Priests on the Line WTO (id:#56476)
La Pompe, France
1944-07-29 (5 others)
TAC48: Pris Au Piège (Tactiques # 6)
BFP-23: Prelim to Death Night (BFP 2: Operation Cobra)
CHA #15: Fritz's Escape (Critical Hit Annual #2)
#7: Alarm Unit (Kaunas Offensive)
Bonus 2: The Roncey Pocket (Critical Hit Annual #5)
BFP-23: Prelim to Death Night (BFP 2: Operation Cobra)
CHA #15: Fritz's Escape (Critical Hit Annual #2)
#7: Alarm Unit (Kaunas Offensive)
Bonus 2: The Roncey Pocket (Critical Hit Annual #5)
Designer: Brian Youse
Starter kit scenario?: Deluxe scenario?:
Balance:
GermanAmerican
Overview:
By the fourth day of Operation Cobra, it was obvious to the German High Command that their forces were on the verge of being surrounded. They ordered the front line units to break out from the evolving pocket by moving south-east towards Percy. Near La Pompe, a column of armor from the 2nd SS Panzer Division, supported by infantry from two companies of the 6th Fallschirmjager Regiment, ran into an outpost of the 4th Infantry Division manning one of these road junctions with M10 tank destroyer support. The armor and the paratroopers quickly overran the small outpost of Americans, who were forced to fall back along the road to a field where the 778th Armored Field Artillery Battalion had its M7 “Priests” set up to provide indirect fire support. The “Priests” lowered their guns, and along with the remnants of the infantry, engaged in a pitched firefight with the panzers.Attacker: German (6th Fallschirmjäger Regiment and 2nd SS Panzer Division)
Defender: American (Company C, 82nd Recon Battalion/Batteries B and C, 78th AFA Battalion and 195th AAA Battalion/41st Armored Infantry Regiment)
6.5 turns
Players: 2 OBA: None Night: No| Unit Counts: |
| Squads: A:12.0 D:8.5 |
| AFVs: A:10 StuG IIIG (L) x 4 SPW 250/8 x 4 SPW 250/9 x 2 |
| AFVs: D:11 M10 GMC M8 x 2 M7 HMC x 3 M15A1 MGMC M3 ht x 4 |
| Guns: A:0 D:0 |
| Misc Rules: | Hedges and Walls: Bocage (B9.5), Bore Sighting: NA, D: Hero (A15.2) |
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| Overlays: | Hd4 | Hd5 | Hd7 |
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| VASL Scenario Setup (J74 Priests On The Line v667.vsav) | VASL Setup | Turuk | 1556 |
| (J074 Priests on the Line Scenario Archive.jpg) | Image | von Marwitz | 2484 |
| M7 "Priest" 105mm HMC (M7 Priest 105 howitzer motor carriage.jpg) | Image | hoxson1 | 2158 |
| (germ and SS-usa.png) | Image | hoxson1 | 2082 |
| Situation at game end (J74 end of German CCPh GT7.PNG) | Image | dieneuner25 | 1655 |
| VASL Map (J074 Priests on the line.jpg) | Map Image | Fre20741 | 2258 |
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| Avg Rating: 7.00 | Votes: 27 | Views: | 10238 |
| To-Play list count: | 12 | |
| Estimated Play time: | 8.5 hours | |
| Recorded Games: | 27 | |
| Archive recorded plays: | ||
| German | 18 | |
| American | 9 | |
| Drawn: | 0 | |
| ROAR Data: (as of today) Priests on the Line [Confirmed] |
| [A] American | 50 |
| [D] German | 54 |