| As part of Operation Sea Lion, a US Armored Rifle company (4th AD- CV) encounters a Finn infantry company at Somerset as the allies abandon the region. The mission is Dust Up! Sean's Finn infantry is made up of Jakaari |
Sean's Finns
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Steven's Armored Rifles
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SETUP AND DEPLOYMENT
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| The board. Sean rolls to go first. |
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| US armor + Tank Destroyer Security section after recce move. |
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| ARs defending the objective |
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| Captured T-34/85s |
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| Sean's artillery |
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| Jakaari. |
UNITS IN RESERVE | |
Sean's Finns
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Steven's Armored Rifles
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| Sean's Finns: Sean starts with 122s (played by German 105s- shhhhh), 1 jakaari w/ Torni, and T-34s.
Steven's Armored Rifles: Steven starts with 1 AR platoon, and both mobile armor assets. | |
TURN 1
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| Jakaari roll out! |
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| T-34s move into a wood. |
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| The AOP circles overhead. |
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| M18 Ambush! |
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| And Shermans rollin in! Those 2 T-34s are in a world of hurt! |
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| Or not... I whiff all 16 dice! |
| Sean's Finns |
Steven's Armored Rifles |
| Sean's Finns: Jakaari and T-34s move out. 122s try and fail to dig.
Steven's Armored Rifles: M18s and Shermans pounce on the T-34s! And fail completely. | |
TURN 2
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| 2 HS-129s come swooping in. |
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| 122s dig in then turn to fire. |
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| Scoring an M18 |
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| Follow up Fire from the T-34s net 2 more. |
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| While the HS-129s evade tree tops and .50 cals to knock out 1 75mm Sherman! |
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| After the last M18 breaks, the Shermans pull back into town. |
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| The aftermath. |
| Sean's Finns |
Steven's Armored Rifles
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| Sean's Finns: Sean has a great turn as he sets up shot after shot. Wiping out the M18s and scoring a hit on the Shermans while his infantry moves forward. Steven's Armored Rifles: The Shermans, not wanting to risk a motivation check, get out of site of the T-34s. | |
TURN 3
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| Sean starts turn 3 with a barrage... |
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| Which scores another Sherman 75. |
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| The T-34s now rumble forward, but their shots can't find their targets. |
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| But here comes the cavalry! US reserves arrive, racing deep into the Finn artillery park. |
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| The Shermans attempt to pull back, but the commander bogs down! |
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| A 122 is knocked out by .50 cal fire. |
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| The mighty American mobile force is reduced to 1 operation tank with no kills to their name! |
Sean's Finns
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Steven's Armored Rifles
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| Sean's Finns: Sean continues to hammer the US shermans, scoring another kill with his 122s. Steven's Armored Rifles: Reserves arrive just as the remaining Shermans blunder into a tree-line. | |
TURN 4
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| The situation. |
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| The bogged Sherman is KOd. |
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| HS-129s pin down the ARs |
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| The last Sherman skeedaddles. Wow! |
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| Finns swarm! |
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| Blitzdoughs hop out of their transports ready to assault the position. |
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| Cav Recon appears, blazing away! |
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| The assault is underway! |
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| Predictably, the artillery battery is wiped out. |
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| And then breaks! The Americans hold the objective with no Finn units anywhere near close enough to keep it active. |
Sean's Finns
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Steven's Armored Rifles
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| Sean's Finns: Sean's infantry swarms forward as the last sherman is swept away.
Steven's Armored Rifles: Armored Rifles successfully assault the hill, and secure the objective! | |
TURN 5
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| Turn 5. |
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| The Kracken makes an appearance. |
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| Uh oh. I've made a huge mistake. Sean's T-34s go after my trained cav recon! D'oh! |
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| His 2iC even SMGs a jeep! |
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| The M8 Greyhound goes up in flames! |
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| The kracken kills an observer out of spite. Sean needed a 6 and got it! |
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| Pizzas abound. |
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| Oh dear. The Cav recon breaks. That puts me below half! |
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| Knowing this is the end, Sean decides to go for it and try to launch an assault on the unpinned ARs. It doesn't work. |
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| So now I hold the objective and will win... if I can just pass my motivation check. |
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| But that is not to be. 5-2 to Sean! Wow! |
Sean's Finns
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Steven's Armored Rifles
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| Sean's Finns: Sean goes right for the company break, capitalizing on my bloodthirsty use of my recon!
Steven's Armored Rifles: Ouch! | |
| Defeat from the jaws of victory! Lesson learned: That cav recon platoon shouldn't shoot unless absolutely necessary! I figured I'd sit at 12" away so his SMG teams couldn't return fire. But I hadn't thought about his tanks! Well played by Sean, a very fun battle to be sure! |
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