Cold Crocodiles ETO (id:#56266)
Avalon Hill (AH:ASL Annual `90 ID: A 25)
Saint Joost, The Netherlands 1945-01-20 ()
Designer: Pat Jonke
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
BritishGerman
53.562005277045%

Overview:

Operation Blackcock's plan was for 12th Corps to clear the German 176th and 183rd Infantry Divisions, well dug in with anti-tank guns, from a triangle formed by the rivers Roer, Wurm and Maas. The Division was on the left bank with 131st Brigade attacking northwards to secure Echt, Schilberg and Susteren. The plan was then for 22nd Armoured Brigade to break through north towards Montfort and St. Odilienburg. After the normal problems with traffic congestion the 1/5th Queens advanced, supported by flail tanks and artillery. There then ensued several days of hard fighting across canal after canal, through village after village and at St. Joost, they came upon three Companies for German Paratroops, who inflicted heavy casualties on the 8th Hussars and Rifle Brigade. Crocodile flame-thrower tanks were used to help clear them out, but the village had to be taken house by house, with the enemy only withdrawing when the flames got too much for them.
Attacker: British (I Company, 1st Rifle Brigade and C Squadron, 8th Hussars/141st Armoured Regiment)
Defender: German (Regiment "Huebner", Fallschirmjäger Division 8/Reinforcements)  
8 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: British     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:12.0 D:9.0
AFVs: A:6
Challenger x 2
Cromwell VII x 2
Churchill Crocodile x 2

D:2
JgdPz IV x 2

Guns: A:0
OML 2-in. Mortar x 2
D:2
8.8cm PaK 43/41 x 2

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Only bridge 23P7 exists, no valley on Bd 24. A: FTV2
Map Board(s): 23 24
Overlays: NONE
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DateReporterOpponentResultComments
2021-01-23(A) patrick palma vs Paul Schaeffer German win
2021-01-09(A) Stephen dedier vs Gene Patterson German winAs the Britishi I decided to push up the right flank and mostly bottle the Germans up on the left using the OBA to assist both.
Very see-saw battle with a lot of critical hits.
Germans managed to get the 3 needed TH on the tank with the armor leader PF and toasted them
British managed a CH on a 50mm mortar to a building and KIA a squad
Moving Jagd CH hits a dashing infantry unit and K/3 them
Also Brits lose a tank to mechanical reliability
German guns did damage to the infantry and mostly kept the AFV at bay by not knowing where the 2nd one was and thus being too carful when i could have used a bit more support on the right.
Brits got one Jagd as it tried to enter the fray but got too bold and lost a tank to the other on turn 8.
Overall my strategy was good but poorly executed.
Still it ended with the British 17CVP Germans 25 CVP and the British holding 2 buildings more than the Germans so we tied on VP giving the victory to the Germans. Can't get much closer.
2020-10-13(D) Vilis Pavulans vs Kalle Widell German winManaged to keep one hidden HS who stayed behind enemy lines after the initial assault. It tied up troops later in the game and impeded the british assault. A PaK guarding the right german flank got both Crocodiles when they tried to get over the small bridge and go around the german defences and later another AFV as well. Most british AFVs got eliminated which caused a good amount of CVPs and the assault lost momentum. Not enough buildings taken by the british.
2020-09-10(A) Mike Grogan vs Tim Wiegmann British winBritish grind out win mostly with infantry,tanks and OBA not very effective.
2020-09-09(D) Tim Wiegmann vs Mike Grogan British winGermans did very poorly in anticipating the British set-up, and the HIP guns never managed to enter play.
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1st Battalion, The Rifle Brigade, supported by Crocodile flame-throwers, attack the village of St Joost, Netherlands, 20 January 1945.
 
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Avg Rating: 7.85Votes: 54
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To-Play list count: 18
Estimated Play time: 7.3 hours
Recorded Games: 40
Archive recorded plays:
British17
German23
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of Nov 2019)
Cold Crocodiles [Confirmed]
[A] British 186
[D] German 153
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