My nice!
to death I forgot ... Together with the bnk weeks ago we played a pretty fun game from the beginning of Operation Cobra, Normandy, France, 1944
Dear all! I
almost forgot. We (me + bnk.) Had a fascinating game last Sunday. Normandy, France 1944 - prelude to Operation Cobra ...
action was fought in the rural areas of Northern France. Ranger Platoon with attached Section Engineer lost with the assistance of the paratroopers of the 82 DPD, and supported by the reconnaissance platoon (2 x M8 Greyhound and Stuart) and M4 Sherman Tank Platoon was designed to capture an important transport hub (intersection of three roads and houses, "Country-House Italeri ")...
The action was going on in the North France Coastline. Ranger Platoon Combat Engineers attached with squad, with support of the PIR 82nd platoon Lost During missed night drops, with the assistance of recce Platoon (2 x M8 Greyhound, Stuart tank) and assist of the M4 tank platoon were going to capture the important crossroads Fair for three important points Strategic (Italeri Country Houses) ...
side view of the German ... / German side overview ...
Allied Home ... / Allied entry-point ...
heard in the distance column Allied reconnaissance ... / Roar of the engines of Allied recce at the horizon ...
Pak 40 in an ambush ... / ambushing Pak 40 in the village ...
Shermans awaiting orders ... / Shermans awaiting orders ...
Pak 43/41 88mm waits for no ... / 88mm Pak 43/41 "Sheunentor" eagerly awaits for Them ...
Parachutes in attack on Pak 40, accompanied by volleys of mortars run to dispose of the German position ... / 82nd "bad-boys" on the move to disable Pak 40 with a support of the light mortar ...
mortar rounds hit - boom! The poor Germans ... / Mortar Successful - Boom! Poor Fritz ...
82nd runs ahead! M8-ki join in the company ... / Advances 82nd forward fast! M8's assists Their movement ...
Germany, however, have a few surprises - including the trophy Somu ... / The Fritz Also had some surprises - as captured with a dry old, French Somua ...
Shermans enter "en masse" to the action! / Shermans rapidly rolls in to action !
Rangers are "a lift" on the same item by the German half-tracks ... / Rangers being dropped and fast deployed close to Fritz positions to half-tracks ...
At the same time, two M8 crack down on Puma ... / In the meantime two M8's hard deals with Fritz's Puma ... Deadly blow a catastrophe effect on the engine !
Conductive grouping M4 gets hit with pancerzownicy German ... / Panzerschreck attacks! Leading M4 got toasted ...
Rangers attack - despite some losses do not reflect the mercy ... / Rangers Advance Towards Fritz positions - despite some Casualties, Resists They rush forward and ...
HQ seems more orders ... / another HQ gives orders ...
Rangers remain in the gas! / Rangers lead the way!
second team joins the attack - some skips through the green hedge around homesteads ... / Second Team rush into action. They jump through the Hedgerow green close to the yellow house ...
their misfortune falls on a shot from a masked Pak'a 40th .. / Unlucky! They got ambushed by well hidden Pak 40 crew ...
Boom! Nobody survived, massacred all the pieces of wood ... / Boom! Toasted - no survivors ...
all disappeared ... / They got killed all together at the same time ...
At the second stretch of calm - minor exchange of fire, 82nd Puma protect the wreck ... / On the other side more easier way. 82nd boys taking the terrain close to the Puma's wreck ...
Sappers justice to run ... / Combat Engineers in the rolls of a "bloody hell" of revenge on the Pak crew ...
run into the same frying Paka and the pitching ... / They rush Towards the Pak and fires from a Flamethrower ...
burned alive everyone! / Toasted - hell yeah baby!
Somua enters to share, but only breaks one of the tracks and killing the driver M4 Halftrack ... / Somua rolls in quick response but not so deadly - and the only tracks on the M4 destroyed and killed driver in the M3 half-track ...
A Pak 43/41's broke ... / Pak 43/41 was Completely useless ...
game was over at that point. Tactically the Allies lacked the time to take the whole intersection and capture three important points (houses). The victory probably not included. Germany lined fine points of resistance, which eliminate the Yankees took too much time ... For next!
Arrow!
The game ends here. Tactical win for the Germans. The U.S. side did not make it with the main Objectives (crossroads and capturing three of the houses). Fritz were very good located With Their defensive lines in the village and made a huge delay progress in the U.S. side ... See you next time lads!
Cheers!
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