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| Tango01 | 27 Jan 2026 2:07 p.m. PST |
…- with Battlegroup Westwall
"Both sides rolled well and the forces rushed onto the tabletop. The Germans had soon captured 3 objectives, with their recce getting their first. The US recce (a single M20) called in some mortar fire, but scored no hits. As the German panzers arrived, a Pz IV platoon, a StuG battery and a single Panther, with armoured grenadiers and a combat engineer section. The Shermans rolled in to face them, along with an armoured infantry platoon, backed up by an M7 Priest battery. When the FOO was in place, in the hilltop wood line, leaving his jeep behind (it left a few turns later), those M7s got busy, launching fire from behind he hill over the valley. The first stonk caused some pinning, but after this, every turn, the artillery would plunge in and hurt the Germans. The first casualty was the Panther, KO'd by a 105mm direct hit (later a FAMO arrived and tried but failed to fix it), but the 105s went on to score more kills, including thought the game: a StuG and 2 Pz IVs as well infantry… the Germans took a pounding (and the M7s kept rolling 6s!)…"
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