Operation Bluecoat.

Players

British     : Leslie and Ian.
German  : Andy and Paddy. 
Umpire   : Phil.

AAR by Phil.

Rules are Phils using firing charts from WRG 1974 in 20mm.

Everything on the table is from Phils collection.

Situation 30 July 1944 due to the rush to plan Operation Blue Coat, the usual scale of artillery and aircraft support has not been possible.

Visibility is poor with low dense clouds affecting air support. The 15th Scots Guards Tank Brigade has broken through south of Chaumont. At last this could be the chance to reach open country.

Divisional HQ German 326th find the front line broken despite gallant efforts of all rank’s

After a two hour delay sitting on Point 226 waiting for infantry support the advance can start again.

Due to the critical situation in the 326th Div area XXIV Korps are releasing Schwere Panzerjager Abt from reserve with orders to contain enemy penetration.

Paddy move’s forward his almost impossible task of stopping the enemy penetration with his 3 Jagdpanthers what could go wrong. One Jagdpanther is experiencing gearbox problems restricting movement.

Despite the threat the Scot’s Guard’s Churchills move steadily forward.

German infantry ambush British forward troops.

The British have the objective in their sights it looks clear.

Long range tank fire KOs a Kangaroo.

The steady advance of the British push the German forces back in to the village.

The German HQ Command plan’s to fight to the end. Andy wanted to form square, too many Napoleonic games.

A Churchill gets knocked out as it moves into the village.

The British take revenge.

Out flanked, outnumbered and outgunned the game is over the German’s lose the village and the game.

This was a refight of the action around Point 226 the Scots Guards had pushed 8 Km through the German defences with little infantry support they reached Point 226 and waited 2hours for the infantry to catch up. The infantry had been mopping up German positions bypassed by the tanks that morning. When the advance started again the Scots Guards lost 12 Churchills in 5mins to the Jagdpanthers of Panzerjager Abt 654

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Photos curtesy of Phil.