Trial Run MTO (id:#62917)
Ricco River, Italy
1944-01-17 (2 others)
Designer: Chas Argent
Starter kit scenario?: Deluxe scenario?:
Balance:
CanadianGerman
Overview:
British planners desired to keep German units in the Ortona region “occupied” so they would be unavailable to reinforce the Cassino area. V Corps Maj. Gen. Allfrey decided to carry out this mission with green troops who would be provided with combat experience by attacking the fortified German lines. Against the wishes of its commander, the 11th Canadian Infantry Brigade was selected for the task of assaulting a ridge line beyond the dry Riccio River. They would be supported by armor from the veteran Three Rivers Tanks.Attacker: Canadian (A Company, The Perth Regiment, 11th Canadian Infantry Brigade & A Squadron, 12th Canadian Armoured (Three Rivers) Regiment)
Defender: German (Bataillon III, Fallschirmjäger-Division 1)
6.5 turns
Players: 2 OBA: None Night: No| Unit Counts: |
| Squads: A:13.5 D:6.5 |
| AFVs: A:4 Sherman III(a) x 4 |
| AFVs: D:0 |
| Guns: A:0 OML 2-in. Mortar x 2 D:1 5cm PaK 38 |
| Misc Rules: | Stream is Dry |
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| Overlays: | NONE |
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Last Played:
| Date | Reporter | Opponent | Bal. | Result | Time | Comments | |
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| 2024-06-14 | (A) Daniel Soukup | vs | Canadian win | This is a good scenario, but the German defense was too far forward and revealed itself too readily to put up a significant front. I liked the idea of the random residual FP placement to represent arcing fire, but I made no impact at all on our game. | |||
| 2022-03-17 | (A) Rob MacGinley | vs | James Short | German win | I tried to move down the board edge with the Canadians and have the tanks harass the other edge poor judgment - tanks were cooked and the men were trapped - hands up was my only solution | ||
| 2021-05-29 | (D) Dan Best | vs | Kermit Mullins | Canadian win | |||
| 2021-05-29 | (A) Kermit Mullins | vs | Dan Best | Canadian win | First mortar shot was a critical hit and managed to unhinge the initial German trench line. Canadian infantry swarmed the south edge and would ultimately exit 16 VP. The Tanks would come in at Q1 and go up the dry stream only to run right into the 50L. One Sherman was knocked out, but the the gun MALF'd and the other 3 moved around and up over the hill. Fast moving German squads repositioned to take panzerfaust shots. They would succeed in destroying two more Shermans, but the final Sherman managed to exit for the win. | ||
| 2020-05-24 | (D) Peter Palmer | vs | John Knowles | Canadian win | [Imported from ROAR] |
| Action | Date |
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| Turuk Uploaded a VASL file | 2024-06-25 19:12:38 |
| dsoukup Added a playing | 2024-06-17 12:47:32 |
| Jude Added a playing | 2023-02-28 00:51:40 |
| Jude Rated the scenario | 2023-02-28 00:51:13 |
| Bongiovanni Added a playing | 2022-10-07 10:47:15 |
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| VASL Scenario Setup (J 190 trial-run v667.vsav) | VASL Setup | Turuk | 237 |
| (canad-germ.png) | Image | hoxson1 | 1131 |
| (shermans italy dry ravine.png) | Image | hoxson1 | 903 |
| (trial run VASL.png) | Map Image | hoxson1 | 1016 |
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| Avg Rating: 6.06 | Votes: 18 |
| Views: | 5280 |
| To-Play list count: | 3 |
| Estimated Play time: | 4.2 hours |
| Recorded Games: | 17 |
| Archive recorded plays: | ||
| Canadian | 11 | |
| German | 6 | |
| Drawn: | 0 | |
| ROAR Data: (as of today) Trial Run [Log in to Confirm or Edit] |
| [A] Canadian | 25 |
| [D] German | 12 |