Priests on the Line WTO (id:#56476)
La Pompe, France
1944-07-29 (5 others)
TAC48: Pris Au Piège (Tactiques # 6)
BFP-23: Prelim to Death Night (BFP 2: Operation Cobra)
CHA #15: Fritz's Escape (Critical Hit Annual #2)
#7: Alarm Unit (Kaunas Offensive)
Bonus 2: The Roncey Pocket (Critical Hit Annual #5)
BFP-23: Prelim to Death Night (BFP 2: Operation Cobra)
CHA #15: Fritz's Escape (Critical Hit Annual #2)
#7: Alarm Unit (Kaunas Offensive)
Bonus 2: The Roncey Pocket (Critical Hit Annual #5)
Designer: Brian Youse
Starter kit scenario?: Deluxe scenario?:
Balance:
GermanAmerican
Overview:
By the fourth day of Operation Cobra, it was obvious to the German High Command that their forces were on the verge of being surrounded. They ordered the front line units to break out from the evolving pocket by moving south-east towards Percy. Near La Pompe, a column of armor from the 2nd SS Panzer Division, supported by infantry from two companies of the 6th Fallschirmjager Regiment, ran into an outpost of the 4th Infantry Division manning one of these road junctions with M10 tank destroyer support. The armor and the paratroopers quickly overran the small outpost of Americans, who were forced to fall back along the road to a field where the 778th Armored Field Artillery Battalion had its M7 “Priests” set up to provide indirect fire support. The “Priests” lowered their guns, and along with the remnants of the infantry, engaged in a pitched firefight with the panzers.Attacker: German (6th Fallschirmjäger Regiment and 2nd SS Panzer Division)
Defender: American (Company C, 82nd Recon Battalion/Batteries B and C, 78th AFA Battalion and 195th AAA Battalion/41st Armored Infantry Regiment)
6.5 turns
Players: 2 OBA: None Night: No| Unit Counts: |
| Squads: A:12.0 D:8.5 |
| AFVs: A:10 StuG IIIG (L) x 4 SPW 250/8 x 4 SPW 250/9 x 2 |
| AFVs: D:11 M10 GMC M8 x 2 M7 HMC x 3 M15A1 MGMC M3 ht x 4 |
| Guns: A:0 D:0 |
| Misc Rules: | All hedges and walls are Bocage, Bore Sighting is NA w D: Hero |
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| Overlays: | Hd4 | Hd5 | Hd7 |
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| Date | Reporter | Opponent | Bal. | Result | Time | Comments | |
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| 2025-02-21 | (A) John Garlic | vs | Vic Rosso | American win | Priest in defense are b***h! They held me up long enough for reinforements to firmly esconce themselves behind the bocage. | ||
| 2023-07-23 | (D) Vic Lauterbach | vs | JM | German win | I set my US SMC/MMC up in 17P2 and S4, HD AFVs in 17P4, Q4, R1, R6 and S6 plus tripwire HS in 11I6, T10 and Z10. In GT1, I pushed the 8-0 and 667 into 11N10. The M8s in the 17I4 orchard threatened passing StuGs with rear shots. Jim's attack hit both flanks. In GT2, I sent the M8s to take on HTs but a StuG torched one, so I pulled the other back. Jim quickly dealt with the tripwire HS, but the N10 stack slowed him down and he was stymied by lack of turret hits as my HD AFVs killed his HTs. Once he cleared the N10 MMC to delay my reinforcements, the tide turned. I got a StuG before HEAT ran out but StuGs started hitting and 548s closed in with PFs. His 548s took a beating from the M16 but won melees in R6 and S6 to take the crossroads. Turns 6 and 7 got wild when I slipped four HTs through 17T9 into the VC area. I ended with one GO HT in motion in 17U3 but Jim had exited a HT, 9-1 and MMC for the exit VP before my HTs entered, so we concluded that IMMEDIATELY in the VC gave him the win. Jim: This one is a true nail-biter, frustratingly fun for both sides. Good scenario that both sides need turret hits to win, but that's ASL. | ||
| 2023-03-17 | (A) Pascal Boileau | vs | Serge Doba | German win | A nice scenario with many toys. As the German player, I tried to delay the American reinforcements on turn 6 and I failed short by 1 MMC... Therefore, I rushed towards the victory zone on turn 4 and a bitter fight ensued (I lost 3 AFV). At the end of turn 5, no good order American MMC was close enough to R4 and I have a boulevard for exiting enough units according to the VC at turn 6. | ||
| 2023-03-17 | (D) Doba Serge | vs | Pascal B. | German win | |||
| 2022-08-16 | (A) Scott Sherer | vs | Jeff B | American win |
| Action | Date |
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| jgarlic79@gmail.com Added a playing | 2025-02-21 21:23:10 |
| Pte Parts Linked the scenario to ROAR | 2024-07-10 01:07:16 |
| Turuk Uploaded a VASL file | 2024-06-21 19:47:42 |
| sherersc Rated the scenario | 2023-11-15 02:50:20 |
| sherersc Added a playing | 2023-11-15 02:50:14 |
| File | Description | User | Views |
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| VASL Scenario Setup (J74 Priests On The Line v667.vsav) | VASL Setup | Turuk | 245 |
| (J074 Priests on the Line Scenario Archive.jpg) | Image | von Marwitz | 1341 |
| M7 "Priest" 105mm HMC (M7 Priest 105 howitzer motor carriage.jpg) | Image | hoxson1 | 1097 |
| (germ and SS-usa.png) | Image | hoxson1 | 1018 |
| Situation at game end (J74 end of German CCPh GT7.PNG) | Image | dieneuner25 | 451 |
| VASL Map (J074 Priests on the line.jpg) | Map Image | Fre20741 | 1153 |
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| Statistics: | |
| Avg Rating: 7.29 | Votes: 21 |
| Views: | 8718 |
| To-Play list count: | 10 |
| Estimated Play time: | 8.5 hours |
| Recorded Games: | 21 |
| Archive recorded plays: | ||
| German | 14 | |
| American | 7 | |
| Drawn: | 0 | |
| ROAR Data: (as of today) Priests on the Line [Confirmed] |
| [A] German | 51 |
| [D] American | 49 |