…the Reich
"The last scenario, with 800 points of US attacking 800 points of defending Germans in the Hexenkessel scenario. The Germans had dug-out (a bit) in the village, occupying the buildings and the orchards, with some a SiG-33 and a Panzer IV in reserve behind. Their force was, roughly: a Panzer IV platoon, a Jagdpanzer IV, a Volksgrenadier platoon and an ad hoc platoon of auxiliaries, an on-table SiG-33 dug-in, some timed 80mm mortar strikes, a Pz 38(t) AA tank and a single Panzer II ‘mini-Tiger' as the unique obsolete tank (from the Bagration book).
The US, attacking, would be by a veteran (but not war weary) infantry platoon (with an extra squad added), a Sherman platoon (2 x 76mm) with a Sherman Jumbo added, a M36 Jackson battery (rare outing for them), a sniper and the on-table battery of M7 Priests, plus spotters and an combat engineer squad in their M3.
Conducting the attack, with units arriving random would prove hard, its difficult to have a plan or even decide on the best route forwards, all you can do is make the best of it and see what the dice throw up. The defender's problem of being all but surrounded was very different and a fun change, the hedgehog defence makes protecting your armour difficult, and you're an obvious target for the IDF, all in one condensed area…"
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