Fat Sparrows Atop Skyline Drive WTO (id:#58278)
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Hosingen, Luxembourg 1944-12-17 ()
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Q31: The Outskirts Of Consthum (Quick 6 Scenario Pack VI)
Designer: George Kelln
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Balance:
GermanAmerican
20%

Overview:

General von Lüttwitz’s orders required Volksgrenadier Division 26 to establish bridgeheads across the river Clerf by nightfall on the 16th, so any enemy resistance had either to be subdued quickly or bypassed. As it turned out, the biggest stumbling block turned out to be the Company K, 3rd Battalion, 110th Infantry Regiment and Company B, 103rd Engineer Battalion in Hosingen. The American defenders were simply too well dug in to be shifted easily and the close-range battle, with dozens of individual hand-to-hand encounters, swayed backwards and forwards all day. In the evening, four Shermans arrived from the 707th Tank Battalion, but failed to bring any rifle ammunition with them. The constant delays imposed by the defenders in the handful of villages along Skyline Drive forced KoKott to unleash his reserved Grenadier Regiment 78 whose 1st Battalion was thrown into the struggle for Hosingen, supported by a few Hetzers from Panzerjäger Abteilung 26.
Attacker: German (Volksgrenadier Regiment 78 | Panzerjager Abteilung 26)
Defender: American (Company K, 3rd Battalion, 110th Infantry Regiment | Company B, 103rd Engineer Battalion | 707th Tank Battalion)  
7.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:25.0 D:14.0
AFVs: A:3
JgdPz 38(t) x 3

AFVs: D:4
M4A3(75)W x 4

Guns: A:2
8cm GrW 34 x 2
D:0
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: Mist, Soft Ground w D: Ammo Shortage
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2022-01-03(A) Kevin Sanders vs Jason Littleton German winWent to the last turn. Good flamer shot breaks the last US hold out...
2018-11-25(D) Tom Kearney vs Lindsey Murillo American winWacht Am Rhein 2nd Edition. The Americans captured two buildings and killed two of the three German leaders by the bottom of two, forcing Lindsey to fail a PMC and concede.
2015-06-29(A) Dave Mareske vs Scott Martin American win
2012-04-15(A) Jeff Coleman vs Fred Ingram American win
2012-04-15(D) Fred Ingram vs Jeff Coleman American winThis is an interesting situation in that the Germans have to take buildings, but they also are at great risk of losing some in the process.

The Americans set up spread across the entire breadth of the road. On each flank, units were poised to enter some empty buildings under American control to make the German fight for them. The two center buildings on the American side were fortified on ground level (2 hexes each) - with 12 FP mines in the two lead hexes (allowing the American to shift within the building with no mine attacks - yet making it very dangerous for a German entry)

Jeff had some bad luck with his 3 flamethrowers, losing them on the first shot on all 3 (10, 10, 12). The ammo shortage affected the American, losing some MMG & the 50 cal as well as ELR'ing 4 units through the game.

By turn 7, it was apparent the Germans did not have enough left to win. The American still held the 2 fortified buildings (although one was occupied and on the verge of collapse). But the Americans were able to get one building originally controlled by the Germans.

The Hetzers did not kill one American tank, but PF did their work on 3 (all blazes)
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Estimated Play time: 9.2 hours
Recorded Games: 5
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[A] German 4
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