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FT266 A Fine Mess... - AAR
1940 Western front action that pits German defenders vs. 5 French S-35 Souma tanks supported by infantry. The Germans initially have 2x Pak 35/36, a 50mm MTR, and 2x ATR to fend them off. Later, 3x Pz38(t)A arrive.
The stuggle against these French tanks is one of the main excitements of this scenario. As the German you know, that your chances are slim to affect them - but you have to keep trying. As there is a 'sudden death' victory condition if 3 of the French tanks die, this will keep the French on their toes.
In the end, my Germans managed to win by knocking out 3 French tanks. The last of these moved up to a Pz38(t)A and parked there at double point blank range with his frontal AF6 and 47Gun (TK12 at that range) against my frontal AF3 and 37L gun (TK10 at that range) in French turn 6. My tankers went white with fear, but fired as hell, keeping ROF two times and getting Multiple hits on the third shot. They hit every time, the shells bouncing off. The second Multiple Hit roll did the trick and finally killed the tank...
Boy, you saw some relief on the faces of those German tankers!
Fun to play!
von Marwitz
1940 Western front action that pits German defenders vs. 5 French S-35 Souma tanks supported by infantry. The Germans initially have 2x Pak 35/36, a 50mm MTR, and 2x ATR to fend them off. Later, 3x Pz38(t)A arrive.
The stuggle against these French tanks is one of the main excitements of this scenario. As the German you know, that your chances are slim to affect them - but you have to keep trying. As there is a 'sudden death' victory condition if 3 of the French tanks die, this will keep the French on their toes.
In the end, my Germans managed to win by knocking out 3 French tanks. The last of these moved up to a Pz38(t)A and parked there at double point blank range with his frontal AF6 and 47Gun (TK12 at that range) against my frontal AF3 and 37L gun (TK10 at that range) in French turn 6. My tankers went white with fear, but fired as hell, keeping ROF two times and getting Multiple hits on the third shot. They hit every time, the shells bouncing off. The second Multiple Hit roll did the trick and finally killed the tank...
Boy, you saw some relief on the faces of those German tankers!
Fun to play!
von Marwitz