A Long Long Road

[Alby]

ORIGINAL: Riun T

mines on the airfield ??? now I've seen everything!!![X(]

Guess they were expecting us
[:@]
Now of course these mines would not mean anything to Gunny since he turns his off...LOL
[:D]

[Riun T]

can just see it now;damaged french bomber comin in for emergency landing,, blows tire and swerves off tarmac and is destroyed by one of their own mines!![&:]

[FlashfyreSP]

I'm playing this campaign myself...but I have a terrible habit of forgetting to take screenshots!

My core force is:

US Combat Team composed of:
1 Command Tank, M4A1
1 Cav Recon Section - patrols and Jeep .50cals
1 Medium Tank Platoon - M4A1 Shermans
1 Medium Tank Platoon - M4 Shermans
1 Armoured Infantry Platoon, 1942 composition
1 Armoured Engineer Platoon
1 Tank Destroyer Section - M10 3" GMCs
1 Self-Propelled Artillery Section - T19 105mm HMCs

Attached:
1 Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Artillery Section - M15s
1 FO Jeep
1 Self-Propelled Mortar Section - M4 81mm MMCs
1 Cavalry Track - M2 Halftrack assigned to Battalion HQ.

[Riun T]

get the pics commin Flash, it gives me incentive for my fights to see all of your efforts posted too![&o]

[Goblin]

The mine was just off the airfield rpotecting the French bunker's flank, Riun.
 
 
Goblin

[Riun T]

YA, i see it right behind the hanger on thee left centre,, but I did say a bomber,, and just how far do your bombers skid gobby,,, wheres your screenshots weenee[:'(]

[Alby]

ORIGINAL: FlashfyreSP

I'm playing this campaign myself...but I have a terrible habit of forgetting to take screenshots!

My core force is:

US Combat Team composed of:
1 Command Tank, M4A1
1 Cav Recon Section - patrols and Jeep .50cals
1 Medium Tank Platoon - M4A1 Shermans
1 Medium Tank Platoon - M4 Shermans
1 Armoured Infantry Platoon, 1942 composition
1 Armoured Engineer Platoon
1 Tank Destroyer Section - M10 3" GMCs
1 Self-Propelled Artillery Section - T19 105mm HMCs

Attached:
1 Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Artillery Section - M15s
1 FO Jeep
1 Self-Propelled Mortar Section - M4 81mm MMCs
1 Cavalry Track - M2 Halftrack assigned to Battalion HQ.

Looks good, close to mine using the TD recon CO

[Alby]

Turns 7 -9
French troops are now pouring out at us from everywhere now.
French cavalry is attacking thru the cemetary.
A group of armored cars(AMD 50s)was spotted coming in from the south and, a few bit the dust courtesy of a 3inch gun from an M10.
The big gun in the south was another of those rotating turret forts and it made a Sherman pay for moving in its line of fire.
A platoon of french Somua tanks is spotted coming in from the north.


French troops attacking on East end

[Alby]

French Cavalry attack

[Alby]

Somuas coming in from the north.
Thats the French Btln HQ to their left

[Alby]

Turns 10-11
A platoon of German Pz IIIms is spotted in the South, the M10 who took care of the AMD 50s earlier opens up and takes one out with its 3 inch gun, but at the same time a Pz III fires a 50mm round and takes out the M10 [:@]
The Shermans I had placed at the east end in a defensive perimeter now await the Pz IIIs to come into range. [:)]
In the South French Troops pop up along with another Platoon of Somuas and some more AMD 50 armored Cars
I rush some Shermans into position to take out the weak Somuas,
While the infantry in V hex try to hold on the French troops.
On the North and West ends numerous counter attacks are beaten back.


The Pz IIIs approach

[Alby]

Pz IIIs meet the might that is the M4 Sherman!
[:D]

[Alby]

At the South end The French Somuas and Infantry try to win back the Southern V hex
we must repeatedly call for smoke rounds to keep that rotating turret fort blinded.

[Alby]

The Somuas also feel the Might of the M4, notice rtheir reduced numbers,[:)] while some more armored cars are coming up form the south.
[:-]

[Alby]

My 37mm GMCs are called in from the rear to help with the Armored Cars in the south, while in the East the last Pz III finally is destroyed and the last of the French Infantry is beaten off.
All V hexes up up back in US forces hands

[Alby]

The Battle is over.

[Alby]

After Battle report

[Alby]

Next mission, look like we are headed for Tunisia.

[Riun T]

Excellent fight ALB, those lost tanks cost u a decisive thou!![:(]

[Alby]

Core and Support
Units after "L" are my support units for battle 2
Unfortunately I could not repair all my units.
[:(]