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Tunisia 1943 Meeting engagement between US and German forces.Objective - Capture the old Crusader fort with well.....and before Gregory has the chance to say...."Once again, an imbalanced game in the German favor" I'll say it for him....and I didn't design the scenario.

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ahh yes...the battlefield. Pretty basic.  A_Battlefield.jpg   336.34KB   11 downloads

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US Forces have initiative...a mix of Mech Infantry, M-4 tanks, M-10 TDs, and the majority of TDs are the halftracks with mounted French 75s.  B_Rush_the_Fort.jpg   539.21KB   8 downloads

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....and a crap load they have. Though their effectiveness in terms of range is mediocre to poor.  C_Tank_Destroyers.jpg   591.19KB   3 downloads

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But wait...emerging from that cloud dust....could it be?...are they?.....  D_Tigers.jpg   555.45KB   5 downloads

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Taking flank to the Tigers on the hill, some MK IV F2 tanks  E_Mk_IVs_in_Position.jpg   573.45KB   5 downloads

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and of course you cant have a North African battle, especially with US forces, that doesnet feature some punishing artillery barrage.  F_German_Mech_Units.jpg   507.92KB   3 downloads

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and of course a nice lil close up.  G_Squad.jpg   426.44KB   5 downloads

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...with the advantage, the US forces are able to push their advance and take the fort before the Germans. This was alos despite a battlecard for German 150mm barrage that drastically undershot a cluster of halftracks.  H_Occupy_Fort.jpg   523.85KB   2 downloads

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..but wait...there's more..... maybe the Germans were not in a rush after all. With a successful roll on "Wired" battlecard, some sneaky forward German engineer unti managed to wire one of the fort's turrets.....This was fun...to bad it wasn't the whole fort.  I_Boom.jpg   470.82KB   6 downloads

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.....one of the front line Mk III tanks is knocked out ahead of the Tigers.  J_Mk_III_Hit.jpg   650.63KB   2 downloads

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...and in turn the Tigers let their 88s rip!  K_Answer.jpg   621.61KB   2 downloads

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However between the M-10s and and US French 75 guns the Mk III absorb the shots...but not in a good way.  L_Carving.jpg   611.57KB   2 downloads

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...and the Tigers reach out a 2nd time.....with their long arm.  M_Tiger_Call_2.jpg   649.54KB   4 downloads

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however...battle takes its toll and the remaining Mk II Panzers break and flee.....This is just the begining of morale problems on the German side.  N_Break_and_Flee.jpg   455.63KB   2 downloads

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US troops continue to poor into the crusader fort......Has anyone seen the movie "Sahara" with Humphrey Bogart? well this one doesent end that way.  O_Deathbox.jpg   564.76KB   2 downloads

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...and all this time....yes 4 to 5 barrages continue to pummel, harass and punish the German Mech Platoon. One SDKFZ at a time.  P_Barrage.jpg   615.17KB   4 downloads

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The Mk IV Panzers decide to roll off the hill as their range with the M-4 tanks was ineffective. So on the move they go.....so I thought. When the US team pulls a Battlecard for soggy ground.....WTF.In the end only 2 tanks made it out.  Q_On_the_move.jpg   611.09KB   3 downloads

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...and then...whats this???? a M-10 knocks out a Tiger? at that range? this gotta research.  R_Tiger_KO.jpg   414.34KB   2 downloads

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....with half the Mk III tanks knocked out, the 3 ran away, all Mark IV Panzers in danger of becomming turtles and 1 Tiger down.....the German effort was in question.But then, the Mark IV Panzers opened up and....  S_M4_Death.jpg   634.03KB   3 downloads