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Panzer Lion #7 - Back to Kalmu
That was Quick!
Author treadasaurusrex (Australia)
Method Face to Face
Victor Draw
Participants Tambu
Play Date 2021-09-28
Language English
Scenario AfKo011

This is a quick and easy, unbalanced, 7-turn scenario. The Italians have 2 armor units which run into 3 entrenched Australian infantry outfits with a HMG platoon and an 2-pdr AT Gun.

There isn’t a lot of room for clever tactical maneuver. Basically, the Italians advance as fast as possible risking opportunity fire from the AT gun, dodge behind one of the Australian strongpoints to prevent additional AT shots since the AT gun has no transport to move it to a better firing position. For the Australians, the drill is to make best use of their opportunity fire and close as quickly as possible in assault mode with the unescorted Italians armor platoons.

The Australians eliminated all but a half-strength M-13/40 tank platoon in a series of infantry assaults next to one of the entrenchments. Even so, the end of the scenario found that intrepid Italian tank unit directly adjacent to one of the strongpoints. The result was a draw.

As others have observed, this is a decent, quick training scenario to learn how to move armored units and position AT guns for maximum effect. Without any supporting infantry and a leader, the best that the Italians can shoot for is a draw.

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