The Gateway WTO (id:#61623)
Designer: Stephen Johns
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
GermanAmerican
47.222222222222%

Overview:

As part of Operation Nordwind, Hitler wanted to send his panzers south out of the Hagenau woods, the gateway to the Alsatian plain. For most of January 8th, the 21st Panzer and 25th Panzergrenadier Divisions fought their way through the old Maginot Line defenses. On January 9th they came to the twin towns of Hatten-Rittershoffen. Here there would be a week of ferocious back and forth fighting which one panzer commander called "one of the hardest and most costly battles that had ever raged on the Western Front".
Attacker: German (Elements of Panzergrenadier Regiment 35 and II./119 Panzergrenadier Division 25 and Panzer Flamm Company 352 (Kampfgruppe Proll))
Defender: American (Elements of the 1st Battalion, 242nd RCT, 42nd "Rainbow" Infantry Division (Task Force Linden))  
5.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:12.0 D:10.0
AFVs: A:4
StuG IIIG (L) x 2
StuH 42 (L)
JgdPz 38(t)(Fl)

AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:2
M1 57mm AT Gun x 2
M2 60mm Mortar

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: GS, possiblity of Falling Snow. A: FTV1 w D: Pillboxes are +1 LOS Hindrance
Map Board(s): 1a
Overlays: OW1 Wd4 Wd5
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultComments
2021-08-28(A) Paolo Cariolato vs Fabio Mazzucchelli German win
2021-04-11(A) Jeff B vs Steve Etzelmueller German winUnder cover of smoke I made a hard push from the south on the outskirts of town. A HS sentry out front in the church was fried to a crisp by my FT tank, but a flame started as well. This could well prove to be problematic to my attack. It was not without significant cost however, as one of my tanks was knocked out by street fighting and another immobilized in a fairly useless position. It was able to make itself useful for one more round by dropping some additional smoke before running out. An American squad turned berserk and would be mowed down by my kill stack. Meanwhile I just used brute force to continue pushing the defense backwards. An American squad in the west had a chance to slow me down for a necessary turn or two, but bungled its CC attempt and was dispatched with alacrity. After just three turns the Americans took enough beating and threw in the towel. The flame in the building never did blaze up. The PBs are simply silly hood ornaments that should have no bearing on the game
2014-02-28(A) Andy Beaton vs Ardneh American winVery close game, came down to an upstairs broken green half squad I couldn't kill with a 30 flat flamethrower shot. Good fun.
2013-09-16(A) Kirby Vincent vs American American win
2013-07-27(A) Robert Zinselmeyer vs Matt Walker German winSt. Louis ASL Tournament
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cosarara Added a playing2021-08-28 23:16:50
buser333 Added a playing2021-04-11 14:37:23
hoxson1 Modified the Theatre2021-03-18 22:20:12
hoxson1 Modified the Unit Elements2020-11-12 22:48:41
hoxson1 Modified the misc. rules2019-01-08 19:42:13
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 5.73Votes: 11
Views: 2589
To-Play list count: 2
Estimated Play time: 3.9 hours
Recorded Games: 8
Archive recorded plays:
German4
American4
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of November 2021)
The Gateway [Confirmed]
[A] American 13
[D] German 15
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