The Closer WTO (id:#64038)
See Also: The Closer by Multi-Man Publishing
St. Lambert-sur-Dives, France 1944-08-20 ()
Designer: Pete Shelling
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
GermanCanadian
56.25%

Overview:

Having secured most of the small village of St. Lambert-sur-Dives with a quick strike the day before, Major David Vivian Currie of the South Alberta Regiment, consolidated his mixed force of tanks and infantry around the main bridge across the Dives River, which was really a little creek by mid-summer. As the remains of the German 7. Armee attempted to escape between the Polish and US troops to the east near Mt. Ormel and Chambois and the Canadian First Army advancing from the west towards Trun, many of the fleeing Germans believed the route through St. Lambert to still be open, but instead ran into Currie's small but well-prepared battle group. At first, many of the would-be escapee's were taken by surprise and captured on the spot, but as the day on the desperate (and potency) of the German counterattacks increased.
Attacker: German (Infanterie-Division 352 with Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 5 and Panzer-Division 2)
Defender: Canadian (C Squadron,South Alberta Regiment and B Company, Argyll and Southern Highlanders)  
5.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:20.0 D:7.0
AFVs: A:5
PzKpfw VIE (L)
PzKpfw VG
PzKpfw IVH x 2
PSW 234/2

AFVs: D:5
Sherman VC(a)
Sherman V(a) x 4

Guns: A:0 D:0

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Gully is a shallow stream (B20,42), Bocage (B9.5), A: Lax (A11.8)
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2026-06-06(A) Jim Liang vs John Gorkowski German win

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2025-05-08(A) Peter Albrechtsen vs Claus Jakobsen German win5 hrs
2024-09-22(A) Nicola Marangon vs Davide Cerana German win
2024-05-09(D) Paolo Cariolato vs Federico Corso Canadian winMy opponent sent everyone on his left flank except some token force in the middle. He took horrendous losses but since numbers have a quality of their own, the difference started to tell. my infantry managed to stay away from his firepower, but AFVs couldn't, and I lost 4 Sherman during the course of the scenario, one for a stupid mistake since I forgot about a PSK 4 hexes away, and bocage was not enough to save my bacon.
There was an 18 CVP differential in the last turn. He had a Panther, 2 PzIV and 1 squad with a 8-1 that could exit.
The AFV had to take a BOG check and the Pz. IV ESP for 1 and 2 MPs on top of that all units had to run the gauntlet of the last Sherman GUN and MGs, a 3 hexes PIAT and the fire from 4 squads well led. It was not easy but not impossible either.
the Panther exited, but then the first PzIV bogged exiting the stream while the other rolled boxcars on the ESB roll. That was game over. Nice scenario with high replay value.
2024-04-06(A) Jason Wert vs Chris Hannum German win
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Map + scenario infos + counters (AP142 board V669.vsav)VASL SetupMichel Bongiovanni972
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VASL Log file (AP142 The Closer all.vlog)VASL Game LogBravoCo20
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Views: 8833
To-Play list count: 3
Estimated Play time: 5.6 hours
Recorded Games: 29
Archive recorded plays:
German13
Canadian15
Drawn:1

ROAR Data: (as of today)
The Closer [Confirmed]
[A] German 41
[D] British 27
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