Hurtgen Hell WTO (id:#57020)
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Designer: Jim McLeod
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Balance:
AmericanGerman
66.666666666667%

Overview:

As VII Corps prepared to resume the attack into Germany, there was concern of the potential threat of a counter-attack on the right flank. The looming threat came from German forces ensconced in the thickly wooded Hurtgen Forest. As the early morning mist burned off on 6 October, Thunderbolt fight-bombers were followed by artillery in a pounding of German positions on a stoutly defended ridge. After the short bombardment, the men of the 39th and 60th Infantry Regiments of the 9th Infantry Division were pressed forward by the shouts of their officers while the defenders watched them approach from concealed positions in the forbidding darkness of the fir tree lined ridge.
Attacker: American (Elements of the 1st Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment and the 15th Combat Engineer Battalion)
Defender: German (Elements of the 942nd Infantry Regiment)  
8 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: Both     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:16.0 D:10.0
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0
M2 60mm Mortar x 3
D:0

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: All Woods are Forest and Grain is Brush. A: pre-game bombardment w D: BT Level A
Overlays: NONE
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DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2016-10-27(A) Vic Lauterbach vs MA American winThis medium-sized scrap plays like a PTO scenario: challenging for the attacker but dull for the defender whose setup determines the outcome. Hoping the German defense was aligned for a board-edge flanking move, I opted to assault the middle. I lost two squads and a HS getting up the slopes, but faced only two pillboxes. Pillbox #3 faced the west board edge and #4 covered the trail through the woods. Once G.I.s reach the tree line in numbers, their firepower will quickly overwhelm the squads in trenches. Luck favored the attack this time, I got a BAZ CH on a pillbox, a German HMG malfunctioned then disabled in GT4, the German Rocket OBA didn't land until GT5, and German fire caused a US MMG crew to go berserk and the US 9-1 to BH into a Heroic 9-2. Finally, the German sniper activated many times, but got all 2's. In retrospect, we decided that a pillbox in the R3 Level 4 hill hex is the key to a good German setup and all four pillboxes should be up front covering OG slopes because the woods make defense in depth ineffective due to limited LOS. A radio and a regular OBA module or some reserves to counterattack with would help balance this one. Once the Germans lose the 13th Level 4 hex, it's over.
2003-01-31(A) John Garlic vs Paul Kenny American win[Imported from ROAR]
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hoxson1 Modified the Theatre2021-03-08 18:06:26
Hutch Modified the Attacker's Guns2020-11-26 00:32:48
Hutch Modified the unit counts2020-11-26 00:32:48
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Avg Rating: 4.00Votes: 2
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Estimated Play time: 5.8 hours
Recorded Games: 2
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[A] American 2
[D] German 2
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