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Samrée, Belgium 1944-12-20 ()
KGP01: Shadows of Death (HASL 2 - Kampfgruppe Peiper I)
KGP05: Marechal's Mill (HASL 3 - Kampfgruppe Peiper II)
KGP06: Probing the Villas (HASL 3 - Kampfgruppe Peiper II)
KGP09: Carnage in the Night (HASL 3 - Kampfgruppe Peiper II)
KGP CG II: The Bridge at Cheneux (HASL 3 - Kampfgruppe Peiper II)
KGP CG IV: Prayers in the Dark (ASL Journal # 3)
KGP CG 4: Above the Prayers (ASL News # 28)
NEWS62: Down the Road (ASL News # 30)
EP62: Down the Road (Euro-Pack II - The Bulge)
KGP CG 4: Above the Prayers (Scroungin' ASL News)
BdF 1: Meat Choppers (Baraque de Fraiture)
KE 17: Nightmare (March Madness `99 Pack)
TOT 8: Nightmare (Time on Target # 1)
TOT 9: Beat Feet to Foy (Time on Target # 1)
CDN29: Distinguished Service (The Canadians In Italy 3: D-Day Dodgers)
WAR8: Bastogne Roadblocks (Wacht Am Rhein)
WAR10: Line in the Sand (Wacht Am Rhein)
O56.2: Resupply at Samrée (On All Fronts # 56)
TAC28: Il Etait Une Petite Colonne... (Tactiques # 3)
KGP CG 5: Squeezing Peiper's Bulge (View From the Trenches # 24)
KGP CG 5: Squeezing Peiper's Bulge (Rate of Fire #12)
BdF#1: Meat Choppers (Baraque de Fraiture (2nd Edition))
WO07: Hell for the Holidays (Winter Offensive Bonus Pack 2012)
BP1 #2: Down The Road (Battle of the Bulge I)
GJ048: Marvie Melee (Grumble Jones)
GJ096: A Mickey Mouse Effort (Grumble Jones)
5: Back Through the Fog (Fateful Stand)
6: A High Price to Pay (Fateful Stand)
ESG114: Suffering at Samree (Dezign Pak 10)
CA!13: Toll Bridge (Counterattacks 2)
WaR 8: Bastogne Roadblocks (Wacht Am Rhein 2nd Edition, Volume 1)
WaR 9: Big Bonus (Wacht Am Rhein Second Edition Volume 2)
WaR 10: Line In The Sand (Wacht Am Rhein Second Edition Volume 2)
BISt #5: Along The Ipoly (Steel And Blood)
HFP #9: Ipoly River Stand (Freedom's Price - Hungary 2)
ASLN62: Down The Road (Critical Hit #8.1)
ASLN62: Down The Road (Critical Hit #8.2)
ASLN KGP CGIV: Above The Prayers (Critical Hit #8.2)
Designer: George Kelln
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Balance:
GermanAmerican
66.666666666667%

Overview:

General der Panzertruppe Eugen Walter Krüger’s LVIII Korps encountered difficulty when the Aufklärung-Abteilung 146 found that the bridge over the river Ourthe west of Bertogne had been blown. Krüger then ordered Panzer Division 116 to retrace its footsteps and head northwest through Houffalize towards La Roche and Samrée instead. The US 7th Armored Division’s trains were at La Roche, but their main supply depot had been moved to just outside Samrée. Early in the afternoon of 20 December, Panzer Grenadier 60 began assembling in the woods south of Samrée while Panzer Grenadier 16 prepared to attack straight down the road, with Volksgrenadier Regiment 1129 on its right. The US 7th Armored Division’s quartermaster delayed destroying the supply dump because he was told a task force from CCR/3rd Armored Division was on its way. CCR was only able to send a small armored force commanded by Major John Tucker and consisted of a company of Shermans, a troop armored cars, a platoon of light tanks and a battery of M7s. Task Force Tucker moved into Samrée from the north.
Attacker: German (Volksgrenadier Regiment 1129 | PanzerGrenadier Regiment 60, Panzer Regiment 16)
Defender: American (51st Engineer Battalion | Task Force Tucker CCR, 3rd Armored Division)  
7 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:19.5 D:8.0
AFVs: A:7
PzKpfw VG x 6
SPW 251/2

AFVs: D:19
M8 x 3
M4A1 x 4
M4 x 8
M7 HMC x 4

Guns: A:1
8cm GrW 34
D:0
M2 60mm Mortar

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: D: Minefields, Roadblocks
Overlays:
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2022-01-21(A) Kevin Sanders vs Jason Littleton German win
2012-06-20(A) Fred Ingram vs Jeff Coleman German winWe almost skipped this one as the Americans had a ROAR record of 8-0. I offered to play the Germans just to see how the scenario panned out. Starting with 6 Panthers (against 19 assorted American AFV's), I lost one panther to a 1 factor AT mined hex (and breezed through two other mined hexes unscathed). After Jeff got the hang of bounding fire swarming the Panthers (and we both got the gun duel rules down), he was able to kill 2 more during turn 6. However, all his infantry was gone and I had a swarm of panzerfaust toting squads to spread around the avenues of approach to the victory area.

Although the victory conditions just specify any good order unit (vehicle with functioning MA) in the victory area is sufficient for an American win, Jeff still conceded at the beginning of his turn seven. It was quite apparent he could still win by just getting one of his remaining vehicles in the victory area on a last turn mad dash, but the fun factor had disappeared on this one for both of us and running a gauntlet for an hour for a goofy unrealistic victory just did not seem appealing.
2012-06-20(D) Jeff Coleman vs Fred Ingram German win
2004-03-05(D) John Garlic vs Paul Kenny American win[Imported from ROAR]
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Estimated Play time: 11.9 hours
Recorded Games: 3
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[A] American 7
[D] German 4
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