It's been quite some time since I last had a game of BKCII. As an antidote to my CWD prep and painting, I decided to put on a smallish game on a 2' x 2' table. Nothing was firm in my mind as to the scenario, other than I wanted to have some BUA's to fight over.
Whilst reading Caddick-Adams superb 1945 book above and the accounts contained therein, it morphed into a sort of mini-Westwall/Siegfried Line attack, especially as I was getting the terrain out of their boxes and came across my dragon's teeth and barbed wire. Certainly something different to my normal games where I like a bit of space to manouevre my troops around.
Forces wise I did a bit of a points calculation, with the attackers having 50% more than the defenders, but soon realised I needed to up this a bit. Whether this proves to be too much, about right or not enough remains to be seen. The results of all of this can be seen below:
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| An overview of the table, with the British attacking from the edge nearest the camera. The Germans are dug-in in and around the village. |
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| My home made dragon's teeth that haven't seen action for years. |
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| The RAF have made already made a breach in the defences across the road. |
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| A minefield backed up with barbed wire. |
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| The view from the German positions. |
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| Dug-in Volksturm troops have been pushed to the front to absorb the intial assault. |
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| A lone Pz IV in support on the right flank. |
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| A Fallschirmjager MG42 covers the minefield. |
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| A FJ Pak 40 and supporting heavy weapons cover the left flank. |
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| A Stug III covers the main approach, supported by FJ infantry. |
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| Another FJ MG42 covers the approach into the village, with other units nearby. |
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| The rest of the FJ. |
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| The CO dug-in next to the Panther, with its central position allowing it to move to meet threats that develop as required. |
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| The British force. |
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| Hobart's Funnies which will hopefully make light work of the defences. |
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| The main armoured force of Churchills with Typhoon air support. |
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| Three reinforced Companies, with assault pioneers attached. |
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| The British heavy weapons in support including a WASP carrier. |
So there we have it. The game is all set-up and ready to go, to be played hopefully later on today. It's been a long time since I played an attack on such a fortified position, so I'm looking forward to seeing how it all plays out.
Alongside this the painting for the CWD is nearly complete. I need to finish a unit of cavalry, one of artillery and a couple of command stands and then that's it. If I have time a few civilians would be nice but I'll worry about that if and when time permits.
Thanks for reading and leaving a comment too.
TTFN.
