Peiper at the Gates

Trois Points, Belgium, December 19, 1944: Seizing Stavelot and the bridge there, 
the 1st SS Panzer Division was racing against the clock and the expectations of its 
commander. Driving west, Peipers panzers headed for the small village of Trois Ponts 
where strategic bridges over the River Ambleve and the River Salm were intact. 
However, the day before Major Robert Gates and his 51st Combat Engineers had arrived 
there, rushed from their previous assignment of operating sawmills in the Ardennes. 
Along the way, they had picked up some unexpected reinforcements - a single 57mm 
anti-tank gun and its crew, separated from their unit. Shortly before noon, The rumble 
of approaching panzers was heard from the northeast.

Game Length: 9 turns

For the Germans to win they must exit 3 tanks across the bridge
For the Americans to win they must prevent tanks from crossing the river

Germans: Squads, MMG, LMG's, AFV's
Americans: squads, HMG's, MMG's, BAZ44's, AT Gun

Boards: #7, #17, #19

Aftermath: As the leading tank neared the bridge, the concealed 57mm AT Gun openned up, 
scoring a direct hit on its tread. For the next 15 minutes the German tankers dueled with 
the desperate gun crew and scatterd American infantrymen. But the uneven contest could not continue long, and a 75mm shell finnaly scored a direct hit on the gun, killing all four 
crewmen. Yet, precious time had been bought with their lives, for as the bridges over the Salm and Ambleve had been destroyed. The enraged Peiper turned his troops northward, up the road towards La Gleize, the only route left open to the west.

Source: ASL SCenario: Taking Fire (a.k.a. "Yanks") Playtest

