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bauedawargames writes:

some bckground info on the mission:

The King Tigers consumed about .5 miles per US gallon (470 L/100 km)
Although Peiper's unit seized 50,000 US gallons (190,000 l; 42,000 imp gal) of fuel for his vehicles the Germans were desperately short of gasoline and had to rely on capturing American gasoline along the way to help meet the demands of his thirsty Panzer IV, Panther, and Tiger tanks.
Between Spa and Stavelot lay two major Allied supply depots containing one of the greatest concentrations of gasoline on the Continent. Depots No. 2 and No. 3 contained more than three million gallons of motor fuel, enough to power Peiper's panzers all the way to Antwerp.
As Peiper's column continued passing through Stavelot "My troops did their best as they fought street by street," recalled Mitchell. Some of the men from his 3rd Platoon withdrew north on the Francorchamps road toward fuel depot No. 3, the smaller of the two depots in the region holding 1,115,000 gallons of 80-octane gasoline. Evacuation of the fuel had already begun. Fearing that German forces were going to seize the fuel, Belgian guards and men from the 3rd Platoon of Mitchell's company set a section of the depot on fire. Peiper knew nothing of these depots, and as 124,000 gallons of fuel were going up in flames his main column was advancing toward the crucial bridges of Trois Ponts, where the Ambléve meets the Salm River.


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bauedawargames of Baueda Wargames S.A.S writes:


You can now add the Race for Gasoline Mission Pack to your pledges!

You Can Now Add the Race for Gasoline Mission Pack to Your Pledges!

Includes:

  • Two special metal figures of a German soldier running with a jerrycan with 25mm round plastic base
  • Three fuel dump models (each 80 x 40mm)
  • Two U.S. jerrycan sticks (twelve jerrycans)
  • Eight 36mm high-numbered dummy markers (black acrylic) with 25mm round plastic base
  • Eight numbered tokens
  • One scenario rules booklet (120 x 180mm full-color 20 pages)
  • Plus one limited-edition mystery item (Kickstarter exclusive!)

Full retail price will be €49.50 EUR, you can add it now to your pledge for €39.00 EUR (over 20% off!).

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