first scenario

[AstroBlues]

I have played the first scenario three times so far and have captured only one objective. Has anyone been more successful?

[AstroBlues]

I am talking about the Amfreville scenario where the US 82nd vs. the German 91ID. Has anyone beat the AI yet on this one? I have been only able to capture one objective and then sometimes none.

[RD Oddball]

It's possible to get a total victory on it under most conditions but your entry VL needs to be somewhere in the north if you want an ideal situation. The NE or north center works well. You can storm the town pretty much uncontested and you'll have a pretty good firefight on the west side of town but eventually wear them down.

The Marder will usually be somewhere in the south although I've seen it deployed elsewhere in this scenario. Make sure you have an AT gun if you're going for the total victory. You can probably do it with a bazooka team though. It's tougher to get at the Marder with the bazooka team as you have to either cross open fields by the tank trap and risk losing them to infantry or somehow get through the German infantry you're fighting with on the west side.

The key is to push hard. If you sit back the Germans will go for the town and then you're screwed. Once they're in those buildings it's a lot tougher but still possible.

[AstroBlues]

Thank you, I will give it a try.

[AstroBlues]

I tried the scenario again, putting more troops in the northeast corner this time and rushed the first building in the town and also rushed the buildings to the west. The German Marauder just chewed up my foward infantry until my bazooka team disposed of it. Anyway, I got three objectives this time, so I am going to try it again. You are right, the American airborne have to be super aggressive to get the town and the objectives.

[RD Oddball]

Sounds like you're making progress. If you make use of standard tactics and principles you'll do even better. Obviously the firepower of multiple teams is preferred to the firepower of one so try to get all of your teams into LOS as close to the same time as possible. Having a single team engaged for a period of time will likely get it wiped out if it is within LOF to multiple enemy teams. Make sure they're in the cover of a stone building as opposed to out in the open or cover of a hedge. All the basics like that. When I first started playing it, it took me a bit of practice to make all of this work on this map.

If you don't have morale turned on, this map is a lot tougher since there's a second pocket of resistance you'll need to clear. The buildings in the south are really tough to clear in a 15 minute time frame since there are basically open fields between the rest of the map and those buildings in the south. You have to start with a pretty strong force before clearing them which means keeping losses to a minimum when clearing the north becomes more important. IIRC the extreme west edge has a path to those buildings that is mostly under cover so you can get fairly close. If you pile a ton of teams through that gap you can usually get the southern buildings pretty easy too.

Again, if you think of the time it takes to clear the north you really have to push hard. No resting and if it's anything but an airborne BG you'll have a tough time keeping them moving.

[AstroBlues]

I finally won as the 82nd airborne. I took five objectives and the Germans held four. I took a group and advanced along a northwestern route. Another wave was going up the road and ran into the Maruader German tank and it destroyed a lot of airborne. I finally got off a clear shot with my anti-tank gun and destroyed it. On to the next scenario.

[RD Oddball]

Cool. Kind of gratifying once you finally succeed isn't it? What level of victory was it in the battle results?

[AstroBlues]

I do not remember the level of victory. I was so thrilled with the victory I did not pay attention. Thank you for the suggestions on how to play the scenario. I had one game one time that the Germans and the Marauder tank came in on the eastern town and just chewed me to pieces. On to the next scenario.

[RD Oddball]

Yeah when the German BG enters from the east that one is tough because the map is so narrow. The worst entry is when the German BG comes in from the northwest and controls the entire town and you're entering from the east in those open fields. Quite a slugfest.