All,
It's 1000 on 14 May 1940, and KG Klink, attached to the 7th Panzer Division, has been directed to reduce a French strongpoint manned by elements of their 5th Infantry Division. Elements of 7th Panzer Division stream by to the north and south as 2nd Panzer Platoon, 2nd Infantry Platoon, and 4th Infantry Platoon fall out of formation into an assembly area, then launch their attack on this thorn in the side of the armored thrust.
The opposing forces, with both sides having a mixture of armor and infantry.
The Germans have their CO, two rifle platoons, a tank platoon, and a (worthless) mortar).
The French have their CO, two light tanks, two 25mm anti-tank guns, two rifle platoons, and a mortar.
Overview, north is left, east is up, the Germans are attacking from top to bottom. I started the French on blinds, placed the Germans, then uncovered the blinds. The French infantry and guns begin in emplacements, and with concertina wire (not pictured, I put it on the table after I took this pic).
The German line up, from north (left) to south (right): 2nd Inf Plt, 2nd Pz Plt (with CO nearby and mortar to their rear), and 4th Inf Plt.
The French left has an ATG at far left in emplacement, and two rifle squads (one ATR) in the ville. The French central position is Hill 47, with their CO and three rifle squads, backed up by an ATG, rifle squad, R35, and mortar at the stone farmhouse, and posted to the far right flank is the other French tank.
Things were going pretty well until ze Germans got a little too aggressive in pushing their tanks forward. Those are German tanks and French infantry. The results were… different.
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What a fight, tense right up to the very end. I hope you enjoy it, and sorry for so many fuzzy pictures; at this point I'd stop considering it a bug, more of a feature from our (fake computer) war correspondents…
V/R,
Jack
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