Spearhead Division, scenario # 20: Wewer

I was finally able to start playing Spearhead Division scenarios and since I wanted to play one with a Jagdtiger, and low counter density I picked this one. I still don’t understand why the American counters had to be the color yellow for this supplement but they look nice.

The Germans setup up their Jagdtiger, PZIVH and 20mm AA Gun and one leader up front dug-in and all the rest of the units toward the rear defending the town and north-south road.

The Americans enter from the south and rush as many units forward as possible hoping to overwhelm the German armor with armor and Infantry as well as air-power. The Americans took a beating with those German Jagdtiger and PZIVH units before American Infantry assaulted in numbers. Each side made two mistakes, one the Germans should have left some Infantry to defend their armor and on the other side of that coin, the Americans should never have rushed so my armor at the Germans and just let their Infantry handle it.

Once the Americans overcame the Germans, they advance on the city/town in the north and with combined arms of: Armor, Infantry, Artillery & Air-power they pretty much reduced most of the remaining German Infantry and 88mm Gun units for an American major victory of 13 points more than the Germans.

I never moved the monster Jagdtiger but fought in place with it until it was too late.