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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

US 7th Armored Div vs German Panzer Grenadiers in Free-for-All

M4A3E8s fight for space as they open fire on German Panthers!

Game 3 of Games of Remembrance (LW 1750 tournament) was against a fearsome German Panzer Grenadier list backed up with Panthers.  The mission was Free-for-All and I rolled up being the attacker again.

US 7th Armored
Patton
OC in E8, 2IC in Jumbo
4 x Shermans (2 x E8, Jumbo and M4A1)
4 x Shermans (2 x E8, Jumbo and M4A1)
4 x Stuarts
Recce Jeep and Half track
2 x Armored mortars
3 x Priests
AOP
Limited P-47s

German Grenadier Kompanie
OC and 2IC
Panzer Grenadier Platoon with half-tracks
Panzer Grenadier Platoon with half-tracks

3 x Panthers

3 x PaK 40s

3 x Nebwelfers

2 x Pumas

2 x SP AA guns

Set Up

Objectives at the bottom mirror each other on opposite sides of the table.  The other objectives are very similar facing each other almost the full 48" away

US 7th Armored Div vs German GrenadierKompanie with Heroes in No Retreat

Old Blood Guts and Glory leading from the front!

Game 2 of the Games of Remembrance was against Dave and his German Heroes backed up with infantry.  The mission was No Retreat and that meant that my US tanks would be on the attack trying to get through the German wall of infantry backed up with Otto Carius and Von Sauken.

US 7th Armored
Patton
OC in E8, 2IC in Jumbo
4 x Shermans (2 x E8, Jumbo and M4A1)
4 x Shermans (2 x E8, Jumbo and M4A1)
4 x Stuarts
Recce Jeep and Half track
2 x Armored mortars
3 x Priests
AOP
Limited P-47s

German GrenadierKompanie
Von Sauken
OC and 2IC Windgruber
Grenadier platoon
Grenadier platoon
Full HMG platoon
Full HMG platoon
Full Mortar platoon
3 x PaK 40
2 x Tiger IE with Carius and Kerscher
3 x Quad 2cm AA guns)

Set Up

Objectives are the Iron Cross centred in the back and the 7th Armored by the swamp

US 7th Armored Division vs Finn Infantry in Breakthrough

A future tank ace draws first blood!

Game 1 of the tournament Games of Remembrance (1800 LW) was against Nick and his Finn infantry.  This was going to be round two for us playing almost the same armies (now 1800 vs 1650) and the exact same mission.  The big difference was I had a secret weapon my son Xander and his kid luck.

US 7th Armored
Patton
OC in E8, 2IC in Jumbo
4 x Shermans (2 x E8, Jumbo and M4A1)
4 x Shermans (2 x E8, Jumbo and M4A1)
4 x Stuarts
Recce Jeep and Half track
2 x Armored mortars
3 x Priests
AOP
Limited P-47s

Finn Infantry
OC and 2IC
Infantry platoon
Infantry platoon
Pioneer platoon
HMG platoon
HMG platoon
AA gun platoon
Heavy Mortar platoon
2 x PaK 40 platoon with hero
2 x PaK 40 platoon
2 x PaK 40 platoon
2 x Armoured Car Recce

Set Up

The US is in the right hand corner with both objectives in the left hand with the Finns spread out in between them

Games of Remembrance 14

Western Europe

Games of Rememberance was a 1800 LW tournament held at the Fredericton Gamezilla as both a chance to get together and roll some dice but more importantly as a chance to remember those that have fought for our freedoms.  One of the other player Nick mentioned that FoW is a great way to remember the men and women, equipment and battles from the Second World War. I couldn't agree more, I hope you enjoy to armies and battlefield shots. I have 3 battle reports coming.

Battlefields

More Western Europe

US 7th Armoured Div vs Finn Infantry in Breakthrough

Detroit's finest run into a Finnish wall!

Game 3 of Operation Cobra (LW 1650) was against Nick and his Finns.  The mission was Breakthrough and that meant that I was going to be trying to punch through his veteran infantry to get to the objectives.  Nick was getting ready to head off to the ETC where he was going to represent Canada.  His 1650 LW list looked something like this:

Nick's Finns
OC and 2IC
Infantry platoon
Infantry platoon
Pioneer platoon
4 x HMGs
2 x PaK 40s
2 x PaK 40s
2 x PaK 40s
2 x BA 60 Recce
1 x ISU-85

US 7th AD
Patton
OC in E8
2IC in Jumbo
4 x Shermans (2 x Easy 8s, 1 x Jumbo, 1 x M4A1)
4 x Shermans (2 x Easy 8s, 1 x Jumbo, 1 x M4A1)
Armored Mortars
4 x Stuarts
3 x Priests
Recce half-track and jeep
AOP

Set Up

Objectives are in the top right corner in the ploughed field and behind the wood.  North is the long table edge on the right.