US 7th Armored Div vs German Panzer Grenadiers in Free-for-All

M4A3E8s fight for space as they open fire on German Panthers!

Game 3 of Games of Remembrance (LW 1750 tournament) was against a fearsome German Panzer Grenadier list backed up with Panthers.  The mission was Free-for-All and I rolled up being the attacker again.

US 7th Armored
Patton
OC in E8, 2IC in Jumbo
4 x Shermans (2 x E8, Jumbo and M4A1)
4 x Shermans (2 x E8, Jumbo and M4A1)
4 x Stuarts
Recce Jeep and Half track
2 x Armored mortars
3 x Priests
AOP
Limited P-47s

German Grenadier Kompanie
OC and 2IC
Panzer Grenadier Platoon with half-tracks
Panzer Grenadier Platoon with half-tracks

3 x Panthers

3 x PaK 40s

3 x Nebwelfers

2 x Pumas

2 x SP AA guns

Set Up

Objectives at the bottom mirror each other on opposite sides of the table.  The other objectives are very similar facing each other almost the full 48" away

US 7th Armored Div vs German GrenadierKompanie with Heroes in No Retreat

Old Blood Guts and Glory leading from the front!

Game 2 of the Games of Remembrance was against Dave and his German Heroes backed up with infantry.  The mission was No Retreat and that meant that my US tanks would be on the attack trying to get through the German wall of infantry backed up with Otto Carius and Von Sauken.

US 7th Armored
Patton
OC in E8, 2IC in Jumbo
4 x Shermans (2 x E8, Jumbo and M4A1)
4 x Shermans (2 x E8, Jumbo and M4A1)
4 x Stuarts
Recce Jeep and Half track
2 x Armored mortars
3 x Priests
AOP
Limited P-47s

German GrenadierKompanie
Von Sauken
OC and 2IC Windgruber
Grenadier platoon
Grenadier platoon
Full HMG platoon
Full HMG platoon
Full Mortar platoon
3 x PaK 40
2 x Tiger IE with Carius and Kerscher
3 x Quad 2cm AA guns)

Set Up

Objectives are the Iron Cross centred in the back and the 7th Armored by the swamp

US 7th Armored Division vs Finn Infantry in Breakthrough

A future tank ace draws first blood!

Game 1 of the tournament Games of Remembrance (1800 LW) was against Nick and his Finn infantry.  This was going to be round two for us playing almost the same armies (now 1800 vs 1650) and the exact same mission.  The big difference was I had a secret weapon my son Xander and his kid luck.

US 7th Armored
Patton
OC in E8, 2IC in Jumbo
4 x Shermans (2 x E8, Jumbo and M4A1)
4 x Shermans (2 x E8, Jumbo and M4A1)
4 x Stuarts
Recce Jeep and Half track
2 x Armored mortars
3 x Priests
AOP
Limited P-47s

Finn Infantry
OC and 2IC
Infantry platoon
Infantry platoon
Pioneer platoon
HMG platoon
HMG platoon
AA gun platoon
Heavy Mortar platoon
2 x PaK 40 platoon with hero
2 x PaK 40 platoon
2 x PaK 40 platoon
2 x Armoured Car Recce

Set Up

The US is in the right hand corner with both objectives in the left hand with the Finns spread out in between them

US 7th Armoured Div vs Finn Infantry in Breakthrough

Detroit's finest run into a Finnish wall!

Game 3 of Operation Cobra (LW 1650) was against Nick and his Finns.  The mission was Breakthrough and that meant that I was going to be trying to punch through his veteran infantry to get to the objectives.  Nick was getting ready to head off to the ETC where he was going to represent Canada.  His 1650 LW list looked something like this:

Nick's Finns
OC and 2IC
Infantry platoon
Infantry platoon
Pioneer platoon
4 x HMGs
2 x PaK 40s
2 x PaK 40s
2 x PaK 40s
2 x BA 60 Recce
1 x ISU-85

US 7th AD
Patton
OC in E8
2IC in Jumbo
4 x Shermans (2 x Easy 8s, 1 x Jumbo, 1 x M4A1)
4 x Shermans (2 x Easy 8s, 1 x Jumbo, 1 x M4A1)
Armored Mortars
4 x Stuarts
3 x Priests
Recce half-track and jeep
AOP

Set Up

Objectives are in the top right corner in the ploughed field and behind the wood.  North is the long table edge on the right.

US 7th Armoured Division vs Russian Mechanized Infantry in No Retreat

The real reason Patton hated the Russians so much....

Game 2 of Operation Cobra (LW 1650 tournament) was against Matt and he was running a mixed tank/infantry Russian force.  The mission was No Retreat with both of us have the always attack special rule but Matt was mechanized infantry and I was tanks so I got to attack.

The Russians
OC in T-34
2IC in jeep
10 x T-34-85s
4 x SU 85s
2 x Speztnas sections
Full strength mechanized infantry platoon
Limited aircraft

US 7th AD
Patton
OC in E8
2IC in Jumbo
4 x Shermans (2 x E8, Jumbo and M4A1)
4 x Shermans (2 x E8, Jumbo and M4A1)
4 x Stuarts
Recon
3 x Priests
AOP

Set Up

The objectives are behind the hill in the centre and in the field behind the farm house on the right

US 7th Armoured Division vs Heer Armoured in Dust Up

A massive armoured column is to tempting a target for Rudel to ignore!

Game 1 of Operation Cobra (1650 LW) was against Matt and the mission was Dust Up.  Matt was playing a mixed German armoured force against my US 7th Armoured Division.  His list looked like this:

Heer Armored Company
HQ Panther
2 x Panther platoon
3 x StuGs
3 x Whirblwinds
3 x Panzer IV Hs
Infantry platoon with PaK 40 and 15cm gun
Stuka Rudel

US 7th AD
Patton
OC in E8
2IC in Jumbo
4 x Shermans (2 x E8, Jumbo and M4A1)
4 x Shermans (2 x E8, Jumbo and M4A1)
4 x Stuarts
Armoured Mortar platoon
Recon platoon with 1 section
3 x Preists
AOP

Set Up

Objectives are bottom centre, the white near the centre of the table, by the craters 3/4 of the way up and finally in the woods top centre

US 7th Armored vs Wiking SS Panzers in Dust Up

Shermans advance into the village against the SS Panzers

Game 3 of Perkin's Hobby House and Petawawa Miniature Soldier's (PMS) annual Battle Cry tournament (LW 1650) was against Ian formerly from PMS who recently moved down to Kingston. He was playing the Wiking SS Panzers which under his control is a very feared opponent here in Petawawa!  The mission was Dust Up and I lucked out right away rolling higher and being the attacker.  The table we were playing on was very open which is great for a tank battle but it looked like Vietnam instead of the Lorraine.

Ian's Wiking SS Panzers
OC and 2IC in Panzer IV H
5 x Panzer IV H
3 x StuGs 
3 x Panthers
3 x SP 3.7cm AA2 x 8-Rads

My 7th Armored
Patton 
OC - E8 and 2IC - Jumbo
4 x Shermans (2 x E8, 1 x Jumbo, 1 x M4A3)
4 x Shermans (2 x E8, 1 x Jumbo, 1 x M4A1)
4 x Stuarts 
2 x 81mm Half track Mortars
Div Recce Jeep and Half track
3 x Priests
AOP 

US 7th Armor vs German 88's in Counter Attack

Here comes the Shermans, everyone into cover!

Game 2 of Perkin's Hobby House and Petawawa Miniature Soldier's annual Battle Cry tournament (LW 1650) was against ThunderST from the Dice Devils and he was playing the super gun list of Doom.  12 x 88's!  The mission was counter attack where I was the attacker and ThunderST was going to have to keep the US Armor at bay.  Having gone aggressive for the first game I wanted keep that momentum going.

ThunderST's guns
OC and 2IC
4 x 88's
4 x 88's
4 x 88's
3 x Tigr Ie's
Full Infantry platoon
Full Infantry platoon
8 x 2 cm AA guns
3 x Nebs 


My 7th Armored
Patton
OC - E8 and 2IC - Jumbo
4 x Shermans (2 x E8, 1 x Jumbo, 1 x M4A3)
4 x Shermans (2 x E8, 1 x Jumbo, 1 x M4A1)
4 x Stuarts
2 x 81mm Half track Mortars
Div Recce Jeep and Half track
3 x Priests
AOP

US 7th Armoured vs Panzer Lehr in No Retreat

 

 Shermans dead ahead, FIRE!

Game 1 of Perkin's Hobby House and Petawawa Miniature Soldier's annual Battle Cry tournament (LW 1650) was against PanzerKommander.  The mission was no retreat where I was the attacker and PanzerKommander was going to have to keep the US Armour at bay.  This was the first game that I had played with this list.  I had a tank platoon like this for US Nationals and really liked them, plus I got my hands on a 7th Armored box set in a trade so it seemed like a perfect match.  I placed the objective to one side after he placed his centrally at the back, hoping that I would be able to get around on a flank and roll him up before reserves could arrive.

PanzerKommander Lehr
OC and 2IC
Full Grenadiers Platoon
Smaller Grenadiers Platoon
4 x Panzer IV Hs
3 x PaK 40's
4 x 10.5cm guns
4 x Pumas
2 x SP AA


My 7th Armored
Patton
OC - E8 and 2IC - Jumbo
4 x Shermans (2 x E8, 1 x Jumbo, 1 x M4A3)
4 x Shermans (2 x E8, 1 x Jumbo, 1 x M4A1)
4 x Stuarts
2 x 81mm Half track Mortars
Div Recce Jeep and Half track
3 x Priests
AOP