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Scenario Rank: of |
Parent Game | Heavy Metal |
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Historicity | Alt-History |
Date | 1946-12-06 |
Start Time | 09:00 |
Turn Count | 32 |
Visibility | Day |
Counters | 265 |
Net Morale | 0 |
Net Initiative | 0 |
Maps | 4: 22, 23, 24, 25 |
Layout Dimensions | 86 x 56 cm 34 x 22 in |
Play Bounty | 297 |
AAR Bounty | 227 |
Total Plays | 0 |
Total AARs | 0 |
Battle Types |
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Inflict Enemy Casualties |
Meeting Engagement |
Urban Assault |
Conditions |
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Off-board Artillery |
Randomly-drawn Aircraft |
Smoke |
Scenario Requirements & Playability | |
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An Army at Dawn | Counters |
Elsenborn Ridge | Maps + Counters |
Fire in the Steppe | Counters |
Heavy Metal | Base Game |
Liberation 1944 | Counters |
Introduction |
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With the German offensive decisively blunted by Britain's XXX Corps, the German Fifth Panzer Army deployed its reserve, the pampered 1st SS Life Guard Division. Equipped with plenty of heavy tanks and backed by lavish artillery support, the fanatic party militia were determined to give their lives for their leader. The British Guardsmen were willing to accommodate them. |
Conclusion |
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The militia had firepower on their side, but the British had morality and mobility on theirs. The bloody fight continued all day, and only ended in mutual exhaustion. Guards Armoured had halted the German advance, but could not turn it back. That would require even more brute force, and perhaps need to await clearing skies and the appearance of air support. |
AFV Rules Pertaining to this Scenario's Order of Battle |
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3 Errata Items | |
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The "Optional Values" for the 17-Pdr given in an Avalanche Press Daily Content piece on the 17-Pdr Anti-Tank gun (and printed on a replacement counter sheet Download) are now the Official Ratings, published in games like Cassino '44, Grossdeutschland 1946, and Indian Unity, as shown in one of the two counter images. These are: 5-5 / 8-8 MA 0 (Towed). (caryn
on 2012 May 03)
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Liberation 1944's Tiger movement and armor ratings are backwards. They should be Armor 7 and Movement 5. (petermc
on 2014 Feb 14)
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The reduced direct fire value of the SS HMG is 5-5 in Beyond Normandy and Road to Berlin. (plloyd1010
on 2015 Jul 31)
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