Bitter Defense at Otta ETO (id:#56437)
Gudbrandsdal Valley, Norway
1940-04-28 (2 others)
Designer: scenario adaptation: MMP
Starter kit scenario?: Deluxe scenario?:
Balance:
GermanBritish
Overview:
In southern Norway, any Axis line of advance had to parallel the existing road system due to terrain and weather. Taking advantage of these restrictions, the Allies based their defense on a series of roadblocks supported by flanking fire from surrounding high ground. A hasty defense near the village of Otta with units from the newly arrived British 15th Brigade soon was tested. . .Attacker: German ("Gruppe Pellengaler", 196th Division and Panzer Battalion 40)
Defender: British (Company C, 1st Green Howards, 15th Brigade)
13.5 turns
Players: 2 OBA: None Night: No| Unit Counts: |
| Squads: A:21.0 D:12.0 |
| AFVs: A:2 PzKpfw IIA x 2 |
| AFVs: D:0 |
| Guns: A:0 D:2 Canon AC de 25 SA-L mle 34 Boys ATR x 2 OML 3-in. Mortar |
| Misc Rules: | GS, Pine Woods, Level 2 hills are Level 1 Woods. A: Rafts6, Skis2 |
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| Overlays: | NONE |
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| Ice rules do not apply. | MMP |
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| Date | Reporter | Opponent | Bal. | Result | Time | Comments | |
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| 2025-03-05 | (A) Rob Tyson | vs | Peter Dunn | D | German win | ||
| 2024-04-10 | (D) Kevin Duval | vs | Dwayne Duval | D | German win | Once the majority of attackers made it past the defenders setup in mid hill it all began failing miserably ... even before the Boats made to the opposite shore, the only AFV left made a daring OVR into Woods which broke British stack leaving too few units to muster a final defense. Turn 10 defeat. | |
| 2024-04-10 | (A) Dwayne Duval | vs | Kevin Duval | A | German win | ||
| 2024-04-07 | (A) Vic Lauterbach | vs | JM | German win | The oldie is long but plays fast due to low counter density. I drew the Germans, who are favored, and took two big chances: 1) I risked the bog DRs to send the Panzers at Jim's units on Hill 621, and 2) I took Zone 3 for the boat units. Both gambles paid off. The Panzers passed 12+ Bog checks and exited easily after helping the ski 548s clear Hill 621. My reinforcements came on in GT8 and basically paddled up to the exit area. Jim: I faced two flanking moves plus a fixing attack along the board 2 road. I stopped the German right hook (none of those 467s exited), but the left hook took out my 76 MTR and HMG and cleared the riverbank for a relentless German advance. Two 467s found my HIP 25LL before it got a shot off, and the crew died pushing it to a better position. The German squads crossing the river administered the coup de grace in turn 10. This one was fun but very challenging for the defender, and the British balance (+3 German Exit VP) won't make up for a poor plan. I didn't expect to need both ATRs between hex 2O5 and the river! | ||
| 2021-01-06 | (A) Rob MacGinley | vs | Jason Nichols | British win | Enjoyed the ability to select when the boats come in Enjoyed the very long game and need to persist to get to victory His Over watching kill stacks just kept paying dividends - I had sent my elite ski men to clear the hill and they got there quick but we annihilated - then both the exit to the edge and the boat crossing was just shooting ducks for him from the hill and I never got close to crossing alive or to the exit area and he always got good shots with ROF !!! - just murder on my men |
| Action | Date |
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| dieneuner25 Uploaded an Image | 2024-05-05 00:48:58 |
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| 7-0 duval Added a playing | 2024-04-17 20:05:56 |
| Kydder Added a playing | 2024-04-11 03:15:00 |
| Kydder Rated the scenario | 2024-04-11 03:08:34 |
| File | Description | User | Views |
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| Updated VASL Map (J038 Bitter defense at Otta.jpg) | Image | Fre20741 | 1294 |
| (!germ-brit.png) | Image | hoxson1 | 802 |
| (brit snow 3 inch.png) | Image | hoxson1 | 805 |
| Situation at game end (J38 end of RPh British GT10.JPG) | Image | dieneuner25 | 294 |
| (j38 map.png) | Map Image | hoxson1 | 809 |
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| Avg Rating: 6.08 | Votes: 13 |
| Views: | 8103 |
| To-Play list count: | 2 |
| Estimated Play time: | 12 hours |
| Recorded Games: | 7 |
| Archive recorded plays: | ||
| German | 6 | |
| British | 1 | |
| Drawn: | 0 | |
| ROAR Data: (as of today) Bitter Defense at Otta [Log in to Confirm or Edit] |
| [A] British | 5 |
| [D] German | 19 |