Hailstone
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Well, too bad for the trees in the forest without Ents to take care of things... Panzer Graveyard Minturno, Italy, January 21, 1944: On November 13, 1943, 1st Comapany Hermann Goring Parachute-Panzer Regiment had been sent to support the 94th Infantry Division and worked with the 267th Grenadier Regiment guarding the coast. 7th Company HG Parachute-Panzer Regiment was supporting the 274th Grenadier Regiment and was engaged near Minturno. 1st Company was given the mission of guarding the Santa-Infante-Minturno Road. 7th Company tanks were already in the area and its 1st Platoon, under the command of Lieutenant Lentz, was ordered to move up in support of the infantry near Minturno cemetery. The Pzkpfw III tanks of the 1st Platoon and infantry of the Grenadiers successfully repulsed several attacks. Finally, the order came for the 1st and 7th Companies, along with the 200th Grenadier Regiment, to counterattack. Game Length" 5.5 turns For the Germans to win they must take the town of Minturno For the British to win they must defend the town Germans: Squads, HMG, MMG, LMG's, AFV's British: Squads, HMG, MMG, LMG's, PIAT's, AT Gun, AFV's Boards: #18, #46 Aftermath: In support of the operation, 1st Platoon was reinforced by four PzKpfw IV tanks. The MkIII's would provide fire support from positions on the heights. The attack, intended to capture the hills surrounding the cemetery and to push further into the town, was launched in 1710 hours. Feldwebel Lubke wheeled his Panzer IV around the corner of the cemetery and came face to face with a Sherman, which he knocked out with the first shot. Meanwhile, Lt. Lentz engaged and destroyed an antitank gun and a Churchill tank. British antitank teams were present in the town, but the armor provided the shock necessary for the less experienced German infantry to press forward. As twilight settled in, the vehicles pulled back to the cemetery and the infantry consolidated the gains. The following day, the infantry would successfully storm the last British strongpoint, leaving the town in German hands. However, after being wounded, Lt. Lentz refused to leave the battlefield and was subsequently killed by an artillery shell. Source: ASL Scenario J32, designed by Chas Smith
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