Encounter at Cornimont ETO (id:#64726)
Prior Publication: ASL 10 Croix de Guerre
See Also: Encounter at Cornimont by Avalon HillCornimont, France
1940-06-20 (6 others)
Designer: Unknown
Starter kit scenario?: Deluxe scenario?:
Balance:
GermanFrench
Overview:
In the area of the French 8th Army in the Vosges mountains, scattered defending forces were committed piecemeal in an effort to slow down the swift German advances. In Cornimont, the 158th Engineer Battalion received orders to defend the town. A battery of three truck-mounted 75mm AA guns and two sections of pioneers stationed themselves in the village while others occupied the slopes of nearby hills. . .Attacker: German (Kampfgruppe Krüger, Panzer Division 1)
Defender: French (418ème Régiment de Pionniers, 158ème Bataillon du Génie and 5ème Groupe du 403ème Régiment d'Artillerie de Défense Contre Avions)
9 turns
Players: 2 OBA: None Night: No| Unit Counts: |
| Squads: A:16.0 D:15.5 |
| AFVs: A:5 PSW 221 x 2 PSW 222 x 3 Kfz 1 Opel Blitz x 4 Motorcycle w/Sidecar x 9 |
| AFVs: D:0 Ac de 75 mle 13/34 x 3 Renault AGR2 x 3 |
| Guns: A:0 5cm leGrW 36 D:0PzB 39 ATR x 2 |
| Misc Rules: | Hill 538 is Wooded. D: Renaults are Ammo Vehicles (E10) |
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| Overlays: | St1 |
Errata (source)
| The nine cycle counters in the German OB should be sidecars. | DftB#50 |
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| Date | Reporter | Opponent | Bal. | Result | Time | Comments | |
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| 2022-09-13 | (A) Jeff B | vs | Joe Arthur | German win | 4 hrs | The original scenario was strongly pro-German. The revised version seems strongly pro-French. We went for a tweener VC of 15 buildings/32CVP cap. In the end I don't think it mattered, as the Germans rolled to an easy victory. It was all predicated on knocking out the three French trucks early with infantry, but this plan could easily backfire with a few lucky French rolls. German entry allowed the French no targets to shoot as their infantry moved into position in the southern woods, both hilly and non. Vehicles parked safely behind the wooded hill waiting. Turn 2 saw the next batch of reinforcements position themselves in the woods and small hill north of the wooded hill. All troops advanced into firing positions to hopefully blast the French trucks in DFPh. One truck was flamed and the other destroyed. The last truck was flamed at the start of Turn 3, and the French lost their HMG for good. This was as good of a start as I could've hoped for. From there it was just a matter of bulling their way forward, as the French had almost literally nothing to stop the ACs. Once the east bank was cleared, which took a few turns, it was easy enough for the Germans to bulldoze their way over and take the first 11 buildings in and around the small hills on the west bank. With 3 turns left to take the remainder, the French called it quits at the end of Turn 6. | |
| 2021-05-09 | (D) Rich Weiley | vs | Dave Wallace | German win | While I recalled an armoured car and took out another in CC in the first game turn at the same time all three AA trucks were neutralised (one overrun and the other two abandoned by their broken or snipered crews). Game turn 2 broke and then X'ed out the HMG at which stage I felt I could have conceded as the writing was on the wall, but played on until turn 6 by which stage it was a mopping up exercise for the Germans and any coordinated French defence was impossible. | ||
| 2020-07-25 | (D) Dave Mareske | vs | Dan Best | French win | Germans took some early losses that prevented fast advancement. The French wore down the German troops and there were many broken. Called the game on Turn 5 with no buildings taken as of that time. | ||
| 2020-06-04 | (D) patrick palma | vs | Jack Boyle | French win | |||
| 2020-05-23 | (D) Chuck Dye | vs | DD | French win |
| Action | Date |
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| Hutch Modified the gps location | 2024-08-07 11:47:15 |
| Hutch Modified the unit counts | 2024-08-07 11:46:09 |
| Hutch Modified the Attacker's AFVs | 2024-08-07 11:46:09 |
| Hutch Modified the misc. rules | 2024-08-07 11:45:01 |
| buser333 Added a playing | 2022-09-13 20:08:53 |
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| Avg Rating: 6.40 | Votes: 5 |
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| To-Play list count: | 1 |
| Estimated Play time: | 8.4 hours |
| Recorded Games: | 5 |
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| German | 2 | |
| French | 3 | |
| Drawn: | 0 | |
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