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Total |
Side 1 |
2 |
Draw |
1 |
Side 2 |
0 |
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Total |
Side 1 |
2 |
Draw |
1 |
Side 2 |
0 |
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Total |
Side 1 |
0 |
Draw |
0 |
Side 2 |
0 |
Overall Rating, 3 votes |
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Scenario Rank:
--- of 913 |
Parent Game |
Battle of the Bulge |
Historicity |
Historical |
Date |
1944-12-23 |
Start Time |
10:15 |
Turn Count |
40 |
Visibility |
Day |
Counters |
93 |
Net Morale |
0 |
Net Initiative |
3 |
Maps |
2: 10, 9 |
Layout Dimensions |
86 x 28 cm 34 x 11 in |
Play Bounty |
108 |
AAR Bounty |
227 |
Total Plays |
3 |
Total AARs |
0 |
Introduction
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As initiative passed to the Americans, their forces began to drive toward Bastogne. To the south of the 328th Regiment the 26th Division's 104th Regiment advanced north toward the town of Grosbous defended by the 915th Volksgrenadier Regiment.
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Conclusion
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Hit by a surprise flank attack from the German 1st Battalion, 915th Volksgrenadier, the American 2nd Battalion, 104th Infantry was halted, but quickly recovered and contained the 1st Battalion of the 915th while advancing on Grosbous. The town proved too tough to take, however and a stalemate developed, but not for long.
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Display Relevant AFV Rules
AFV Rules Pertaining to this Scenario's Order of Battle |
- Vulnerable to results on the Assault Combat Chart (7.25, 7.63, ACC), and may be attacked by Anti-Tank fire (11.2, DFT). Anti-Tank fire only affects the individual unit fired upon (7.62, 11.0).
- AFV's are activated by tank leaders (3.2, 3.3, 5.42, 6.8).
They may also be activated as part of an initial activating stack, but if activated in this way would need a tank
leader in order to carry out combat movement.
- AFV's do not block Direct Fire (10.1).
- Full-strength AFV's with "armor efficiency" may make two anti-tank (AT) fire attacks per turn
(either in their action segment or during opportunity fire) if they have AT fire values of 0 or more
(11.2).
- Each unit with an AT fire value of 2 or more may fire at targets at a distance of between 100% and 150% of its
printed AT range. It does so at half its AT fire value. (11.3)
- Efficient and non-efficient AFV's may conduct two opportunity fires per turn if using direct fire
(7.44, 7.64).
Units with both Direct and AT Fire values may use either type of fire in the same turn as their opportunity fire,
but not both (7.22, 13.0).
Units which can take opportunity fire twice per turn do not have to target the same unit both times (13.0).
- Demoralized AFV's are not required to flee from units that do not have AT fire values (14.3).
- Place a Wreck marker when an AFV is eliminated in a bridge or town hex (16.3).
- AFV's do not benefit from Entrenchments (16.42).
- AFV's may Dig In (16.2).
- Open-top AFV's: Immune to M, M1 and M2 results on Direct and Bombardment Fire Tables, but DO take step losses from X and #X results (7.25, 7.41, 7.61, BT, DFT). If a "2X" or "3X" result is rolled, at least one of the step losses must be taken by an open-top AFV if present.
- Tank Destroyer: do not provide the +1 Assault bonus, even if closed-top (SB)
- Armored Cars: These are Combat Units. They are motorized instead of mechanized. All have their own armored car leaders, who can only activate armored cars (6.85). Do not provide the +1 Assault bonus (ACC).
- Reconnaissance Vehicle: 8.23 Special Spotting Powers Both foot and vehicle mounted recce units (1.2) possess two special spotting abilities. The first ability is that they can spot enemy in limiting terrain at one hex further than the TEC specifies for other units and leaders. For example, an enemy unit in town can normally be spotted at three hexes or less, but a recce unit can spot them at four hexes.Their second ability is that they can place a Spotted marker on any one enemy unit they can spot per turn, just as if the enemy unit had "blown its cover" by firing. Such Spotted markers are removed as described earlier.
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United States Order of Battle
3 Errata Items |
Scen 40 |
The Turn(time) instructions for reinforcements and artillery rules are out of sync by two turns. I used the turn indicated rather than the time indicated.
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The reduced direct fire value of the Heer HMG became 5-5 starting with Fall of France.
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The morale and combat modifiers of German Sergeant #1614 should be "0", not "8".
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