Here are a few photos of a 6mm scale game we played yesterday featuring an attack by a company of the British 3rd Monsmouthshires/159th Brigade on Doumeville during Operation Goodwood. A full AAR with more photos will be posted sometime this coming week when our master AAR writer completes it.
British Objective -- the Doumeville Church:
Staghound AC leads British 2nd Platoon in a sweep to the west to assault Doumeville on the flank:
German 10.5cm Howitzer SPG Engages Shermans and British 3rd Platoon attacking across the wheatfield:
Humber Scout Car leads the British 1st Platoon's advance along the a winding road into town from the north:
Second German SPG engages the Humber:
German Mg-42 HMG team fires on British 3rd Platoon advance through the wheatfield:
British 1st Platoon advances using the cover of a hedgerow:
British 2nd Platoon, led by the Staghound, dashes across open ground west of town:
British 2nd Platoon comes under small arms fire from a German squad in buildings on the west edge of town:
British 2nd Platoon's 2" mortar adds its fire to that of the Shermans against the German roof-top MG holding up 3rd Platoon's advance across the wheatfield:
British 2nd Platoon reaches the cover of a farm west of town and reorganizes for assault on town while Staghound engages German SPG with it's 37mm gun -- Staghound is immobilized by 10.5cm fire and the crew bails out as the open-topped SPG crew takes casualties and also bails:
British 1st and 2nd Platoons secure the buildings on the west side of the Church square and prepare for the final assault:
Following elimination of the German roof-top MG, British 3rd Platoon reaches the north edge of town and begins digging out the German defenders located there:
Three Sections of 1st Platoon and one Section of 2nd Platoon assault the church from the west as the rest of 2nd Platoon suppresses the German occupied steeple with small arms and PIAT fire and British 1st Platoon prevents German reinforcement of the church from the east:
A British 2nd Platoon PIAT bomb sets the steeple on fire:
goes to sea with the Terrain Mat.
