Kingfish

Wild Bill "To the last man" depicts the battle for Lion-sur-Mer on June 6th. It isn't a beach landing scenario, but does cover the fighting for the beachside town later in the day.

Because I must keep the flame alive! Actually, a CMAK conversion is in the works but I first have to do something for Andreas. When I do get around to converting this one it will be a scenario rather than an Op. My first playtest resulted in the battle lines being redrawn across the English Channel, this with no man's land set to zero :mad:

Just prior to the Pershing coming on to the scene the Panther had ambushed a Sherman, which was recorded by the same guy who took the Panther/Pershing duel. IIRC, one of the Sherman crew members had a foot shot off, which you could see as he bails out of the turret and across the back of the tank.

Dieseltaylor, Not sure what you mean. Plz 'splain.

It appears this practice didn't carry over into the Heer Pz Divisions, at least according to Zetterling.

It appears this practice didn't carry over into the Heer Pz Divisions, at least according to Zetterling.

Not one step back, comrades!

Yes, and now that I've released my most recent monster I am free to switch gears and get back into CMAK. 49th Reccee is first on the list.

Link-o-rama

I don't think any of the scenarios that came with the CD are Northern Europe.

"To groves always men come both to their joy and their undoing," -The poet David Jones New Operation is ready for testing. Semi-fictional Axis assault on the Orne Bridgehead - June 10th, 1944. Map is 2.8km x 2.5km, and is derived from a combination of 1:25000 scale maps and aerial photos. Force size is approx 6500 German / 5300 Allied. 3 Battles / 30 turns each. Here are a few pics of the map: This is looking NW from the German forward positions at Troarn. The main road in the center heading towards 'the Triangle' eventually makes its way to Ranville, and then the vital bridges over the Orne river and Caen Canal. Here we are looking due North, again from the German forward positions at Sannerville. The open countryside ahead is the attack route the 21st Panzer division will take - assuming of course the 346th Infantry is able to sweep the Bois de Bavent of the hidden AT guns. In the distance you can see the villages of Escoville and Herouvillette, both objectives for the 21st Panzer. This view is the opposite of the first screenshot. Distance from Herouvillette to 'the Triangle' is roughly 1200 meters, with Troarn an additional 1400 meters further on. Here we are on the southern edge of the Bois de Bavent looking north towards the British lines. The church in the center shows up clearly in the 1:25000 scale scans that JonS e-mailed me, but I can't find any online reference of its name. Anyone know? Finally, here is a view looking to the SW. From here you can see the landmarks designating the three bridges over the Dives river that were destroyed on D-day, the road and rail bridges outside Bures and the larger bridge near Troarn. All courtesy of 8th Para. You can download it from The Proving Grounds. Enjoy [ April 02, 2006, 02:01 PM: Message edited by: Kingfish ]

Even Photoshop pastejobs deserve the full grog treatment

Even Photoshop pastejobs deserve the full grog treatment

And what makes you think this photo is taken in June? </font>

And what makes you think this photo is taken in June? </font>

And what makes you think this photo is taken in June?

And what makes you think this photo is taken in June?

Why bother going to all that trouble? Granted, the Pak40 was a decent AT gun, but couldn't the Cav unit simply requested a platoon or section of M18 Hellcats? BTW, doesn't the guy standing look a little like Madmatt?

Why bother going to all that trouble? Granted, the Pak40 was a decent AT gun, but couldn't the Cav unit simply requested a platoon or section of M18 Hellcats? BTW, doesn't the guy standing look a little like Madmatt?

The British did produce the Cromwell "Prong" for use in Normandy.

Agreed, and to that list I would add the 3rd FJ division and 6th FJ regiment, which although not panzer formations were still formidable units, especially on the defense in the bocage country. However, a good portion of the units facing the Americans were made up of second grade infantry divisions, or to be more precise, parts of second grade static infantry divisions.

Americal = Americans in Caledonia. IIRC, the division was formed from various garrison formations which defended New Caledonia during the early months of the Pacwar. Why it wasn't given a number? My guess is that it wasn't formed in the states per normal army procedures. Edit: Another division which was raised in such a manner but didn't receive a number was the CAM (Combined Army / Marine) division, which fought alongside the Americal in Guadacanal.

Americal = Americans in Caledonia. IIRC, the division was formed from various garrison formations which defended New Caledonia during the early months of the Pacwar. Why it wasn't given a number? My guess is that it wasn't formed in the states per normal army procedures. Edit: Another division which was raised in such a manner but didn't receive a number was the CAM (Combined Army / Marine) division, which fought alongside the Americal in Guadacanal.

The bocage shortens the LOS and engagement ranges considerably, while also severly restricting the supporting infantry from securing flanks. This, plus the first-shot advantage the defender usually enjoys means the Panthers were at a disadvantage. BTW, although the US was successful in the drive on St. Lo, it did so after incuring very heavy casualties. It also benefitted from facing mostly second grade infantry formations, while the majority of the picked German troops were deployed against the British & Canadian.

Panzer Lehr's counterattack failed because of the overwhelming odds stacked against them. The same could be said of 17th SS PzGr's attack towards Carentan in mid-June. The forward US positions were overrun in both cases, but then the American air and artillery, plus reserves, piled on to shift the odds in their favor. The terrain in the British and Canadian sectors were much more open, at least in the area north and NW of Caen. Yes there is Bocage in the area, but nothing like that found in the American sector. That said, the Bocage defintely does pose significant problems for the attacker. In the case of the Germans, the closeness of the terrain negates the advantages their excellent tank guns gave them.