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Seigneur Suis
Fall of France 2 #18
(Defender) Germany vs France (Attacker)
Formations Involved
France 213e Régiment d'Infanterie
France 7th Batailion de Chars Légers
Germany 2nd Panzer Regiment
Germany Grossdeutschland Division
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Scenario Rank: --- of 913
Parent Game Fall of France 2
Historicity Historical
Date 1940-05-14
Start Time 06:15
Turn Count 20
Visibility Day
Counters 47
Net Morale 1
Net Initiative 1
Maps 1: 29
Layout Dimensions 43 x 28 cm
17 x 11 in
Play Bounty 219
AAR Bounty 227
Total Plays 0
Total AARs 0
Battle Types
Inflict Enemy Casualties
Urban Assault
Conditions
Hidden Units
Off-board Artillery
Reinforcements
Terrain Mods
Scenario Requirements & Playability
Fall of France 2 Base Game
Introduction

The 7th Tank Battalion's motto, "Seigneur Suis" (loosely translated: "I'm the boss"), summed up the French tankers' attitude. They drove the rare FCM36 light tank, which had impressive armor protection but still carried the old 37SA18 gun that couldn't do much damage to German main battle tanks. The battalion's 3rd Company had orders to attack the Sedan bridgehead, and on 14 May the tanks began their slow advance up the winding road to Connage on the way to Sedan.

Conclusion

With overly cautious infantry trailing behind instead of seeking the enemy, the lead French tank was soon immobilized by a German anti-tank gun hidden in the woods along the road. The tanks pressed on as more German guns opened fire, but eventually their progress slowed to a snail's pace since they had to keep stopping to allow their infantry to catch up. When the armored column reached Connage, German anti-tank guns firing from the heights above the town immobilized two more tanks. Then German tanks appeared in the village streets, and a short fight erupted at close range between two platoons of FCM and a handful of panzers plus a monstrous self-propelled gun. The French caught the worst of it, and only three French tanks escaped back to French lines.


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)
  • Tank: all are closed-top and provide the +1 Assault bonus, when applicable
  • 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)
  • 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)

Display Order of Battle

France Order of Battle
Armée de Terre
  • Mechanized
Germany Order of Battle
Grossdeutschland Division
Heer
  • Motorized
  • Towed

Display Errata (3)

3 Errata Items
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In 1940: Fall of France, the units show Direct Fire. All units are Indirect Fire.

(rerathbun on 2015 Jun 06)
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The morale and combat modifiers of German Sergeant #1614 should be "0", not "8".

(Shad on 2010 Dec 15)
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The movement allowance on the counters in Airborne is misprinted. It should be "3."

(rerathbun on 2012 Jan 30)
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