Panzer Grenadier Battles on May 3rd:
Afrika Korps #37 - R7, R6 and R5 Afrika Korps #40 - 18th Brigade, Part Two
Afrika Korps #38 - Eighteenth Brigade Grossdeutschland 1944 #20 - The Guards Attack
Afrika Korps #39 - A Costly Attack
Dead panther
Author leonard (United States)
Method Face to Face
Victor United States
Participants unknown
Play Date 2012-01-22
Language English
Scenario BlSS004

It didn't feel so easy : my GIs had to cross the minor river surrounded by swamps of the Airborne map with only one bridge + embankment. On the other side : some SS platoons, 2x 75mm gun platoons, some mortars, one 20mm and....Barkmann's panther platoon. Since the beast was located at the exit of the bridge, it was a total no go for all these shermans.... So US artillery, mortars and HMG begin to try to soften the target. Luckily one of the 75mm AT was quickly atomized along with the best SS leader :decapitation and catastrophic loss. The rest was a question of patience. Some GIs were sent across the bridge and on the embankment next to the dreaded panther : casualties were rising and when a bazooka team finally got the chance to fire some rockets at the monster, they missed the target. More patience and more artillery until, on turn 9, another inf platoon assaulted the panther hex and rolled 12 on the bazooka kill table. More artillery demoralized the second 75mm and... The other player,too. Nice scenario even if the sherman attack is not necessarily easy.

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