Played – 4th November 2018
Normandy Invasion
D-Day +1
D-Day +1
Scenario:Destroy Objective
British Army: 6th Airborne Division, 8th (Midlands) Parachute Battalion, Able Company, 1x 10-man Veteran Squad),1x MMG Team, 1x Sniper Team
Players: 2nd Lieutenant Daniel Fox (Able Company)
Wehrmacht: Panzer Reserve
Players: Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant) Rudolf Weber (Panzer Reserve)
Background
In the flooded, boggy lands East of Ranville, members of the 8th Parachute Battalion are tasked with destroying a fuel dump near Bois de Bavent.
In the flooded, boggy lands East of Ranville, members of the 8th Parachute Battalion are tasked with destroying a fuel dump near Bois de Bavent.
The dump is believed to be lightly held by elements of the Panzer Reserve but caution is still to be advised as the German Forces are likely to be numerically superior. Because of this, a night raid has been authorised.
Axis Objectives
Primary Objective: Defend the fuel dump until relief can arrive (6 turns)
Secondary Objective: Kill as many British soldiers as possible
Axis Objectives
Primary Objective: Defend the fuel dump until relief can arrive (6 turns)
Secondary Objective: Kill as many British soldiers as possible
Allied Objective
Destroy the fuel dump within 6 turns. After this, it is likely German forces will be able to muster sufficient strength to overwhelm the raiding party.
Special Rules
1) Night raid (see page 219)
Destroy the fuel dump within 6 turns. After this, it is likely German forces will be able to muster sufficient strength to overwhelm the raiding party.
Special Rules
1) Night raid (see page 219)
Memorable Moments
- The German Patrol stumbling upon the British MMG team and killing two of them in the ensuing firefight.
- British Sniper killing a member of the German MG42 team, causing them to FUBAR their next order test and run off.
- The Airborne squad charging the Scout Car guarding the fuel dump. The charge failed to damage to car and was ultimately their downfall.
- The Airborne squad getting slowly mauled by the German squads attacking from all sides. They became pinned so heavily they were stuck for the rest of the game around the car and fuel dump.
- Daniel Fox killing Rudolf Weber.
- Daniel Fox being killed by a rifle shot to the back.
- Under fire, Daniel Fox's assistant setting the charges to blow the fuel dump and running, leaving the trapped Airborne squad to their fate.
Result
Allied pyrrhic victory. Despite technically completing their objective and killing Oberleutnant Weber, only 4 of the 17 soldiers sent to blow the dump returned alive. The Germans took a total of 5 casualties during the skirmish, though it is believed many more were lost in the subsequent explosion. The loss of the dump will delay any German armor to the east of Ranville while the bridges are further secured.
Such losses of the elite airborne troops over a fuel dump is unacceptable.
Strength Deployed / Casualties
Britain
Strength Deployed: 1x 2nd Lieutenant, 1x 10 man Airborne Squad (Veteran), 1x MMG Team (Veteran), 1x Sniper Team (Veteran), (352 pts)
Casualties:13 men
German
Strength Deployed: 1x 1st Lieutenant, 3x 5 man Squad (Reg), 1x MG42 Team (Reg), 1x SDKFZ Scout Car (416pts)
Casualties:5 men
Pictures
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| View towards the fuel dump |
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| Fuel dump and defences. |
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| German patrol |
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| German patrol discovering the British ambush and killing 2 of them. |
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| The German MMG team, having redeployed to fight the ambush suffers a sniper casualty. They subsequently fail their order test and run away. |
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| Lt. Daniel Fox taking cover behind the fuel dump (!) shoots at (and kills) Lt. Weber. |
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| Airborne assault of the Scout Car |
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| The charges are set, leaving the trapped airborne to their fate. |
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