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| A smug looking fellow showing off. Both forces fit into a 4inch by 3 inch box |
My 99p for 100 figures Airfix WW2 1/72 guys have been squabbling again. The Fivecore mission was "Secure the Bridge." No additional support has been offered and there are SIX points of interest on the approach. Its looking like a difficult job.
The "Good old Boys" Squad
Pte Roscoe. BAR
Pte Cletus loader M1
Pte Enos P. M1 Garand
Pte Cooter M1 Garand
Pte J D Hawg M1 Garand
Pte Enos W. M1 Garand
Pte Coy M1 Garand
Pte Long M1 Garand
Pte Lee M1 Garand
Pte Van M1 Garand
Pte/Scout Bo M1 Garand
Pte/Scout Luke M1 Garand
The tactical elements are the BAR group, rifle group and scouts.
Sergeant Jessie Duke, Farmer, Moonshine runner, good old boy. Whether working the fields or digging trenches in them, there's always digging to be done. He has family waiting back home and a duty to get back in one piece to make them proud. His outlook is Accepting: Just a good old boy, never doin' no harm.
The Paras, "Wulf and the gang."
Gf. Hans Mp40
Jg. Gunter Mg42
Jg. Max Rifle
Jg. Walt Rifle
Jg. Jurgen Mg42
Tactical elements are based around those two Mg42 machine guns, the most common configuration will be two Lmgs and a small Mp40 counter attack group.
Force | Mobility | Fire Disp | Morale | Coordination |
US 43+ | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
German | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Mission 1.
Seize the Bridge
Pass through the area and pick a fight with anything that moves.
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| My battle cloth demonstrating the 3D battle zone |
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| Crow's eye view, showing the points of interest for possible contacts |
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| The 30th Infantry Scouts, Bo and Luke tackle POI 1, and its harmless. |
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| But incoming fire from POI 2. The 6 is on a different dice to determine what's at the Contact point. The shock dice have no effect, but Bo and Luke are warned. |
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| Jessie brings up his BAR team. Contact right! A second POI activates. Again no effect (no 6 or 1 rolled on those shock dice) |
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| J D Hawg, my senior Pte gets the rifle team onto a POI and the 1 means its nullified. We have two down, two as contact and two unseen |
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| Incoming Mg42 fire. A Kill (Pte Enos) and a panic and run (Cooter) |
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| Jurgen celebrates his success. Good shooting Ja? |
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| But the good old boys get in close and start clearing out the Germans, only to find two more contacts across the stream. |
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| Jessie leads his boys across the bridge covered by suppression fire by the BAR team. Jurgen and his mates keep their heads down. |
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| The Germans bug out. Only Fritz makes it. |
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| And it all fits into a small plastic box recycled from curry sauce packaging. |
After the fight the Germans dice for casualties. Three dead, two wounded, taken prisoner and one unwounded taken prisoner. Two escaped with Fritz.
Good game. I had to work out the approach and keep the German's heads down. Mission success.
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