Early on the second day of Operation PLUNDER, units of 15th (Scottish) Division crossed the unfinished Autobahn to their front. Resistance from scattered German units was light, so a recon section of two armored cars was sent to scout the Royal Scots Fusilliers’ objective, a bridge across the steeply-banked Issel Stream in the vicinity of Loikum. Though contact was the armored cars was lost, a company of Fusilliers was sent towards Loikum around noon to secure the vital bridge – and the surrounding farm buildings – to support the continued advance of 15th Division.
Attacker: British (6th Royal Scots Fusiliers, 44th Infantry Brigade, 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division)
Defender: German (Infanterie-Division 84)
5 turns
Players: 2 OBA: None Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:7.5 D:6.0
AFVs: A:7
Sherman III(a) x 2 Ram Kangaroo(a) x 3 Ram Kangaroo(a) x 2
Brits ran out of steam and men with only 3 HS making it into the stream and not bothering to exit into certain death.
2024-06-21
(A) Indy Lagu
vs
Martin Barker
German win
Martin won.
There's not a lot to say. I lumbered into the traps he set (as the
Germans are all HIP to start).
I felt a bit badly as I wanted to give Martin a good game, but I fell
well short of that. He deftly took advantage of any opportunity
I gave him. In the end, I had a rush across the stream but it was
far too little, too late.
Martin, as always, was an incredibly gracious winner and tried to
say some nice things about my game, but I wasn't listening!
2023-03-11
(A) Vic Lauterbach
vs
JM
British win
This one boils down to smoke. My tanks didn't run out until late and the 75L SPW only got one damaging hit so I eeked out a win. It easily could have gone very badly otherwise. Jim: My HIP spot for the SdKfz 251/22 was poor and so was my PF shooting. I still had my chances though, too much smoke!
2022-03-10
(A) Andy Bagley
vs
Ian Ainsworth
German win
One of the quickest scenarios I’ve ever played, as the Brits exceeded their CVP cap by the end of Turn 2! A buffalo plus passengers fell to a Psk, a Sherman was knocked out by a hit from a well-hidden AT halftrack, and consecutive DRs of 4,3, and 2 took care of infantry trying to cross open ground.
This seems a tough one for the Brits, since all German units are HIP at start. So if the Brits guess wrong as to where the Germans are, and the dice go against them, then it isn’t much fun.
2021-06-12
(A) Stephen dedier
vs
Mike Johnston
German win
I was probably too tentative with the Roo's and my armor since this is only a 5 turn game.
i unloaded on the hedges near the town and held the Shermans back to put down smoke. One tank lost smoke on the first shot but put a round in the town.
I took the town and got units across the river on turn 4 but hadn't caused any significant casualties or revealed half of the Germans. My Brits were crippled as they tried to come out of the river giving me no chance to meet the VC on turn 5.
2021-02-14
(A) Lawrence Spangler
vs
Diane Spangler
British win
2021-02-14
(D) Diane Spangler
vs
Lawrence Spangler
D
British win
2021-01-20
(D) patrick palma
vs
John Garlic
British win
2021-01-19
(A) John Garlic
vs
Patrick Palma
British win
[Imported from ROAR]
2020-07-12
(D) Matias Dahlbäck
vs
Vilis Pavulans
British win
2020-07-12
(A) Vilis Pavulans
vs
Matias Dahlbäck
British win
Duplicate
2020-04-20
(A) Andy Beaton
vs
Richard Hooks
British win
Keeping the Shermans in the backfield with a narrow LOS to where I needed to place smoke was the secret to getting the British into the victory zone. It was close, a lot of losses on both sides.
2019-09-22
(D) Denis Leclair
vs
Dan B
German win
2018-06-19
(A) Andy Beaton
vs
Mark Watson
British win
The German SPW was out of play owing to being illegally placed (my opponent didn't tell me after he realized it) and it was still a close win for the British. It came down to a lucky snake eyes killing the German berserkers and putting the British one point over the Germans in personnel points. If the SPW had been there, I'd have probably lost a tank, but even then the Germans didn't come close to the CVP cap.
2018-06-16
(D) mark watson
vs
Andy Beaton
British win
2016-05-14
(A) Brian Ward
vs
Jeff Taylor
German win
Lost too many CVP when myou opponent killed a fully loaded Kangaroo with his HIP half track with 75L....no one survived that one on a CS7 for all units involved
2016-01-01
(A) Brian Ward
vs
In progress
2015-07-01
(A) Larry Rohlfing
vs
Brian Roundhill
German win
2015-06-26
(A) Tuomo Lukkari
vs
Veli-Matti Koskela
German win
[Imported from ROAR]
2014-08-27
(A) Martí Cabré
vs
Davide Bendazzi
British win
A little scenario with very few units for the German, I choose the southern approach behind the hedges and quickly unloaded the Kangaroos and moved to the stream. My tanks first did some area against possible positions and finally broke some infantry in the left. I reached the stream and moved some units to the buildings in the north, that was an error as they were broken and killed and the Germans there counterattacked against the tanks, luckily they found few PF to shoot. Meanwhile my infantry crossed the Issel and fought against the Germans in the buildings in the other side. There were many units breaking with the British numbers finally making it pay. Crossing the stream was the key moment as a good German MG shot there would cost the scenario, but it was not the case.
2014-08-27
(D) Davide Bendazzi
vs
Martí Cabré
British win
Nice little scenario - A key roll went bad for the Jerrys but the attack plan was good
2014-02-20
(D) Daniel Soukup
vs
Chris C
British win
2014-02-01
(A) Ian Morris
vs
Malcolm
German win
2014-02-01
(D) Ian Morris
vs
Malcolm
German win
2013-11-12
(D) Jesus Pie
vs
Txema
German win
A funny little scenario, that seems hard for the British
2013-10-05
(A) Rich Weiley
vs
Nigel Blair
British win
ASLOK 2013
2013-09-13
(A) Michael Rodgers
vs
Jonathan Kay
British win
Fun fast scenario; probably more fun for the British player than for the German. The all HIP setup is ideal for VASL.
2013-05-18
(D) Rami Saarinen
vs
TK
German win
2013-03-07
(A) Eric Partizan Eric
vs
German win
2013-02-09
(D) Raoul Duke
vs
JB
British win
The German setup is trickier than it looks. As with any small and short scenario, this one's vulnerable to the dice.
