Well, It finally happened, I got to battle a Warsaw Pact opponent. We rolled and got Guantlet as the scenario and our battle was on the dry and dusty portion of the city. It was a clear day when the Allied forces deployed across the battlefield and prepared for an assault by the Soviet forces they saw building to their front. They seemed to have T-64 tanks in their force which could be a bit of a challenge with no air cover and no tanks in support of our Mechanized Infantry formations. We better dig in and make those holes deep as the excrement was about to hit the oscillator. I have to say that we had a great time gaming and had lots of laughs. In fact, I should have named this battle LOL in Leipzig because we spent much of the time doing just that. These 50 point games are still tough on a 4×4 table, especially when you have a crap load of infantry. The Panzergrenadiers were deploying with some new American infantry units and the Kompanie commander was not sure how they would react in the battle so he had a meeting with them.
nice report and great win mate! DAK??? haha
Great Battle, very nice AAR – like the models!!
Some villages in Southern Italy aren’t MUCH different anyway 😉 ! Commended.
Great Job,,,.. Tough veteran opponet. Well done. Thanks for sharing…..
A great AAR! Too bad about the outcome, but at least the Reds came out to play this time.
The Soviet player rushed forward to try and get to, and push me off of the objective before I could adjust enough forces. Unfortunately, I had Milan cross fire that made it hard for him. I also had three infantry platoons around the objective that really caused him fits in assault. All of the Milans, PzrFasts, Dragons and Laws, not to mention a crap load of infantry and M113 fire pretty much annihilated his infantry before they could do anything and repulsed his tank assaults. He agreed that he needed mor infantry but at 50 points that was tough for him. He split his stuff into two 50 point units so the other player could play Red forces.
oops this last comment was for the other battle. Pardon my error.
Some hate the desert terrain. Oh well, that is all I have and the other players were on the European terrain. The color of the terrain doesn’t matter as long as there is terrain and cover for both sides. My opponent is a very experienced FOW player starting to play TY. He went for it but it did not work. He had to roll 6s to hit me and I rolled very well on my saves. He did win one assault and pushed the infantry out of the woods but not out of contention of the objective. That and my Luchs was motivated and he just could not role the six to hit it. He was down to two partial platoons out of six and I was down 1 out of eight and moving everything closer to him. He just didn’t have the numbers to take me out at that point.
Another great victory for the Fatherland. Congrats Oberst Hunts.
I hate the sand. Love the report, great win.
Nicely done. The Soviets had some balls, going in with everything they had straight from the start. And that they did bad against the infantry, was that because of their bad skill to hit in assaults? Or was it the determination of your infantry? I always have bad results when fighting MBTs in close combat.
nice report easy to follow with good pictures, that sand gets everywhere don’t it?
thanks
fine report, and congratulations on the win.
Thanks. We had a lot of fun shooting it up. Have not been able to get a game in with Jeremy for a long time.
Nice report