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Tuesday, 15 August 2023

West Wall

Today Dave would be commanding the American force attempting to breach a part of the much vaunted Siegfried Line.
Pictures with captions of the unfolding action follows.
The table for the action.
Timed airstrike incoming.
German flak lie in wait.
The American advance begins.
An acht acht lies in wait.
German artillery strike makes it mark.
The timed P47 strike arrives.
Followed by a timed artillery strike on the other flank.
The acht acht is taken out.
The Sherman dozer seized the opportunity to breach the dragons teeth obstacle.
German reinforcement was short lived.
The Germans reply in kind, another of the German reinforcements hit.
The Germans officer and artillery spotter is taken out.
Quickly followed by the Jagdpanzer IV.
The Americans surge through the breach.
By turn nine neither side had withdrawn, time was getting on so we called a halt to the game. With the Germans having lost both it's officers and no remaining armour and being nearer their break point we decided on a win for the American forces.
A hard fought game, with the Americans unable to contact their off table battery for seven turns, the Germans scoring three out of four direct hits being events if note.
Until next time...........
TTFN & KBO


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14 comments:

  1. Jonathan Freitag15 August 2023 at 16:29

    Looks like artillery was master on this battlefield.

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    1. Phil Robinson15 August 2023 at 23:32

      One wonders how different the game would have panned out if the Americans radio communications had not failed for so many turns. The joy and misery of the games table🙂

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  2. Steve J.15 August 2023 at 23:25

    Fine looking game and the Americans certainly hamstrung by their lack of artillery.

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    1. Phil Robinson15 August 2023 at 23:35

      Thank you Steve, indeed the lack of getting through for so many turns was certainly one of those that will go down in memory.

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  3. pancerni16 August 2023 at 00:13

    Hard for the GI to get no artillery when launching an assault on fortification on the magnitude shown.

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    1. Phil Robinson16 August 2023 at 00:18

      It hamper then some what, at least they had a M7 on hand which helped alleviate it a little.

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  4. David16 August 2023 at 01:26

    Damned radios! Seven turns of 1 or 2!!!! But it all came good in the end.

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    1. Phil Robinson16 August 2023 at 01:37

      I will make sure I add a radio communications vehicle to your force next time out😂

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  5. Norm16 August 2023 at 13:13

    That is a very nice 88’ base you have made for yourself there.

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    1. Phil Robinson16 August 2023 at 22:54

      Thank you Norm, I built that piece in the late 90s for a demo game we were doing.

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  6. Matt Crump17 August 2023 at 10:38

    Lovely to see the collection back on the table and a lot of burning vehicles !

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  7. Phil Robinson17 August 2023 at 11:37

    Thank you Matt. Yep, some serious anti-tank fire plus burning M3s from some direct hits by German off table artillery fire.

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  8. Aly Morrison19 August 2023 at 05:19

    A lovely looking game with… considering the lack of American artillery…a surprising amount of destruction.
    A close thing by the sound of it…but always good to see the good guys winning.

    All the best. Aly

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    1. Phil Robinson20 August 2023 at 00:26

      Thank you Aly. A let off for the Germans and no mistake, they just couldn't take the advantage of it in the end though.

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