PanzerKompanie vs US Armour in Free for All

Panthers prowl the outside of a desert town

The final game of Perkins Hobby House 1500 MW tournament was against the Dice Devils Joyous_Oblivion. He was playing a US tank company made up of mostly Shermans. The battlefield  was very cluttered with buildings every where.  At least with us both playing tanks it would be equally difficult for either of us to manoeuvre.

Joyous_Oblivion US Tanks (Confident Trained)
OC and 2IC in Shermans
4 x Shermans
3 x Shermans
3 x M8 Scotts
3 x Stuarts
3 x .50 Cal (SP) AA guns
Recce Platoon with half tracks and jeeps
4 x 105mm battery
Limited Air support

Big_Willie's German Panzers (Confident Veterans)
OC in Panther
2 x Panthers
4 x Panzers (2 x III L, III N and IV G)
2 x 8-Rads
2 x (SP) AA guns

Set Up

German objectives are in the woods top of the board and in the open far right by the vineyard.  US objectives are the ammo dumb bottom left and the ruined tank just behind the building top left

PanzerKompanie vs Russian Tankovy in Counterattack

Panther's in the killing fields surrounded by burning hulks!

Game 2 of the Paths of Glory 1500 MW tournament was against Ian.  Again it was tank company against tank company but this time I won the roll to be the attacker.  Ian was running Russian tanks that had a Canadian connection based on the Valentines that were produced in Montreal and lend leased to Russia.

Ian's Tankovy (I'm not sure what some of the names are so if you know them let me know and I'll update)
OC in T34
6 x T34, 2 x T34/85
6 x Valentines
4 x ISU 76 (I think)
3 x Assault guns
3 x Recce cars

Big Willie's Panzers
OC in Panther
2 x Panthers
4 x Panzers (2 x III Ms, 1 x III N and 1 x IV G)
2 x 8-Rads
2 x AA guns (SP)

Setup

T34's are in the field and on the hill on the right side of the board.  The assault guns are held in ambush.  Objectives are in the wheat field and beside the rocky hill bottom right.

PanzerKompanie vs Aussie Div Cav in Fighting Withdrawal

RAF Hurricanes rock the Panzers!

Game 1 of the Perkins 1500 MW tournament was Fighting Withdrawal and it pitted me against the Dice Devil's own PhantomRescue.  He was playing Aussie Div Cav and I was playing a PanzerKompanie.  He won the roll to see who the attacker was, so my Panzers were going to be playing defence this mission.

Aussie Div Cav (from North Africa)

OC and 2IC in Crusaders

3 x Crusaders

3 x Crusaders

3 x Shermans

3 x Shermans

3 x Universal Carriers

1 x Rifle Platoon

Limited Hurricane support

PanzerKompanie (from Eastern Front)

OC in Panther

2 x Panthers

4 x Panzers (2 x III M, 1 x III N, 1 x IV G)

2 x 8-rads

2 x 2cm AA (SP)

Setup

Panzers lurk along the left with the Aussie ready to advance on the right.  Objectives are in the field top left, by the canal and bridge in the centre and in the open by the ruins bottom left.

Paths of Glory 2014

Xander's MW Americans (ok this wasn't from the tournament but it's awesome!)

Today Perkins held a MW 1500 tournament for FoW.  It was 3 rounds and a special thanks to Luggs for running the event.  The only hang up was the delayed start time, but that was because of Hydro One and nothing the tournament organizers or Gary could have helped.

I played 3 games which will becoming as battle reports shortly but I wanted to show the armies.  They were fantastic!

Paths of Glory Battles

 

 The Panthers growl as they advance on the Stuarts

Army List - Panzer Pioneers 1750 CV

HQ

OC and 2IC with Knackers

Combat 

Full Armoured Pioneers with Knacker

Under strength trucked pioneers

2 x 8 cm mortars, 2 x MG42s

Support

2 x Panthers

4 x Marder IIIs

2 x 8-Rads

2 x 2cm AA (SP)

Paths of Glory 13

This Sunday Perkins Hobby House held a 1750 MW tournament.  There was roughly 24 players with both the Axis and Allies being well represented.  As always Gary from Perkins had great tables, great food and some great times.  I'm not going to do a battle report for all of the games but I will do some posts on the limited photos I did take.

Armies

 Joyous Oblivion's US Armour (Top Overall)

More army shots below

8th Panzer Regiment, 15th Panzer Division DAK vs Free French Armored Rifles in Encounter

A lone Stuka swoops in for the kill! This was the final battle for the Paths of Glory and both Matt Varnish and I were coming off two 6 - 1 wins. I love playing against MVs armies they are exceptionally well painted with a ton of thought and research put into them. The final mission was going to be Encounter with me being the attacker. This was going to be the first mission that I was going to be the attacker and although I was rocking a tank force I was more than a little concerned with attacking all those armoured rifles!

8th Panzer Regiment, 15th Panzer Division, DAK OC in III M 2IC in IV G 4 x III Ms 4 x III Ns 3 x Nebs 2 x 8-Rads Limited Stukas with bombs

French 2ieme DB (US Armoured Rifles) OC and 2IC Armoured Rifle Platoon 1 with 5 bazookas Armoured Rifle Platoon 2 with 5 bazookas 5 x Shermans 5 x Stuarts Limited Hurricane support

8th Panzer Regiment, 15th Panzer Division DAK vs Australian Armored Squadron in Counterattack

The scream of Nebs fills the air knocking out a Sherman! This was round 2 of the Paths of Glory tournament held at Perkins Hobby House in Petawawa. The mission was Counterattack, and an important note for people playing in tournaments to try out different missions first so that during the tournament your not playing a mission for the first time. Matt and I had never played this mission and we both misread how deployment works for armoured forces in this mission. We ended up finding out after our game was done that I shouldn't have had as many platoons on the table due to the special rules (we looked at the armoured reserve rules instead of the correct ones). I don't know how it would have changed the game, but I'm sure it would have. Matt was great fun to play against and we had a good time goofing while playing.

8th Panzer Regiment, 15th Panzer Division DAK OC in III M 2IC in IV G 4 x III Ms 4 x III Ns 3 x Nebs 2 x 8-Rads Limited Stuka support with bombs

Australian Armoured Squadron OC and 2IC in Crusader 3 x Crusader 3 x Shermans 3 x Shermans 4 x 25 pdrs 3 x UCs

8th Panzer Regiment, 15th Panzer Division vs Italians in Hold the Line

The 2IC lurking at the edge of town! This was the first game in Paths of Glory held at Perkins Hobby house. I was lucky to draw against Twinlinked from the Dice Devils GC who I played with when I was in Ottawa. The mission was Hold the line and because we were both playing tanks we rolled off and I ended up being the defender.

8th Panzer Regiment, 15th Panzer Division DAK OC in III M 2IC in IV G 4 x III Ms 4 x III Ns 3 x Nebs 2 x 8-Rads Limited Stukas with bombs

Italian Compagnia Carri OC in M14/41 3 x M14/41 3 x M14/41 3 x M14/41 1 x Carro and 4 x Semovente 75/18 3 x AB41 Armoured cars 2 x Lancia da 90/53 Bersaglieri Platoon

Paths of Glory 12!

This weekend was Paths of Glory '12 held at Perkins hobby house in Petawawa.  This was a 1500 pt MW tournament and there were 22 or so players from the surrounding area and Ottawa.  As always the tournament was first class and a special thanks to Bob for running it for us and Gary the owner of Perkins for running it for us.  I've got photos from all my games and I'll be posting battle reports as fast as I can (I now have 6 that I need to post).

Winners:
Best Overall Denis with Free French Armoured Rifles
Best General Ian with Italitan Bersigler
Best Army was a tie between Rob with Canadians and I with DAK
Best Sport was Darby with Tigers
 
Here are some shots of the armies, take a look at the Free French by Denis.

My 8th Panzer Regiment 15th Panzer Division DAK.  Tied for Best Army!