Latest Blitz H2H approved scenario passes testing.

[Mr Grumpy]

Congratulations to VM for his 12th Blitz H2H approved scenario, #0515_01_Stonne_Alt from France 40 has passed through testing and the scenario file can be DL from the post in the OpS H2H approved list located here https://www.theblitz.club/message_boards...hp?fid=147.

This scenario was used in its stock version for the GD Tourney and most players agreed it was very pro German in its balance, so we have worked hard to redress that imbalance and give the French player a fighting chance, some scenarios are more difficult to balance than others and this one was a b***h with maybe 10 tests needing to be played to achieve a satisfactory result, as always i would never claim the Approved scenario are perfect, but they do offer a well balanced game between opponents of similar abilities.

I would like to thank FLG, Hadge and RickyB for helping me to test the scenario and for their excellent feedback. :bow:

This scenario file will overwrite the older version in the present F40 _Alt scenario pack that you need to have DL from VMods to obtain the OOB/PDT files.

Scenario description:
Stonne, France, 15th May 1940: After the failure of the counterattack of May 14th with some infantry the French HQ is preparing for another attack. Stonne, a small French village near Sedan, will be the "Verdun" of 1940 for those French and Germans who fought here. During this day the village will change hand several times. For the French it was the starting point of their counterattack that was supposed to plug the hole created by Guderian at Sedan. On the German side, the position has to be taken by the Grossdeutschland Regiment. They must guard the flank of the Panzer Gruppe v. Kleist which is moving west. The 10. Panzer Division will come to their support. [Size small] (stock description) Editor's note: This scenario has been heavily edited based on the following sources: "Blitzkrieg à l’Ouest, Mai-Juin 40" (Jean-Paul Pallud), "Fallait-il sauver le char Bayard ?" (René Boly), "L'Arme Blindée Française (volume 1) : Mai-juin 1940 ! Les blindés français dans la tourmente" (Gérard Saint-Martin), la campagne de l'Ouest de 1940" (Karl-Heinz Frieser), "l'artillerie de la 3e DIM du 14 mai au 7 juin 1940 au sud de Sedan dans la bataille de Stonne" (Musée de l'Artillerie), "Le mythe de la guerre-éclair - la campagne de l'Ouest de 1940" (Karl-Heinz Frieser), "Les combats du Mont-Dieu - Mai 1940" (Gérard Giuliano), Testimonies of various veterans including several from the 41e BCC which were used in the book by René Boly, War diary of the 41e BCC.