Home Alive in Forty-Five - Combat Mission: Final Blitzkrieg

Force balance too even for an urban assault where force preservation is also a primary objective.

US forces would need double what they have to take the town with <40% casualties.

For me this scenario is too heavily weighted in the defenders' favour.

Fun advancing as the Allies. Starting with some scouting.

I played the German side against an excellent opponent who is very skilled at controlled fire and movement.

Once the German side is setup, there is not much to do afterwards except reposition some armoured vehicles...so from the German perspective, not too exciting.

Also, the German has many green troops, so the Allies are like a hot knife slowly cutting through butter - the German is not able to offer enough resistance, esp across the wide battlefield, so it feels like the end is inevitable.

Lastly, the Allied armour can be used to slowly advance and blow up German positions. The German armour is limited, and any armour on armour engagements are generally frontal arc engagements where both tanks are hitting each other....it is just a question of which side will go down first.

I felt that this would make an excellent Allied vs Gmn AI battle as all the good action is on the Allied side. Playing it H@H was not so much fun from the German side.

I enjoyed the scenario, as usual. Panzer Lehr was a formidable opponent. I am not a fan of Volstturm troops, but it was a slugfest, and I did enjoy it