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1940: The Fall of France

AP Series	Panzer Grenadier
Designers	Bennighof, Leonard
Game Type	Standalone
Format	Boxed
Release Date	2009-08
Availability	Out of Print
Scenarios	52
Counters	660
Counter Type	Die-cut
Maps	8

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TheDoctor on 2012-08-20
Bart on 2021-03-05
garbare83686 on 2022-04-12

Overall Rating, 721 votes
5 4 3 2 1 3.41
Standalone Rank: 23 of 38

Popularity: Ownership & Activity
Status	Owned by 40%	Played by 31%	AAR'd by 28%	Medaled by 2%
Rank	8th of 163	2nd of 152	2nd of 150	14th of 92

Overall balance chart for Fall of France 1

	Total
Side 1	409
Draw	78
Side 2	206

	Total
Side 1	353
Draw	61
Side 2	156

	Total
Side 1	56
Draw	17
Side 2	50

	In the spring of 1940 the French Army was considered the world's finest, with better tanks and artillery than their German enemies and more of them. But when German armies rolled into France and Belgium behind the panzer spearheads, it was the French who crumbled, and within six weeks the Nazi blitzkrieg had claimed its most impressive victory.

Display Scenario List (52)

Scenario	Plays	AARs	Rating
01. A Beautiful Morning	51	19	3.4
02. Scratch Defense	31	17	2.8
03. Pan, dans la gueule à Jean!	32	14	2.7
04. Wagram and Tilsit	21	8	3.5
05. Through the Ardennes	19	8	3.8
06. First Armor Clash	23	10	3.7
07. Race to the Meuse	12	6	4.5
08. Rommel Crosses the Meuse	16	8	3.9
09. The Witch's Cauldron	13	10	3.7
10. Hell River	21	14	3.5
11. Spearhead	21	13	3.3
12. Expanding the Bridgehead	9	5	3.7
13. Lords of Steel	24	9	3.6
14. A Quiet Village	21	12	3.4
15. Delaying Action	21	15	2.8
16. Early Morning at Stonne	18	6	3.5
17. Piercing the Iron Line	12	4	4.2
18. The Iron Line: South	12	5	3.8
19. Hard Enough	12	4	3.2
20. Early Montcornet	10	2	3.3
21. Red Dusk	13	7	3.1
22. Furia Francese!	8	5	3.9
23. Unstoppable Force	10	4	3.5
24. Secure the Flank!	8	4	2.7
25. Lost Children	12	4	3.8
26. To the Bridges!	12	3	3.5
27. Knightly Combat	19	8	3.4
28. They Shall not Pass!	8	5	3.8
29. For God, France and Joan of Arc	11	1	3.6
30. Sidi Brahim Again	13	8	3.7
31. Holding the Flank	11	4	3.2
32. A Bridgehead Too Far	14	5	3
33. Night Sortie	4	1	4
34. Fighting the Fire	10	2	2.8
35. Always Ready	10	2	3
36. The End of Groupement Andre	8	0	3.5
37. Hill 276	6	2	3.6
38. Before the Stop Order	12	4	3.6
39. Swamp Struggle: Day One	6	0	3
40. Swamp Struggle, Day Two	5	0	3
41. Counterattack at Dunkirk	12	6	3.5
42. Iron Fist	7	1	3.5
43. Back on the Attack	8	2	3.2
44. Coup de Grace	5	1	4
45. Road to Dunkirk	15	5	3.6
46. The Phoenix	6	3	3.9
47. Dragon Trap	11	3	3.3
48. Le Deluge	6	0	3.8
49. "We Will Not Surrender!"	11	4	3.5
50. Valley of Death	6	1	3.1
51. Insha'Allah	4	2	3.6
52. Night Visions	3	1	3.3

Display Order of Battle

France Order of Battle

Armée de Terre
Foot Leader Mechanized Misc Motorized Towed

Armée de Terre

Foot

Leader

Mechanized

Misc

Motorized

Towed

Moroccan Ground Forces
Foot Towed

Moroccan Ground Forces

Foot

Towed

Germany Order of Battle

Grossdeutschland Division
Foot

Heer
Foot Leader Mechanized Motorized Towed

Heer

Foot

Leader

Mechanized

Motorized

Towed

Luftwaffe
Towed

Display Relevant AFV Rules

AFV Rules Pertaining to this Game's Order of Battle
Vulnerable to results on the Assault Combat Chart (7.25, 7.63, ACC), and may be attacked by Anti-Tank fire (11.2, DFT). Anti-Tank fire only affects the individual unit fired upon (7.62, 11.0). AFV's are activated by tank leaders (3.2, 3.3, 5.42, 6.8). They may also be activated as part of an initial activating stack, but if activated in this way would need a tank leader in order to carry out combat movement. AFV's do not block Direct Fire (10.1). Full-strength AFV's with "armor efficiency" may make two anti-tank (AT) fire attacks per turn (either in their action segment or during opportunity fire) if they have AT fire values of 0 or more (11.2). Each unit with an AT fire value of 2 or more may fire at targets at a distance of between 100% and 150% of its printed AT range. It does so at half its AT fire value. (11.3) Efficient and non-efficient AFV's may conduct two opportunity fires per turn if using direct fire (7.44, 7.64). Units with both Direct and AT Fire values may use either type of fire in the same turn as their opportunity fire, but not both (7.22, 13.0). Units which can take opportunity fire twice per turn do not have to target the same unit both times (13.0). Demoralized AFV's are not required to flee from units that do not have AT fire values (14.3). Place a Wreck marker when an AFV is eliminated in a bridge or town hex (16.3). AFV's do not benefit from Entrenchments (16.42). AFV's may Dig In (16.2). Open-top AFV's: Immune to M, M1 and M2 results on Direct and Bombardment Fire Tables, but DO take step losses from X and #X results (7.25, 7.41, 7.61, BT, DFT). If a "2X" or "3X" result is rolled, at least one of the step losses must be taken by an open-top AFV if present. Closed-top AFV's: Immune to M, M1 and M2 results on Direct and Bombardment Fire Tables. Do not take step losses from Direct or Bombardment Fire. If X or #X result on Fire Table, make M morale check instead (7.25, 7.41, 7.61, BT, DFT). Closed-top AFV's: Provide the +1 modifier on the Assault Table when combined with infantry. (Modifier only applies to Germans in all scenarios; Soviet Guards in scenarios taking place after 1942; Polish, US and Commonwealth in scenarios taking place after 1943.) (ACC) Tank: all are closed-top and provide the +1 Assault bonus, when applicable Assault Gun: if closed-top, provide the +1 Assault bonus, when applicable Tank Destroyer: do not provide the +1 Assault bonus, even if closed-top (SB) APC – Armored Personnel Carrier: These are Combat Units, but stack like Transports. They can transport personnel units or towed units. They are not counted as combat units for the +1 stacking modifier on the Direct Fire and Bombardment Tables (4.4). They may be activated by regular leaders and tank leaders (1.2, 3.34, 4.3, 5.43). They do not provide the +1 Assault bonus (ACC). Armored Cars: These are Combat Units. They are motorized instead of mechanized. All have their own armored car leaders, who can only activate armored cars (6.85). Do not provide the +1 Assault bonus (ACC). Reconnaissance Vehicle: 8.23 Special Spotting Powers Both foot and vehicle mounted recce units (1.2) possess two special spotting abilities. The first ability is that they can spot enemy in limiting terrain at one hex further than the TEC specifies for other units and leaders. For example, an enemy unit in town can normally be spotted at three hexes or less, but a recce unit can spot them at four hexes.Their second ability is that they can place a Spotted marker on any one enemy unit they can spot per turn, just as if the enemy unit had "blown its cover" by firing. Such Spotted markers are removed as described earlier. Prime Movers: Transports which only transport towed units and/or leaders (May not carry personnel units). May or may not be armored (armored models are open-top). All are mechanized. (SB) Armored Transports: These are not combat units and are therefore not APC's, and they can transport all types of transportable units (5.6) so they are not Prime Movers. They suffer the same vulnerabilities in combat as open-top AFV's (7.61). All are mechanized. (SB) Unarmored Weapon Carriers: These are unarmored halftracks (Bufla and Sk7/2) or fully-tracked vehicles (Karl siege mortar) with mounted weapons. All are mechanized, except the BM-13 (Katyusha rocket launcher mounted on a truck). They are weapon units, not AFV's, so they are never efficient and cannot be activated by tank leaders. (SB) Portees: Trucks with mounted Anti-Tank guns, Anti-Aircraft weapons, or artillery. Stack as combat units. Move like trucks, but fire like guns. Do not limber or unlimber. Have the truck's -1 armor value. Truck and gun are treated as a single unit, and do not transport other units. (SB)

AFV Rules Pertaining to this Game's Order of Battle

Vulnerable to results on the Assault Combat Chart (7.25, 7.63, ACC), and may be attacked by Anti-Tank fire (11.2, DFT). Anti-Tank fire only affects the individual unit fired upon (7.62, 11.0).
AFV's are activated by tank leaders (3.2, 3.3, 5.42, 6.8). They may also be activated as part of an initial activating stack, but if activated in this way would need a tank leader in order to carry out combat movement.
AFV's do not block Direct Fire (10.1).
Full-strength AFV's with "armor efficiency" may make two anti-tank (AT) fire attacks per turn (either in their action segment or during opportunity fire) if they have AT fire values of 0 or more (11.2).
Each unit with an AT fire value of 2 or more may fire at targets at a distance of between 100% and 150% of its printed AT range. It does so at half its AT fire value. (11.3)
Efficient and non-efficient AFV's may conduct two opportunity fires per turn if using direct fire (7.44, 7.64). Units with both Direct and AT Fire values may use either type of fire in the same turn as their opportunity fire, but not both (7.22, 13.0). Units which can take opportunity fire twice per turn do not have to target the same unit both times (13.0).
Demoralized AFV's are not required to flee from units that do not have AT fire values (14.3).
Place a Wreck marker when an AFV is eliminated in a bridge or town hex (16.3).
AFV's do not benefit from Entrenchments (16.42).
AFV's may Dig In (16.2).
Open-top AFV's: Immune to M, M1 and M2 results on Direct and Bombardment Fire Tables, but DO take step losses from X and #X results (7.25, 7.41, 7.61, BT, DFT). If a "2X" or "3X" result is rolled, at least one of the step losses must be taken by an open-top AFV if present.
Closed-top AFV's: Immune to M, M1 and M2 results on Direct and Bombardment Fire Tables. Do not take step losses from Direct or Bombardment Fire. If X or #X result on Fire Table, make M morale check instead (7.25, 7.41, 7.61, BT, DFT).
Closed-top AFV's: Provide the +1 modifier on the Assault Table when combined with infantry. (Modifier only applies to Germans in all scenarios; Soviet Guards in scenarios taking place after 1942; Polish, US and Commonwealth in scenarios taking place after 1943.) (ACC)
Tank: all are closed-top and provide the +1 Assault bonus, when applicable
Assault Gun: if closed-top, provide the +1 Assault bonus, when applicable
Tank Destroyer: do not provide the +1 Assault bonus, even if closed-top (SB)
APC – Armored Personnel Carrier: These are Combat Units, but stack like Transports. They can transport personnel units or towed units. They are not counted as combat units for the +1 stacking modifier on the Direct Fire and Bombardment Tables (4.4). They may be activated by regular leaders and tank leaders (1.2, 3.34, 4.3, 5.43). They do not provide the +1 Assault bonus (ACC).
Armored Cars: These are Combat Units. They are motorized instead of mechanized. All have their own armored car leaders, who can only activate armored cars (6.85). Do not provide the +1 Assault bonus (ACC).
Reconnaissance Vehicle: 8.23 Special Spotting Powers Both foot and vehicle mounted recce units (1.2) possess two special spotting abilities. The first ability is that they can spot enemy in limiting terrain at one hex further than the TEC specifies for other units and leaders. For example, an enemy unit in town can normally be spotted at three hexes or less, but a recce unit can spot them at four hexes.Their second ability is that they can place a Spotted marker on any one enemy unit they can spot per turn, just as if the enemy unit had "blown its cover" by firing. Such Spotted markers are removed as described earlier.
Prime Movers: Transports which only transport towed units and/or leaders (May not carry personnel units). May or may not be armored (armored models are open-top). All are mechanized. (SB)
Armored Transports: These are not combat units and are therefore not APC's, and they can transport all types of transportable units (5.6) so they are not Prime Movers. They suffer the same vulnerabilities in combat as open-top AFV's (7.61). All are mechanized. (SB)
Unarmored Weapon Carriers: These are unarmored halftracks (Bufla and Sk7/2) or fully-tracked vehicles (Karl siege mortar) with mounted weapons. All are mechanized, except the BM-13 (Katyusha rocket launcher mounted on a truck). They are weapon units, not AFV's, so they are never efficient and cannot be activated by tank leaders. (SB)
Portees: Trucks with mounted Anti-Tank guns, Anti-Aircraft weapons, or artillery. Stack as combat units. Move like trucks, but fire like guns. Do not limber or unlimber. Have the truck's -1 armor value. Truck and gun are treated as a single unit, and do not transport other units. (SB)

Display Errata (31)

31 Errata Items
	Motorcycles cannot enter roadblocks, they must dismount and change to INF platoons to enter a roadblock hex. Once dismounted they cannot remount. (PG-Tank Dude on 2010 Apr 30)
	There are three types of fields, examples are on Map 33 in hexes 0210, 0410 and 0510. (PG-Tank Dude on 2010 May 01)
	Day and Night Unless otherwise noted, dawn and dusk occur on this schedule. As the sun rises visibility increases as follows: 0430 or earlier: 1 hex (Night) 0445: 2 hexes (Night) 0500: 4 hexes 0515: 8 hexes 0530 or later: 12 hexes As the sun sets, visibility decreases as follows: 2100 or earlier: 12 hexes (Day) 2115: 8 hexes 2130: 4 hexes 2145: 2 hexes (Night) 2200 or later: 1 hex (Night) The original discussion may be followed in the forums. (plloyd1010 on 2021 Nov 15)
Scen 5	The Scenario Special Rules (SSRs) fail to identify the German SK221 & SK222 armored cars as open-topped AFV's. (treadasaurusrex on 2021 Nov 22)
Scen 6	Add a German LT to spot for artillery. (PG-Tank Dude on 2010 Apr 30)
Scen 13	French Major should be a Commandant. (PG-Tank Dude on 2010 Apr 30)
Scen 13	German 37mm should be 37mm AT. (rerathbun on 2010 May 18)
Scen 17	This scenario asks for 8 German Captains to be selected. There are only 7 German Captains in the whole of the Fall of France box-set mix. (vince hughes on 2013 Mar 06)
Scen 19	German 37mm should be 37mm AT. (rerathbun on 2010 May 18)
Scen 20	French Major should be a Commandant. (PG-Tank Dude on 2010 Apr 30)
Scen 23	French Major should be a Commandant. (PG-Tank Dude on 2010 Apr 30)
Scen 28	Germans have a PzIVa, not PzIIIa. (PG-Tank Dude on 2010 Apr 30)
Scen 31	German 37mm should be 37mm AT. (rerathbun on 2010 May 18)
Scen 33	The Germans are short by seven trucks, not being able to meet the requirements for the OOB. (TheDoctor on 2012 Aug 14)
Scen 35	German 37mm should be 37mm AT. (rerathbun on 2010 May 18)
Scen 37	French Major should be a Commandant. (Hugmenot on 2013 Jul 03)
Scen 38	The French 20mm en portée should be a 75mm AA en portée. (leonard on 2010 Nov 30)
Scen 44	French Major should be a Commandant. (Hugmenot on 2013 Jul 04)
Scen 48	German 37mm should be 37mm AT. (rerathbun on 2010 May 18)
Scen 48	French Major should be a Commandant. (Hugmenot on 2013 Jul 04)
Scen 49	German 37mm should be 37mm AT. (rerathbun on 2010 May 18)
Scen 50	Terrain modifications: "Ignore all roads and Town terrain west of the river on board 29; instead a road runs south from board 29 hex 404 through hex 0403, 0402, 0502 and 0601..'. Should this not be east of the river? The road creation is instead of the absence of the other road and town features on that same side? (Bart on 2021 Feb 08)
	In 1940: Fall of France, the units show Direct Fire. All units are Indirect Fire. (rerathbun on 2015 Jun 06)
	This is actually another ½track vehicle, simiar to the AMR33 & AMR35. It used the mechanized movement rate. (plloyd1010 on 2013 Apr 20)
	Two 105mms (ID#s 1204, 1205) have "16-31" fire values in black (direct fire), when they should be in white (indirect fire). (Shad on 2010 Dec 15)
	The reduced direct fire value of the Heer HMG became 5-5 starting with Fall of France. (plloyd1010 on 2015 Jul 31)
	Two German PzJr. 1 counters have their full strengths printed on the back, and reduced strengths on the front. (Shad on 2010 Dec 15)
	The morale and combat modifiers of German Sergeant #1614 should be "0", not "8". (Shad on 2010 Dec 15)
	The SK 7/2 appearing in 1940: Fall of France is actually a SK 6/2, but misprinted by APL. Hence it should be unarmored in that game. The SK 7/2, which appears in other games is correctly printed with an armor of 0. (plloyd1010 on 2022 Apr 28)
	All SPW 251s have an armor value of 0. (Shad on 2010 Dec 15)
	The movement allowance on the counters in Airborne is misprinted. It should be "3." (rerathbun on 2012 Jan 30)

Display Nations (3)

Nations at War - Scenario Appearance Percentages
Germany	100%	Germany
France	100%	France
Morocco	4%	Morocco

Display Battle Types (10)

Battle Types - Scenario Appearance Percentages
Urban Assault	44%	Urban Assault
Rural Assault	44%	Rural Assault
Inflict Enemy Casualties	25%	Inflict Enemy Casualties
River Crossing	12%	River Crossing
Covering Action	12%	Covering Action
Meeting Engagement	10%	Meeting Engagement
Exit the Battle Area	10%	Exit the Battle Area
Delaying Action	8%	Delaying Action
Road Control	6%	Road Control
Bridge Control	4%	Bridge Control

Display Conditions (9)

Conditions - Scenario Appearance Percentages
Off-board Artillery	88%	Off-board Artillery
Terrain Mods	88%	Terrain Mods
Reinforcements	48%	Reinforcements
Randomly-drawn Aircraft	27%	Randomly-drawn Aircraft
Minefields	13%	Minefields
Entrenchments	12%	Entrenchments
Hidden Units	8%	Hidden Units
Smoke	2%	Smoke
Severe Weather	2%	Severe Weather

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