while this page and the small photos below are on the MUN server.
 Situation
Mid June, 1944. Elements from 79th US Infantry Division and German
17th SS Panzer Grenadiers converge on the French village of [I can't remember
the name] for a meeting engagement. Objective for both sides is to
control at least two of the three objectives: the village, in the
foreground (the main cluster of buildings, excluding the church on the
hill and house to the right), the middle river crossing, and the open area
marked by the grey farm house at the extreme top of the picture.
US are coming in from the right (East) and Germans from the left (West). |
 US
armour occupies and assumes fire positions on the hill. Because of
the woods at the top, they cannot adopt hull downs. Their objective
is to support an infantry force to the grey farmhouse. But the Germans
are moving, too. Sherman is Airfix (made and painted by Andrew),
the M-36 (being used here as M-10) are both Fujimi. |
 One
of the Stugs, lurking in the woods below the US positions and directly
in front of the grey farmhouse. More Stugs are moving past it (see
next picture) and a battle with the American tanks ensues. This is
a Revell Stug IV, made by Andrew. Together with other Stug
IIIs on top of the middle hill (near the centre bridge) these German assault
guns slog it out with the Shermans and M-10s. |
 More
Stug IVs. Again these are Revell. They are on the driveway
directly in front of the grey farm, but are busy engaging the US tanks
on top of the hill. |
 Meanwhile,
a savage battle is shaping up in the village. The Germans are able
to set up a couple of mortars in the wood at the centre bottom of the photo
(Figures on both sides are Matchbox, Airfix & Revell) along
with an AT gun (Fujimi Pak 40). These guard the main road
through the centre of the village and support the move forward of a Revell
Stug IV and a truck (Airfix Opel Blitz) full of Panzergrenadiers.
A Hanomag (ESCI) has also scooted through with a squad of infantryand
can be seen at the tall building to the far left of the village.
Meanwhile, the US troops have not been idle: no less than three Shermans
(Airfix & ESCI) can be seen in the vicinity of the village,
as can a Stuart (Matchbox) and some bold US infantry in the wood
to the right. The Stuart is playing cat and mouse with a Puma (not visible)
to the right which is steadily making its way to the US flank.... |
The panzergrenadiers have occupied the house immediately
to the right of the Stug and the truck. they then hopped the fence
of the backyard of the house immidiately above it and occupied it and the
other red roofed house across the street. A panzerfaust shot from
the backyard of the second building occuped accounts for the flaming sherman.
US troops are in the "purple" building and the house next to it; they hunker
down helplessly while the Stug in the street throws round after round of
high explosive into both buildings.
|
 Meanwhile,
back at the ranch the US infantry has occupied the farm building but
have no AT weapons with which to engage to Stugs who are getting the better
of the slogging match taking place. The two Airfix infantry
here are from the US Marines pack. |
 A
shot of two Stug III (Airfix - the one on the bottom has a box mantelet
instead of the saufkopf which comes with the Airfix kit) advancing
up the middle. There was some action in the middle, though not as
intense as at the grey farm and the village. |
 The
carnage on top of the hill. A surviving Sherman has dropped down
to the bottom of the hill, hoping to move into the high hedged yard of
the grey farm house to help its infantry, who have been reinforced by another
APC full of troops. Although the armour battle is over, the fight
for control of the farm and thus the objective area is going to be tough
as hell. |
 Germans
in the centre take the bridge (these are the two Stugs - one of which is
destroyed - from the above picture). There were other heroic battle
scenes other than the ones shown here, but hey, I've only a little server
space!
Buildings by Vero and Atlas. The lone brick building to the right has been featured in earlier game pictures, except it appeared without a roof. This was our last game before we began playing Crossfire. |
