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Into the Sea
Atlantic Marines #2
(Attacker) France vs United States (Defender)
Formations Involved
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Balance:
Overall balance chart for AtlM002
Total
Side 1 0
Draw 0
Side 2 1
Overall Rating, 1 vote
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Scenario Rank: --- of 957
Parent Game Atlantic Marines
Historicity Alt-History
Date 1941-11-01
Start Time 13:00
Turn Count 20
Visibility Day
Counters 77
Net Morale 1
Net Initiative 3
Maps 2: 81, 82
Layout Dimensions 56 x 43 cm
22 x 17 in
Play Bounty 174
AAR Bounty 166
Total Plays 1
Total AARs 1
Battle Types
Inflict Enemy Casualties
Road Control
Urban Assault
Conditions
Naval Bombardment
Off-board Artillery
Randomly-drawn Aircraft
Scenario Requirements & Playability
Atlantic Marines Base Game
Fall of France 1 Counters
Saipan 1944 Maps
Introduction

With the Marines coming ashore rather slowly and unable to land heavy equipment over the beaches, the French command on Martinique ordered an immediate counter-attack. The remnants of the weak battalion guarding the beach were joined by reinforcements from the nearby capital Fort-de-France to strike the Marines in the afternoon.
Conclusion

The Marines halted the French attack after it had gained only a little ground, and their beachhead was never put in jeopardy. The Marines had no short-range anti-tank weapons – the bazooka anti-tank rocket would not see its first action for another year – and fought the ancient French tanks with hand grenades and crowbars. In the hands of Marines, those proved sufficient.
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).
  • Closed-top AFV's: Immune to M, M1 and M2 results on Direct and Bombardment Fire Tables. Do not take step losses from Direct or Bombardment Fire. If X or #X result on Fire Table, make M morale check instead (7.25, 7.41, 7.61, BT, DFT).
  • Closed-top AFV's: Provide the +1 modifier on the Assault Table when combined with infantry. (Modifier only applies to Germans in all scenarios; Soviet Guards in scenarios taking place after 1942; Polish, US and Commonwealth in scenarios taking place after 1943.) (ACC)
  • Tank: all are closed-top and provide the +1 Assault bonus, when applicable
Display Order of Battle
France Order of Battle
Armée de Terre
  • Mechanized
  • Towed
United States Order of Battle
Marine Corps
Navy
Display Errata (1)
1 Errata Item
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In 1940: Fall of France, the units show Direct Fire. All units are Indirect Fire.

(rerathbun on 2015 Jun 06)
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Atlantic Marines, scenario #2: Into the Sea
Author JayTownsend
Method Solo
Victor United States
Play Date 2025-02-27
Language English
Scenario AtlM002

Atlantic Marines, scenario #2: Into the Sea

I could kind of see the handwriting on the wall on this scenario, the French with their 7/6 morale attacking dug-in Marines with a morale of 8/8, but I thought maybe the French could spread out and achieve two of their victory objectives out of three but even that appeared to be a tall task. They do have some off map artillery and three weak armor units, so I gave it a shot.

After 15 turns of a 20 scenario, I called it, the French were totally defeated on the battlefield, even in assault combat the French FT17 armor didn’t do well. The French at this point had lost 19 steps, had a ton of demoralized units and none of their victory objectives. The Americans had only lost 3 steps and pretty much routed the French, there was no point in continuing with the last 5 turns, this was a Major American Victory. My first thought was correct on this scenario but worth a try.
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