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[Plain Ian]

Turn 74 German 24th Dec 8 am - Spa



Its the usual unit selection for Indragnir. His aim is to secure the town hex south west of Spa.


Main points.

More 12th SS units are being fed into the battle. My tanks caught a 12th SS infantry unit in T mode from 2 hexes and inflicted 6 casualties.

His tanks did well against my armour and took out 2. His Jagd PzIV unit [X] did take a Disruption hit though. He then launched an assault using infantry against them. I think it was his 1st SS unit (KG Sandig) which lost 35 men but killed a further 2. He has commented that using infantry with a Hard attack value of 7 is a good option. (even the VGD units have a hard attack value of 7 so you have to be wary sometimes leaving armour alone.)

At Spa he rotated fresh unit into the town and continued his attacks on the 3-29th.

The 3-120th was the worst hit. Artillery and fire from the 3rd FJD. His aim obviously is to push me away from his two trapped armour units in the Swamp here.

Infantry losses to infantry were minimised however as he decided to counterbattery my 400th FA Bn. I had moved this last turn as I thought visibility would be 2 hexes. I fired then moved into dead ground. Naively thinking that this would keep me safe from spotting. Wrong. 15 artillery rounds later I was 9 M7’s down. I think artillery should have similar restrictions to ground fire and air attacks. I think Panzer battles puts a limit on the amount of artillery brought to bear on one hex.
Having said that I will return the favour........