The Erft Effort ETO (id:#66941)
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Designer: Evan E. Sherry
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Overview:

The 9th Infantry Division was advancing toward the Rhine. 1st Battalion, 39th Infantry Regiment had taken the village of Lommersum. Their next objective was to seize Derkum less than a mile away and just east of the Erft River. Though little more than a small creek, the soggy ground conditions and steep banks mad vehicular crossing of the Erft problematic. While the Americans were consolidating at Lommersum, the 62nd Volksgrenadier Division launched a counterattack at 0900 hours from the villages of Derkum and Hausweiler, consisting of 250 men supported by an assortment of self-propelled guns including StuPz IV's.
Attacker: German (Volksgrenadier Regiment 183, Volksgrenadier Division 62, Sturmpanzer Abteilung 217 and Sturmgeschütz Brigade 902)
Defender: American (1st Battalion, 39th RCT, 9th Infantry Division and 1st Platoon, C Company, 746th Tank Battalion and 899th Tank Destroyer Battalion)  
5.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:23.0 D:14.0
AFVs: A:8
StuG IIIG (L) x 3
JgdPz 38(t) x 3
StuPz IV x 2

AFVs: D:5
M4A3(76)W x 2
M4A3(75)W
M36 GMC x 2

Guns: A:0 D:0
M20 75mm Recoilless Rifle
M2 60mm Mortar x 2

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Roads: Paved
Overlays: OG1 OG2 St1
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-01-03(A) Dan Best vs Kermit Mullins American win4 hrsFirst to play and post.
2025-01-03(D) Kermit Mullins vs Dan Best American win4 hrsAnother meaty scenario with too much stuff...particularly Infantry Support Weapons...9 machine guns for the Germans and 4 for the Americans along with lots of Bazookas and Panzerschrecks. The Germans have 2 squads to each support weapon. The Americans have 10 support weapons for 14 squads. Seems a little excessive for the Carolina League. Lots of tanks as well with a total of 13 altogether. This is a complex scenario that does take a lot of time to manage. There are two Open Ground overlays that frankly aren't needed. The Bridges don't really matter either. Then you have the mud and tanks spending two MP per non-road hex, which just makes moving the tanks less fun than it could be. It's a grinding scenario with a lot of counter management, tough defensive terrain and 2 ELR for the Germans, which was a killer in our game as the Germans ELR'd left and right. The American armor had the edge and waited to shoot the oncoming Germans. At game end, the Americans had lost the 75 Sherman and nothing else, The Germans lost 2 Hetzers, 3 STUGS and 1 Brumbar. But the Germans still had a Hetzer and a Brumbar to face off against 2 76L Shermans and 2 M-36's. One M-36 knocked out a Hetzer and a STUG and then DM'd the German 9-2 in a squad with a 4 Rate of Fire, that managed to stop the final German assault. American win in what was a really exhausting and grinding scenario.
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Hutch Modified the overview2025-01-20 15:56:13
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Estimated Play time: 7.6 hours
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