Panzer Grenadier Battles on March 28th:
Spearhead Division #15 - Dillenberg
Disrupted reduced infantry platoon claims victory
Author Poor Yorek
Method Solo
Victor Britain
Play Date 2012-03-26
Language English
Scenario BeNo015

So a disrupted, reduced infantry platoon surviving in an assault with a PzV platoon; a PzIV platoon; and a reduced PzIV platoon recovers from demoralization with a '4' roll on the last turn to "live" in the light woods hex 0929 within two hexes of the objective hex.

Playing "God Save the King" they plant their regimental standard atop Hill 112 whilst the Germans take a smoke break before sending them on to their eternal rest.

Not my favorite scenario, though there were some tense moments. The British did manage to kill two steps of PzV and one of PzIVH. There was sufficient British armor destroyed to change the earth's magnetic field direction.

One interesting tactical point is the the German 88-mm gun (set up in the light woods hex between a row of hedges) did not take its opening opportunity fire against any of the British armor; rather it caught an M3 bringing on the British infantry. I rolled randomly as to which of the three M3's bearing infantry I'd hit (because of the reduced step and/or different leaders they were carrying). Turned out to kill the major. The other infantry platoons decided that this was a good distance at which to disembark their half-tracks and slug it up the hill on foot. The surviving 1.5 platoon steps did exact revenge on the fearsome "eighty-eight."

I suppose one way to look at it is that the aggressive British armor got the attention of the Waffen SS sufficiently to allow the British infantry company to survive - barely - to the last game turn.

Play note: I play BN scenarios such that higher elevation (in and of itself) is not LT, but does convey, for example, a -1 drm to AT fire from a unit firing from lower to higher terrain.

PS: I should have added that neither side rolled for "smoke" and that artillery park rolls were consistently high, which meant few artillery factors for either side.

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