We had a game of Blitzkrieg Commander on Wednesday using my figures.

 American Objective
Clear the village of any Germans and defend against any counterattack.

 German Objective
Hold the village at all costs.

 I took the Gerry's while Tom took the Yanks

 The Battlefield German units were hidden in various places.

 The American infantry approach the village supported by a unit of Sherman tanks. 

 The tanks move ahead of the infantry.

 A mortar round lands in the trees and the Americans prepare for the fight.

 A pair of MG42's reveal themselves and open fire on the oncoming American infantry.

 They kill a unit of Americans.

 A mortar round lands on the lead Sherman suppressing it. A second Sherman moves up and suppresses one of the MG's.

The unsuppressed MG fires on an American MG suppressing it. 

 Seeing the Sherman's about to open fire on the MG's the German mortars fire smoke to stop them.

 The mortars fire more smoke as the MG teams make their escape.

 The Americans occupy a building.

 The German mortars suppress two units of infantry.

 American MG teams fire on their German counterparts killing one team.

 The mortars once again lay down smoke.

 They then suppress a tank and a unit of infantry.

 One Sherman leaves the others and goes looking for the mortars.

 Another tank does the same.

But it is fired upon by German infantry in a building using Panzerfaust. 

 The Germans successfully destroy the Sherman.

 Another tank is suppressed allowing the remaining German MG to escape.

 German infantry move out of a ruined building towards the action.

 Unfortunately we ran out of time at this point. We assumed that the Germans would've won if we'd had more time as the mortars were creating havoc and Mick having just realised that the mortars only had to hit a tank on a 4+ up to this point we had been hitting on a 6+. If we had done that from the beginning there would have been alot more burning metal on the field.

Mick will be doing a report of a Napoleonic game we played last week in the next few days.

Thanks for Reading 

Carl Wilson

Empires at War Ltd



PANTHER HUNT

We had a tank battle on Wednesday using Micks 20mm WW2 stuff.

Myself and Tom took the allies and Mick took the Germans.

We used the rules Blitzkrieg Commander.

The Scenario

Normandy 1944 allied air support reported seeing German troops and armour in a nearby village.Allied artillery fired on the village and caused significant damage. After another pass the air support could not ascertain whether all enemies had been neutralised so a platoon of Sherman's and Cromwell's were ordered to move in and destroy any remaining enemies.

The Battlefield. 

 The Cromwell's move down the road led by a Petard.

 The Sherman's move down the right.

 The Cromwell's continue down the road.

 The Sherman's charge across the field toward the village.

 A Sherman sneaks along the road.

One of the Sherman's spots a Panther tank hiding behind a building. 

The Panther fires at the Sherman.

 It hits but does not destroy it although it is suppressed.

 The Cromwell's respond to the gunfire by moving into the field on the left.

 The Sherman's close in on the Panther.

 One of the Cromwell's moves across the field when.

 Another Panther reveals itself and opens fire.

 It damages and suppresses the Cromwell.

 A second Cromwell fires on the Panther.

 It is also damaged and suppressed.

 A third Panther reveals itself and prepares to fire at one of the Sherman's.

 But before it can the Sherman takes cover behind a building.

Another Sherman fires at one of the Panthers. 

 But can only suppress it.

 The Sherman's close in.

 Command Blunder: One of the Cromwell's is destroyed by enemy fire.

The Panther fires on the Petard. 

And Partially damages it.

 But the Panther does not notice the Sherman moving behind it.

 The Sherman opens fire and destroys the Panther.

The Panther behind the hedge manages to suppress a Cromwell.

 The Sherman's move in on the second Panther.

 The remaining three Cromwell's fire on the Panther behind the hedge.

 They only manage to suppress it though.

 The other Panther desperately tries to fend off the attacking Sherman's and manages to suppress one.

 The other Panther attempts to aid its comrade and suppresses another Sherman.

One of the Cromwell's moves into the village and suppresses the Panther. 

 Two Cromwell's fire on the Panther behind the hedge.

 And partially damages it.

 The remaining Cromwell also fires on the same Panther.

 This time the Panthers armour is penetrated and it is destroyed. 

 "WE SURRENDER YA"

 At this point the remaining Panther surrendered.It was a surprising result as we expected the Panthers to be more lethal than they were.

Thanks For Reading 

Carl