If at First You Don't Succeed Airborne - Remastered #34 |
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(Defender) Germany | vs | United States (Attacker) |
Formations Involved | ||
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Germany | 91st Air Landing Division | |
United States | 746th Tank Battalion | |
United States | 82nd "All American" Airborne Division | |
United States | 899th Tank Destroyer Battalion |
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Overall Rating, 1 vote |
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Scenario Rank: --- of 940 |
Parent Game | Airborne - Remastered |
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Historicity | Historical |
Date | 1944-07-04 |
Start Time | 08:00 |
Turn Count | 25 |
Visibility | Day |
Counters | 189 |
Net Morale | 0 |
Net Initiative | 2 |
Maps | 4: 26, 27, 31, 33 |
Layout Dimensions | 86 x 56 cm 34 x 22 in |
Play Bounty | 210 |
AAR Bounty | 227 |
Total Plays | 1 |
Total AARs | 0 |
Battle Types |
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Hill Control |
Inflict Enemy Casualties |
Urban Assault |
Conditions |
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Minefields |
Off-board Artillery |
Randomly-drawn Aircraft |
Reinforcements |
Scenario Requirements & Playability | |
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Airborne - Remastered | Base Game |
Battle of the Bulge | Counters |
Elsenborn Ridge | Counters |
Fall of France 1 | Maps |
Introduction |
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In other sectors of the front, Americans celebrated their country's birthday by firing all available weapons at noon despite an ammunition shortage. The men of the 82nd Airborne fired their weapons at noon too, but with a much more deadly purpose. Despite staff worries that the counterattacking Germans dominated the fighting the previous day. General Ridgeway ordered his men forward as planned to finish securing the peninsula. |
Conclusion |
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The paratroopers cleared Hill 95 by noon, only to be driven back off by another counterattack. The fighting there raged well into the night before the American airborne could reclaim it. The fighting for the rest of the ridgeline didn't even go that well, and a regimental commander demanded that Gen. Ridgeway come give him his orders to resume the attack in person. The colonel was right as the attack went nowhere despite heavy casualties. The stubborn defenders of La Poterie refused to be budged, and would retain control of the town until the following morning. The American GIs first encountered purple-tipped wooden machinegun bullets here that would explode in the air if they failed to hit their target, and left numerous splinters in the wound if they connected with their target. On July 8th the 8th Infantry Division took over for the 82nd Airborne allowing them to take showers and be issued new uniforms. The 82nd appreciated their glidermen, who were authorized flight pay on July 1st. They also the granted the 325th the honor of wearing jump boots in recognition of their performance in Normandy. On July 11th the 82nd survivors loaded into LSTs for their return to England. |
AFV Rules Pertaining to this Scenario's Order of Battle |
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4 Errata Items | |
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The reduced direct fire value of the Heer HMG became 5-5 starting with Fall of France. (plloyd1010
on 2015 Jul 31)
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The morale and combat modifiers of German Sergeant #1614 should be "0", not "8". (Shad
on 2010 Dec 15)
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The movement allowance on the counters in Airborne is misprinted. It should be "3." (rerathbun
on 2012 Jan 30)
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The M18 has a special rule in Battle of the Bulge but it applies globally: "A two-step M18 unit can fire one anti-tank shot and move half its movement allowance (retain fractions) in a single impulse. The order in which it does these two actions is the player's choice." (Shad
on 2010 Dec 15)
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