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Crushing the Viper Snowstorm of Steel #6 |
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| (Attacker) Germany | vs | United States (Attacker) |
| Formations Involved | ||
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| Germany | ![]() |
1st SS "Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler" Division |
| Germany | ![]() |
Kampfgruppe Peiper |
| United States | ![]() |
30th "Old Hickory" Infantry Division |
| United States | ![]() |
743rd Tank Battalion |
| United States | ![]() |
824th Tank Destroyer Battalion |
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| Scenario Rank: --- of 1093 |
| Parent Game | Snowstorm of Steel |
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| Historicity | Historical |
| Date | 1944-12-23 |
| Start Time | 09:00 |
| Turn Count | 22 |
| Visibility | Day |
| Counters | 94 |
| Net Morale | 0 |
| Net Initiative | 0 |
| Maps | 4: 22, 23, 24, 25 |
| Layout Dimensions | 86 x 56 cm 34 x 22 in |
| Play Bounty | 244 |
| AAR Bounty | 224 |
| Total Plays | 0 |
| Total AARs | 0 |
| Duplicates | WiSo011 |
| Battle Types |
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| Inflict Enemy Casualties |
| Rural Assault |
| Urban Assault |
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| Terrain Mods |
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| Elsenborn Revised | Maps + Counters |
| Snowstorm of Steel | Base Game |
| Introduction |
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With Peiper’s role in massacres of both prisoners of war and Belgian civilians now well-known to American front-line troops, the GI’s pressed forward relentlessly to eliminate his battle group. Two infantry battalions with armor support advanced on La Gleize from the west, while the Spearhead Division’s Task Force McGeorge struck the town from the north and east. |
| Conclusion |
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Fighting like the desperate, cornered rats that they were, the SS militia repulsed the Americans at La Gleize, but they could not stop the Americans from linking up to the south and completely isolating the battle group. An increasingly panicked Peiper begged for permission to break out, but was told to stand his ground. |
| 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 SS HMG is 5-5 in Beyond Normandy and Road to Berlin. (plloyd1010
on 2015 Jul 31)
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The Units in Beyond Normandy were misprinted with a movement factor of 5. The movement factor should be 8. (rerathbun
on 2012 Mar 21)
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Liberation 1944's counters are mislabeled 'PzIVF2.' The counter's ratings are correct (Armor 5, Move 8, DF 11-6, AT 6-8). (rerathbun
on 2014 Feb 14)
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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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