As fought by the Newbridge Gaming Club in Ireland... All models are 20mm!
NORMANDY BANK HOLIDAY BASH
The game was between a huge British Army comprising 8 infantry Battalions plus armour and recce with plenty of gun support against two German Regiments with some support... The British had to take the farm, village and city outskirts to gain a major victory, while two objectives would give them a marginal victory.
Johan and Cyril played a masterly defence, even with their ability to never roll higher than a 2, and fought a fighting withdrawal in the face of heavy odds. Had the dice been more friendly they would have given the British a bloody nose and things would have been very different.
Brian and myself took the British and launched a full frontal assault along the German lines. Luck was with us and despite being unable to hit much we eventually took the farm and were into the village when time ran out and play was stopped. We judged it to be a minor British victory as we still had several turns to play and plenty of British troops to use but decided on a draw as despite being unable to hit any ground troops, Cyril had managed to shootdown all our Typhoons with the Wirbelwind.
Was a great day... and the biggest RF2 game to date but we really needed a few more players! It certainly stretched my collection to the limit.
Watching the road...
Photos by Piers and Johan, all figures and terrain from the collection of Piers Brand.
The British Army
The German Defence
The Table... 16' x 6'
Mark IVs lurk in the city...
Watch out for enemy tanks...
German troops in their initial positions...
German Headquarters in the church ruins...
Royal Marines on the way to assault the Chateau...
Stug IIIs camouflaged to avoid air attacks...
Recce troops get a surprise...
German artillery in its primary location...
Armoured duel on the city outskirts...
The British centre...
Attacking the farm...
The last
MG defending the farm...
Stug and Grenadiers launch a small local counter-attack to try and disrupt the British plans...
Charge of the tanks...
6-Pounders deploy to cover the flank British attack...
British attack in full swing...
Things get a little heated in the German
HQ...
The German command looking thoughtful...
A Stug crew wonder if attack so many British tanks was a good idea...
Naval Infantry defend trenches on Hill 101...
The killer... Wirbelwind responsible for two air kills! A certain Iron Cross for that crew...
Recce troops come under fire as they reach the village...
...and the view from the German ambush position...
Strafing run in the town just before this Tiffy got shotdown...
German
OP team looking for targets...
The German command looks worried...
British Commandos occupy the Chateau ruins...
With the farm secure the British Airborne commands begins transporting another unit towards the village...
The German command begins re-deployment...
British troops storm towards the village...
German mortars in action...
German artillery pulls out of the village to its secondary position...
British paras debuss and storm the first house...
The gang (minus Brian who had to return home or face the wrath of SWMBO...)...
