Author	treadasaurusrex (Germany, Italy)
Method	VASSAL
Victor	Draw
Participants	Chaco
Play Date	2022-10-08
Language	English
Scenario	AfKo022

This was a 3-session play through with a seasoned Australian player and my favorite West Texan leading the Allied side. I had the German and Italian side that began this scenario with no infantry support. We played with the smoke, excess initiative rules and without the FOW optional rule. In action, the Axis armor showed up first before the infantry, and unfortunately for them the Aussie's 2-pounder proved itself very lethal, as it eliminated the Italian tankette unit almost immediately. A lucky pair of shots from the Italian medium tanks and the Pz-IVE ended the 2-pounder's reign of terror during turn 5. At the same time the Australians already had at least a draw before the German infantry showed up. The Germans rapidly closed on the AT ditches, and with some decent leaders were mostly able to remain undisrupted through turn 8. Fierce close assault fight followed as the entrenchments came under fire one-by-one. Aussie OBA was mostly accurate and timely in this play-though and the Axis side slowly lost strength to frequent disruptions & demoralizations as the game went on. By turn 21, the Germans were in control of 3 entrenchments, but they had lost 8 steps, yielding a hard-fought draw.