Houlie
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Hi folks,
Was playing Schwerpunkt’s Flaming of the Guard this past weekend in Central Minnesota with vacationing Joe Vennarucci from Seattle and this question came up. I had just knocked out one of his Panthers with a British Firefly in my prep fire phase. His crew survived. He rolled for a panzerfaust (PF) and fired it at the Firefly in his DFF. Our question was: can TANK crews that abandon a knocked out TANK actually have PFs? Checking the rule book we saw references to German infantry having capability, but it didn’t exclude tank crews. We played it as though the crew did have PF capability. Fortunately for the chaps in the Firefly, the PF missed.
This was a well-balanced, fun scenario that came down to the final turn’s Brit DFF for a British win. Joe skillfully obliterated my British infantry, but a well-placed 76LL AP round in his last Panther saved the day. It played much longer than the 4 ½ turns would indicate. Give it a try!
Was playing Schwerpunkt’s Flaming of the Guard this past weekend in Central Minnesota with vacationing Joe Vennarucci from Seattle and this question came up. I had just knocked out one of his Panthers with a British Firefly in my prep fire phase. His crew survived. He rolled for a panzerfaust (PF) and fired it at the Firefly in his DFF. Our question was: can TANK crews that abandon a knocked out TANK actually have PFs? Checking the rule book we saw references to German infantry having capability, but it didn’t exclude tank crews. We played it as though the crew did have PF capability. Fortunately for the chaps in the Firefly, the PF missed.
This was a well-balanced, fun scenario that came down to the final turn’s Brit DFF for a British win. Joe skillfully obliterated my British infantry, but a well-placed 76LL AP round in his last Panther saved the day. It played much longer than the 4 ½ turns would indicate. Give it a try!
