DAR: Alam Halfa Ridge

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Decisive Victory!!!!

Turn 29

The last victory hex was turned securing all. There was no remaining enemy resistance, other than one salvo from yet another Bofors. It was quickly dispatched. One platoon of PzKw IVgs closed to within 100m of enemy infantry heading toward Northern objective and ripped them up pretty good. All other fire was directed at fleeing enemy.

Casualties

Friendly: Zero

Enemy: One 40mm Bofors destroyed, estimated 20 casualties.

Total Casualties

German

Men: 29
Artillery: 0
Soft Vehicles: 0
APCs: 0
AFVs: 0

British

Men: 527
Artillery: 25
Soft Vehicles: 0
APCs: 0
AFVs: 35 (11x Valentine III, 22x Crusader III, 2x Crusader II-CS)

Note: There were no air assets so those aren't listed.

Score

Germany: 6026
GB: 56

Final Comments

I'm not sure whether I this battle was just easier than I expected it would be or I just planned it well. Without a doubt, I hated the idea of advancing against enemy positions with open fields of fire and high visibility. My preferred method of attack are to move as close as possible to the enemy positions via covered and concealed routes, as fast as possible, before engaging. In effect, more finesse than brute force. That just wasn't possible in this case.

I respected was the capabilities of the British 6pdr. In this case, they had 37 of them in various mounts. The funny thing is, and I didn't realize this until the battle was underway, instead of truck mounted 88s, Tigers were available The only chance a 6pdr has against its frontal armor is at point blank range with one of those "extra penetration" hits. An easy battle could have been easier.

My next battle is a delay without refit, not that I need it with only 29 casualties and no vehicles or guns damaged. One ATG crew took casualties, but that's about it.

If anyone is interested in things just before the last British turn, which involved screaming and running , I've attached the save. Enjoy!