Horse Soldiers
Fall of France 2 #4
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(Attacker)
Germany
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France
(Defender)
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Total |
| Side 1 |
1 |
| Draw |
0 |
| Side 2 |
0 |
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Total |
| Side 1 |
1 |
| Draw |
0 |
| Side 2 |
0 |
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Total |
| Side 1 |
0 |
| Draw |
0 |
| Side 2 |
0 |
| Overall Rating, 1 vote |
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Scenario Rank:
--- of 913 |
| Parent Game |
Fall of France 2 |
| Historicity |
Historical |
| Date |
1940-05-10 |
| Start Time |
15:30 |
| Turn Count |
12 |
| Visibility |
Day |
| Counters |
44 |
| Net Morale |
0 |
| Net Initiative |
2 |
| Maps |
1: 26 |
| Layout Dimensions |
43 x 28 cm
17 x 11 in |
| Play Bounty |
165 |
| AAR Bounty |
227 |
| Total Plays |
1 |
| Total AARs |
0 |
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Introduction
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Second Cavalry Escadron of the 5th Regiment of Cuirassiers was scrambled at short notice, and went into Belgium understrength, with only one officer on hand. they were to set up a first line defense in a small village and hold it at all costs. As shots rang out to the east in Etalle the cavalrymen sent their horses to the rear and waited.
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Conclusion
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The Grossdeutschland Regiment immediately took casualties when the French shot down the daring officers scouting ahead of their column. The cavalrymen repulsed two successive attacks before German tank and artillery reinforcements blasted through them and set the town on fire. Small firefights raged among the burning buildings thereafter, and some Frenchmen eventually escaped to the west through streets red with the blood of the horses caught in the battle.
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Display Relevant AFV Rules
| AFV Rules Pertaining to this Scenario'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).
- 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)
- Assault Gun: if closed-top, provide the +1 Assault bonus, when applicable
- 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)
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Germany Order of Battle
| Grossdeutschland Division |
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| 2 Errata Items |
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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.
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The movement allowance on the counters in Airborne is misprinted. It should be "3."
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