Roundhammer

[gila]

hi all.
just spent an allnighter on the roundhammer campaign.
My core is:
4x patrol with APC
4x snipers
Armd Inf Co. with M10
platoon of M5A1
platoon of M3A3
1 platoon of para troops

Additional support:
1 scout
a B-25 Bomber strike

set-up:
Placed one mech platoon on on the no. side one in the middle (on the road) and one on so side. with the scouts and snipers on the no.and so.
Tanks on the road in the middle.
Para drop to the east behind lines.
1-2 turn
Planned arty strike at suspected enemy positions, scout plane discovered nothing yet, all units moving east except sp-morters.
Para landed with no causalties and now have spotted some AA and trucks.
3-4 turn
First arty stike at my central force not bad lost a man but they are rallying quite well.
Para has taken the so. most bridge and engaged with the AA units dealing some damage to the 20mm and destroyed 2 trucks my scout plane was shot down but discovered 3 APC's and ATG.
The middle force is also engaged now dropped off some inf. took 1 causalty from a MG nest popped some smoke,and brought up 2 stuarts got at them now in retreat.
Manuevering with the grants and 3 stuarts to out-flank by the left.
No. force still moving east no oppsition yet,
So.force now moving ne. to support central force.
5-6 turn
Central force infy. heavily engaged supported by the stuarts(lost 3but got 3 APCs) and my grants moved in to finish the two ATG's in center now blowing some holes in the buildings and MGing the retreating inf.
Paras moving in killed the ATG that knocked out my three stuarts,now killing retreating units the"bastards"
Now my So. force finally reaches the battlefield they have not much to do other than deploy.
The No. force has taken the No. bridge and moving Sw. engaging units already discovered by central force.
I had to call off any morter and the Bomber strike due next turn as i have them encircled now and would do more harm than good.
7th and Last turn
Other than blasting one inf. out of a building and running them down and some routed units no problems
Took the last central flags.
Decisive victory.
I lost only 3 men,but i lost 3 stuarts in one OP turn
Thats what you get when you stack them together
Normandy's next I'll do some thinking on that one!