OAF Journal #7
Scenario DW1:
The I & R Platoon
AKA scenario OAF 122.3 (same title)
I've not seen the card. Nor could I find it online.
This historical action would be a tough thing to convert into ASL, I believe.
Seems their foxholes were effectively ASL pillboxes, that their SW complement was extraordinary going on lavish, and that they were stocked w/well over a typical unit-of-fire (re ammo on hand) -- enough for three battles that day, anyway.
Given that 9x of the 19 men were decorated for heroism, one could almost go a bit design-bonkers and make a HASL-ish case for
9x ASL Heroes (!) in the OB plus
(given their
way-atypical training) 3x Fanatic Infantry Crews [or 2x Elite HSs w/a Self-Rally capbility via SSR and an adaptation of a Walking Wounded SSR from some HASL]
in lieu of squads/HSs.
Heck, one could even spin up an inherent FP ROF SSR for the units.
Or some imaginative soup of the above and more - multiple bore sighting? - given some accounts of US head-shot kills, maybe a high SAN "just because" ?
I can think of other
outside-the-box ASL tweaks but will give it a rest.
Such numerous and radical departures from ASL scenario norms certainly would make for a "scenario w/a difference," but
that I&R "platoon" was
way different from anything close to "typical" US infantry, is my reading.
They were pretty well equipped though and (at that date) likely kinda hyped? Maybe a brittle ELR...
[Given the (probably inflated?) historical German losses, I can see a case too for the (ever-unpopular) optional BI rule being tried?]
Anyway, just supposing... bottom line,
this action seems kinda beyond the boundary of ASL.