Triple Threat
We played this game at Bill Hamilton's home in North Jackson on August 7, 2010. The 15mm troops are owned by Jay stribling as is most of the terrain shown here. The roads were built by Bill Hamilton. We used Arty Conliffe's rules "Crossfire."
Jay Stribling was the Game-Master for the game, but Bill Hamilton is our rules expert on Crossfire - perhaps because his eyes can find things in the rules more quickly! It would be difficult to run one of these without Bill. Several of the club members have purchased copies of these rules.
Photo by Bill Hamilton
A lucky Sherman beats the odds and takes out the approaching Panzer with a frontal hit. Some of the red "Fall" trees are as bright as the flames from the burning tank.
Photo by Bill Hamilton
An Airborne platoon pulls back in the face of the approaching Panzer. A second platoon, one squad carrying a bazooka, is getting ready to move into the trees. ) An Airborne platoon gets shot up, but holds the line against the Germans. Another platoon holds onto another thick patch of woods. 6) The Germans use a patch of rocky ground as cover while they exchange fire with the Americans. 7) As dusk falls, Americans hold the town and securely hold the ground around two of the guns.
Photo by Bill Hamilton
Continuing from the caption above - The Panzer continues to advance, and the Sherman gets a second kill. The wrecked German truck is just a scenic piece, placed there by the Game-Master.
Photo by Bill Hamilton
The second Sherman moves up, but takes a hit from a Panzershrek and goes up like a Roman candle.
Photo by Bill Hamilton
An Airborne platoon gets shot up, but holds the line against the Germans. Another platoon holds onto another thick patch of woods.
Photo by Bill Hamilton
The Germans use a patch of rocky ground as cover while they exchange fire with the Americans.
Photo by Bill Hamilton
As dusk falls, Americans hold the town and securely hold the ground around two of the guns.
All of the above photos and captions are by Bill Hamilton. We are still awaiting the combat photos taken from the center and left flanks of the battlefield.
The American Players, Forces & Objectives
There were three American players. On the Right Flank, Bill Hamilton commanded two companies of the 508th Parachute infantry reinforced by two Sherman M-4 tanks. In the center Seam Pitts commanded two companies of the 20th U.S. Infantry. On the left flank, Phil Young commanded two companies of the 20th Infantry, supported by an M-18 tank destroyer.
The mission for all of the American forces was to attack. On the Right, Bill Hamilton was to seize the town of Supine, and occupy as many as possible of three deserted German artillery emplacements.
In the Center, Sean Pitts's mission was to attack, getting his men as far forward as possible.
On the left, Phil Young had the mission of advancing and occupying a deserted road-house close to the German side of the table.
The German Players, Forces & Objectives
Jim Pitts led the German Fallschirmjagers (paratroopers) on the Axis left flank (Opposed by Bill Hamilton). His strength was two jaeger companies, strenghtened by two Mark IV panzers. Jim's objectives exactly mirrored Bill's. They were to counterattack, seize the town of Supine, and as many as possible of three abandoned German artillery emplacements.
In the Center, Ed Sansing led a two companies of German infantry in a mission to advance as deeply as possible into the Allied positions.
On the German right flank, Mark and Martha Stevens (acting alternately) were to clear the road and pass a convoy of three Mark V Panther tanks (with non-functional main guns) to the Panzer repair facility in the town of Facile, behind the American lines. This mission was specifically ordered by Field-Marshal von Wurst, even though everyone else believed that the Americans had long since occoupied Facile.
So, who won this game?
The Americans did. Bill Hamilton, on the right, won the initiative and his infantry bouded forward, seizing the town of Supine and establishing a defensive line that the Whermacht was never able to breach.
In the Center, Sean Pitts and Ed Sansing fought to a draw. On the Right, Phil Young was not able to advance far, but he held the road, destroying one of the Panther tanks, thus denying the Germans the opportunity to exit tanks to his rear.
We were playing this game on a table with an 8-foot frontage, so that each pair of opponents had only about 2.6 feet of front available. As was pointed out to the game-master (forcefully) this was not enought frontage to fight two companies of infantry on, much less any supporting armor.
Your game-master will try to do better in our next Crossfire game, scheduled for August 21, 2010.
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