Sherman Tanks, scenario: In The mood

I have been meaning to play this for a long time, well that time finally came. I like the increased armor value of the Sherman tanks from a 3 value to a 4 value. This scenario is pretty straight forward, with town control and enemy steps eliminated and visibility for air-support and ammunition shortage rolls for American artillery added in for a little more spice.

The Germans setup with about a 1/3 of their units defending in the southern town and the other 2/3 defending in the large town in the north with a platoon of Panther tanks and mortars in the light woods between the towns. The Americans enter from the south with their armor leading follow by their halftrack mounted infantry. The Germans hit them at first with a 75/41 anti-tank gun units and a Hetzer platoon making short work of the American M18 tank destroyers but the American recover and the battle of the southern town is on and takes almost half the scenario to conquer. The American regather their forces and head recklessly to the northern town and engage Panther tanks and Anti-tank guns, surely Sgt Pool died after this, as by the end of the Game there was only a half-step of Sherman tanks left.

By the end of the scenario, the Americans had only a foothold in the northern town and after 20 turns, the Germans had 39 points to the American 35 points, resulting in a Draw by one point. A pretty fun scenario to play and with only 20 turns, the Americans must keep attacking, no rest. I like the added armor value for the Sherman tanks.