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Oriskany's Final Days of the Great War - Australians + British tanks vs. Germans at Hamel

Oriskany's Final Days of the Great War - Australians + British tanks vs. Germans at Hamel

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Battle is set - Australians vs. Germans at Hamel, 1918 (Part 01)

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Battle is set - Australians vs. Germans at Hamel, 1918 (Part 01)

German forces:
x20 squads (roughly three companies, an understrength battalion).
+ x8 minefields, x6 barbed wire, x3 7.58cm minenwerfer mortars,
x4 MG 08 MGs, x12 MG 08 15
166 officers and men. 12 grenades

Australian forces:
x18 squads (two companies)
+ x9 Lewis Guns, zero Vickers Guns or mortars, x5 heavy barrages, x10 light barrages
(special 1918 Edition “Preparatory Artillery Barrage” rules – except the hit on the beginning of Turn 2)
151 officers and men. 12 grenades

British forces:
x4 Mark V “Male” tanks, x4 Mark V “Female” tanks
64 officers and men

VICTORY CONDITIONS – Game last ten turns. At the end of Turn 10, one pint for each building hex controlled / last occupied by each side.

Battle is set - Australians vs. Germans at Hamel, 1918 (Part 01)

Closeup of part of the Australian assault force, backed up by Mark V “male” and “female” tanks of British Royal Tank Corps.

Battle is set - Australians vs. Germans at Hamel, 1918 (Part 01)

Part of the German forward defenses.  Note the two general bands of trench systems (primary and reserve).

German backfield, where 16 building hexes are ready to either be defended or occupied.  One point per building hex controlled by either side at the ned of Turn 10.  The Australians have tons of firepower, tanks, artillery, superior troops, etc.  But the Germans have plenty of space to trade for time … and they have defense.  For the Germans this is defense, absorb, and delay.  For the Australians this is assault, break through, and move FAST.

Battle is set - Australians vs. Germans at Hamel, 1918 (Part 01)

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