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Scenario Rank:
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| Parent Game |
Dishonor Before Death |
| Historicity |
Historical |
| Date |
1944-07-04 |
| Start Time |
05:00 |
| Turn Count |
18 |
| Visibility |
Day |
| Counters |
39 |
| Net Morale |
0 |
| Net Initiative |
2 |
| Maps |
1: 106 |
| Layout Dimensions |
43 x 28 cm
17 x 11 in |
| Play Bounty |
212 |
| AAR Bounty |
227 |
| Total Plays |
0 |
| Total AARs |
0 |
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Introduction
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Collins and his corps staff gave the 83rd Infantry Division the narrowest front in the assault. Constant rain had rendered the battlefield so muddy as to render off-road movement nearly impossible, and German resistance added to the raw American division’s woes. “Lightning Joe” Collins had demanded that the Thunder-bolt Division take Sainteny by the 4th of July. That would not have been an easy task even for a veteran outfit.
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Conclusion
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The inexperienced American infantry had a great deal of trouble locating enemy positions dug into the hedgerows. When they finally located the Germans, the Americans were reluctant to call in artillery fire for fear of hitting friendly troops. For a gain of four hundred yards the division suffered 1,400 causalities, relatively few of them killed in action but with many wounded and large numbers captured or cut off and trying to regain friendly lines.
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Additional Notes
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Counters from Black SS may be used in place of those for Dishonor Before Death. |
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
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United States Order of Battle
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