US Set-Up: 5xINF + 1xHMG + 1xENG holding the hamlets on B22. 7xINF + 2xENG + 2xENG holding the town on B24. 2xINF+LT in hamlet 1105 (B24) and the US armor in lt woods SE of B24 town.

German leader draw is impressive: they try to take advantage by forming the 5xHMGs + 1xStuG into a firing line using a +2 combat bonus leader with another leader with a +2 morale bonus. These move to line up in the near-lying lt woods to pummel the town with 22-col DF. Never obtained the desired result (which then would have been followed up with OBA). So ultimately had to run the gauntlet of those 30-col OF - which fizzled for the US. Essentially, the same story for the other "softening up" attempts. By turn 13, however, the Heer had infiltrated the town, separating the two remaining US held hexes.

On B22, the Heer paid a heavy price for one town hex and the adjacent dug-in units: with US OBA raining havoc, the units there "hid" in the captured hamlet and the fields and kept eye on the other two-hex village as the battle to the west was going favorably.

The 75/41 killed a US M4 via OF resulting in a sort of stand off between the remaining M4 + M18 vs. a covering StuG and the aforementioned ATG.

The Heer benefited from frequent rain squalls - only four "clear weather" turns for US Army Air Forces and they missed the hex on two of those attempts. They never drew the 2 AT factor P47. US OBA short-term ammunition supply shortages likewise were frequent problems.