermans and Stuarts, with 2 more AR platoons reduced to a single stand at the end of the game. Though in all, the Germans were kept from the objectives. I think if we had one more turn we could drive it home and win it, but the game must be called at some point.
The right flank, silhouetted by a full moon.
The one objective on the German side of the board
Armored rifles deployed in defense
ARs on the right flank
The center of the board
Stuarts are in immediate ambush and spring forth
ARs reposition
Stugs reposition to threaten the Stuarts
Pioneers and stugs move forward
Achtung Stug!
The captured sherman arrives from reserve and takes a pot shot at the Stuarts
Stuarts threaten the objective, and run off the German 2iC
Americans take some losses as the ARs reposition
The German assault is prepared
Grenadiers arriving from reserve with a tank hunter, the captured sherman, and redirected stugs knock out the Stuarts
The pioneers move up to assault, fire off two flame throwers and... miss every single shot? We decide not to assault in the face of the unpinned Americans.
fail.
Stugs try to get sneaky
The captured sherman MGs armored rifles
Finally the assault goes through.
Stugs whiff horribly.
And pay for it with 3 burning tanks.
The Germans push the objective, but more Americans arrive from reserve!
More Americans fall, but there are just too many amerikeners!
The left flank is solidly in German hands
The Germans try to force Brian's company to make a motivation check as time runs out
The Americans are battered, but ultimately hold the objective.
Not sure what to call this one. We didn't have a time limit going into the game, and both sides can certainly be blamed for stalling. I'm happy to give this one to the Americans, though I think one more turn would see the game a decided 6-1 for the Germans.
