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Total |
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2 |
| Draw |
0 |
| Side 2 |
0 |
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| Side 1 |
2 |
| Draw |
0 |
| Side 2 |
0 |
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Total |
| Side 1 |
0 |
| Draw |
0 |
| Side 2 |
0 |
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| Overall Rating, 1 vote |
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Scenario Rank:
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| Parent Game |
Parachutes Over Crete |
| Historicity |
Historical |
| Date |
1941-05-21 |
| Start Time |
12:15 |
| Turn Count |
12 |
| Visibility |
Day |
| Counters |
25 |
| Net Morale |
0 |
| Net Initiative |
2 |
| Maps |
1: 98 |
| Layout Dimensions |
43 x 28 cm
17 x 11 in |
| Play Bounty |
139 |
| AAR Bounty |
223 |
| Total Plays |
2 |
| Total AARs |
0 |
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Introduction
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While the Germans lacked the strength to do much more than hold on and wait for the forces from Maleme to arrive, from their positions on Cemetery Hill they harassed the New Zealand Divisional Cavalry with mortar and machine-gun fire. Major J.T. Russell asked that someone be sent up the hill to drive away his tormenters, and Kippenberger detailed a company from 19 Battalion and some tanks to conduct a local counter-attack.
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Conclusion
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The tanks held off, contenting themselves with spraying machine-gun fire on the hill while the New Zealand infantry charged up the slope. Rather than engage with bayonet-wielding Kiwis, the paratroopers withdrew and dropped mortar bombs on their former positions. “The hill was completely bare,” Capt. Brian Bassett wrote, “with no cover, and their range and observation were excellent. Poor devils were blown up all around us and we had to pull off carrying fellows with their chests blown in and bloody stumps where their fore-arms had been.”
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Additional Notes
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The production print of map 98 is missing 3 town hexes, Avalanche press has created a Map 98 overlay to correct this oversight.
Philippe Leonard has also created a very nice overlay for map 98 on Board Game Geek. |
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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New Zealand Order of Battle
| 2 Errata Items |
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The Mk VIb in Road to Dunkirk were printed with a movement factor of 5. The piece should have a movement of 9.
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Reduce strength direct fire value be came 5-5 in Army at Dawn.
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