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Shoulder to Shoulder WTO (id:#66366)
(ASL Journal #13 ID: J212)   [next]   [previous]
Savelborn, Luxembourg 1944-12-19 (55 others)
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Designer: Pete Shelling
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Balance:
GermanAmerican
52.631578947368%

Overview:

The southern shoulder of Operation HERBSTNABEL saw weak German Volksgrenadier divisions gain early success against resting American divisions on the Luxembourg side of the Our River, including the 60th Armored Infantry Battalion of the 9th Armored Division. By 18 December, with his companies separated and surrounded, Lt. Col. Kenneth Collins did his best to make an organized retreat towards Ermsdorf and Fels. As the main attack of Volksgrendier-Regiment 986 hit Savelborn in the afternoon, it was repulsed by the quad .50-caliber halftracks of the 482nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion.
Attacker: German (Volksgrenadier-Regiment 986, Volksgrenadier-Division 276)
Defender: American (60th Armored Infantry Battalion, Combat Command A, 9th Armored Division and 482nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion)  
6.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:16.0 D:11.0
AFVs: A:3
StuG IIIG x 3

AFVs: D:4
M8 x 3
M16 MGMC

Guns: A:0 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: Treat all woods as Pine Woods
Map Board(s): 10b
Overlays: NONE
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DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultComments
2023-09-21(A) Paolo Cariolato vs Federico Corso German win
2023-09-19(D) X von Marwitz vs Michael Koch American winI expected the German attack would come from the left American flank and through the center. Instead, it came mostly from the right American flank. In the beginning, there was not much to stop the German onslaught. Forward units of the Americans were rather quickly overwhelmed and beaten back. The German StuGs massed on one hill to break the US forward positions and to place SMOKE, then supported the Germans on the right American flank.

I played the Meatchopper conservatively, as there was no chance when getting near the StuGs where most of the German Infantry was. Instead, I wore down 1.5 German squads on the US left planning to bring this mean machine into action later, when it would literally be a PITA for German units.

Somehow, I "figured" that the M8s and the Infantry would come in on Turn 1, why the US right flank was rather weak initially. The Germans pushed hard and for a while I thought that my units in the Church area would not be able to stem the tide. But then, a US 666+MMG broke a German stack consisting of his 8-1, two 467s, and a MMG. This brought the critical respite for the US, so that the reinforcements could arrive just in time to strengthen the Church area before the Germans could capture the Multi-Hex buildings there.

As a result, with the remaining US forces I had bottled up the Germans pretty well, so that my opponent conceded. The dice helped me in some important occasions, otherwise the game might have been closer.
2023-09-04(D) Will Willow vs Larry Rohlfing German win
2023-08-13(A) Ron Garcia vs Darryl M. American winGot a little aggressive and lost two tanks early. Uphill battle from there, and my Germans took it on the chin.
2023-07-15(D) Jonathan Plott vs Paul Sidhu German winPlayed this very enjoyable scenario with Paul Sidhu. As the defending Americans, my first reinforcement, the deadly M16 quad .50 HT, malf's on the first shot...and I fail my first (of many) personal morale checks. My faulty defensive scheme prevented any useful attrition of the advancing bosche. Highlight of the game (for me) was a bounding fire shot from of my M8 ACs (37LL) that took out one of Paul's Stugs, but it was too little too late, as too many of Paul's landsers were well positioned to overwhelm the defenders. Congratulations, Paul!
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To-Play list count: 4
Estimated Play time: 5.9 hours
Recorded Games: 17
Archive recorded plays:
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Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of November 2021)
?119 [Confirmed]
[A] Japanese 1
[D] American 1
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