Author	triangular_cube
Method	Solo
Victor	Germany
Play Date	2022-12-16
Language	English
Scenario	DeRa012

This is another Desert Rats unsupported Brit tank attack. Germans have flimsy morale, but these kinds of attacks still don't work well in real life as well as in game. VCs make the Brits need to limit casualties, which is problematic.

Germans set up on the ridge line, in a tight oval surrounding their 81s and 37s. Strategy is to displace the MGs and 1 combat factor leaders to keep stacks of base 16 present while waiting for the Brits to close and then counter assault. Bonus value if the 81s roll snake eyes or the 37's box cars, but otherwise they wont do much. They have an OBA factor of x10, but this cannot achieve a result against the tanks, so they never fire.

Brits attempt to sweep up the ridge on the German right flank and hit them from the second level ridge above. This will give them an extra modifier against the 37s, which are purely an ancillary threat, but you might as well take it.

Here is where your rules dictate the game. I play pure RAW for scenarios I log. This means all hill hexes provide -1 DF, and ALL are limiting terrain regardless of level. In effect, the tanks MUST close to at least 3 hexes to spot and fire at the Germans, meaning that the turn they close, the Germans can get adjacent cleanly. It is then up to the init roll and/or DF results with the -1 for hill to see if the Germans can assault cleanly. If they do, they probably win. they only need to effect 3 step losses, which isnt that hard. The Brit tanks aside from the CS Crusaders arent much of a threat in assualt.

Germans win the init after closing, admittedly lucky but not crazily so, and assault with deadly stacks and get their step losses after 2 turns of assault combat. Brits get 4 step losses, mostly through compound dems, but not enough to draw.

"winning" move for the Brits seems to be to enter the map and dance, evading combat for a "draw". Which makes this scenario even worse due to poorly written VCs.