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Colombelles, East of Caen, 10th July 1944.
After the capture of the ruined city of Caen the British main concern became the village of colombelles situated East of the river Orne. Just outside the village stood the Factory of colombelles held by 16th Luftwaffe feld Division where the german used the massive chimneys overlooking the whole Caen area as observation posts for their heavy artillery pieces. These chimneys had to be destroyed at all cost so Montgommery put up "operation stack". In the lead, 51st Highland Division was to secure the village of Colombelles while a little later the royal engineers were to join the battle with the mission to bring down the factory's chimneys. Tank support would be provided by 148th RAC regiment.
Unknown to the British the Schwere Panzer Abeitlung 503 with 13 operational King Tigers plus a few Panzer IVs led by Hauptmann Schreff was kept in reserve in the forest of Canteloup just outside of Colombelles...
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West-Map1 (upside down)-Map1-East
Special Rules:
Germans set up on map1
British units on Map1 (upside down)
Units may set up within 4 full hexes of their side.
The British player adds 6 shellholes anywhere on or adjacent to road hexes.
shellholes provide cover for infantry units and cost double for vehicles to cross. If placed on a road hex a vehicle cannot claim its road nor high gear bonuses.
The german places two chimneys (i used two piles of large coins) on the city hexes directly facing West on map1.
Chimneys:a unit on the chimney has a line of sight to anyhex on the battlefield. it cost one MP to climb up or down and a unit cant defensive fire in a Chimney.Chimneys can only be destroyed by Royal engineers on a succesfull dice roll of 4+.
51st Highland Division:
Inspiring lieutnant x2
sten smg x2
smle rifle x8
vickers mg
hawker typhoon x2
148th RAC regiment:
m4 a1 sherman commander
m4 a1 sherman x4
vc firefly x2
127th Highland field regiment:
17 pounder AT guns x3
US 81mm mortar
UK observer
Royal engineers:
enter from turn 3 anywhere from the western side of the map:
royal engineers x5
universal carrier x2
jeep x3
archer x2
16th Luftwaffe feld Division:
observer x2 (have to be placed on the chimneys at the start of the game)
ss leader
luftwaffe infantry x5
mg 42
20mm flak cannon
88 flak 36
81mm mortar x2
7.3 lel g18
sniper
bunker x2
Schwere Panzer Abeitlung 503:
enter on turn one from any eastern hex:
king tiger x3
panzer IV ausf G
Victory conditions:
at the end of turn 8:
Major UK victory: Both chimneys are destroyed.
Minor UK victory: Both hexes containing the chimneys are controlled [b]OR[/B
All 3 king tigers are destroyed
Minor German victory: At least one chimney is still standing
Major German victory: Both chimneys are still
standing
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| This looks good! I assume the maps are from the 39-45 starter kit... |
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"My dear general, the war can now only be won by the politicians." Von Rundstedt to Kurt Meyer.
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yes that's correct. you'll need two sets of maps to play this scenario.
As everyone is expecting the eastern front set i thought i'd work on a western front scenario while we wait!
The british will have a tough time bringing these chimneys down!
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| Mon Dec 08, 2008 7:02 pm |
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Konigstigers are certainly common enough these days, everybody should have plenty to field 3.
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"My dear general, the war can now only be won by the politicians." Von Rundstedt to Kurt Meyer.
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that's exactly what i thought. it has been printed twice since 39-45 hasnt it? plus it's an impressive sight on the battlefield! when playtesting i thought of the british seeing 8 of these beast show up! from the article i used as a source (batailles hors série) some british tank crews flew away from the battle leaving their shermans still running.
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The problem with the first Konigstigers was frankly, unreliability, It did not have a powerful enough engine and was prone to overheating, also its massive weight was to much for most European bridges requiring them to be loaded onto rail cars before crossing rivers.
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"My dear general, the war can now only be won by the politicians." Von Rundstedt to Kurt Meyer.
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i tried the scenario again last night replacing one of the king tigers with another panzer IV ausf G. it was good fun. even if there's a lot of tanks on the map  i believe the real battle will be fought by the infantry. the British have a tough mission...
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We're planning on giving this scenario a go at our next gaming session in a couple of weeks. We're going to play it in 3D.
But a question - do you have any photos or anything of what these "chimneys" and the "Colombelles factory" looked like?
The plan is to make special hex tiles.
Thanks.
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"My dear general, the war can now only be won by the politicians." Von Rundstedt to Kurt Meyer.
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i do have black and white pics of the battle scene but do not have a scanner. i'll try the scenario this week (i was busy playing the tannenberg scenario by grenzewolf recently)and ask my wife to help me put the pics on line.
have fun!
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| general Hoth wrote: | i do have black and white pics of the battle scene but do not have a scanner. i'll try the scenario this week (i was busy playing the tannenberg scenario by grenzewolf recently)and ask my wife to help me put the pics on line.
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Thanks! 
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"My dear general, the war can now only be won by the politicians." Von Rundstedt to Kurt Meyer.
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i've got a week off work and did take about 10 nice pictures of the scenario (set up, turn 1, etc...) when i had a go at it a couple of days ago.
it was savage! the british almost destroyed all the german heavies but could not hold the chimney-hexes.
i've struggled to add the pics as attachment, my wife tells me they're too heavy. So if all goes well i will post them next week (with commentaries and new rules to balance the game-in favor of the british of course) with extra help from a friend who IS a computer wizard!
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Excellent. My group here in Denver are meeting on the 21st of Feb. We'll be running your scenario then! 
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I find this scenario to be a bit of an interesting puzzle for the Allies. The trio of King tigers is a tough nut to crack. They act as force multipliers for each other as they are able to act as mutual support. Skillful play can make it very difficult to get a rear shot on any of them and a frontal attack is a non-starter. The allied tank army is toast sooner or later and I'm thinking the best way to go is to focus on the chimneys and silencing Germany's anti-infantry force, eve if it means ignoring the KTs. Switching out one for a PZ-IV G helps out a lot.
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I know i've promised pics for this scenario but i'm moving flats so little time for wargaming plus my gaming table is still somewhere under a pile of boxes!! Hope to be back soon on the forums... Good news is i DID have time to read a bio of the 12th SS panzer division "Hitlerjugend" and just started on the memoirs of general Raus. Scenario material in the pipeline.
in the meantime: game on!!
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| Isn't the "12th SS" the ones who fought the Canadians aftre D-Day? There was an SS guy named Kurt Meyer and he and some of the SS killed Canadian POWs. Or something like that. |
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| Mon Feb 16, 2009 1:34 am |
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Yes that's right. Kurt "panzer" Meyer. he spent a few years in prison after the war and escaped death sentence because canadian soldiers said at his hearing that canadians did the same (shooting german prisonners in the heat of battle). i've been looking for Meyer's memoirs for a while now (i think it has never been translated so far and i dont read german!!)
when i'll have time expect a scenario including this man's regiment around carpiquet airfield.
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Dang, General, I think you need a "Scenario Maker" badge thing like Palasades has. How many scenarios have you written? How many are in the works?
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Came across this photo in Flikr. Someone had a BUNCH of normandy photos posted there.
The caption say, "Installations industrielles détruites, sous réserve la Société Métallurgique de Normandie (SMN) à Colombelles."
Looks like it's the area where the chimney's are?
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| general Hoth wrote: | Yes that's right. Kurt "panzer" Meyer. he spent a few years in prison after the war and escaped death sentence because canadian soldiers said at his hearing that canadians did the same (shooting german prisonners in the heat of battle). i've been looking for Meyer's memoirs for a while now (i think it has never been translated so far and i dont read german!!)
when i'll have time expect a scenario including this man's regiment around carpiquet airfield. |
Oh, cool! I'm working on a Carpiquet scenario (possibly campaign) as well. I already have a good stack of sources, but I have two other projects on the go that I want to finish first.
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i finally got all my AAM stuff together last night!! Back to work too on the carpiquet scenario which is actually more about the 12 SS division. After that i think it will be an early war eastern front scenario as i'm deep into General Raus memoirs (fascinating read!!) or maybe another D-day themed scenario as its the 65th biirthday this year!! 
What about you? what are you working on 
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