Khamsin DTO (id:#56002)
Avalon Hill (ASL 5 - West of Alamein ID: 37)   [next]   [previous]
See Also: Khamsin by Multi-Man Publishing
Designer: Eugene Murell
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
GermanBritish
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Overview:

The Gazala battles had been raging for days with Panzerarmee Afrika driving for the great prize of Tobruk. Several British strongpoints still lay in its path, one of which was the Knightsbridge box held by the 201st Guards Motor Brigade Group. On 13 June, the position was enveloped by the 15th Panzer Division from the east and the 21st Panzer Division from the west. After a day of heavy fighting, the final clash of armor occurred when units of the 2nd and 4th Armored Brigades, sent to reinforce a Guards position on Rigel Ridge, met 21st Panzer Division during the last stages of one of the desert’s violent sandstorms – a khamsin. . . .[Mark Nixon, Journal #1]: British and German forces struggle to even find one another amidst a sand storm, a Khamsin. "Wide-open" desert spaces have shrunk to a close quarters arena with a maximum range of but ten hexes.
Attacker: German (21. Panzer Division)
Defender: British (2nd Battalion, Scots Guards / A & C Squadrons, Queen's Bays)  
8.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:6.0 D:10.0
AFVs: A:16
PzKpfw IVF1
PzKpfw IIIH x 6
PzKpfw IIF x 2
Marder III(t)H
SPW 251/1 x 6

AFVs: D:5
Grant(a) x 2
Crusader II x 2
Stuart I(a)

Guns: A:0
PzB 39 ATR
D:1
OQF 2-Pounder
OML 2-in. Mortar x 2
Boys ATR x 2

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: DLV, Ov3
Overlays: H1 H3 H4
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2023-05-11(D) Douglas Leslie vs Marc Hanna British winFirst time that I played this classic scenario in over thirty years and I took the defending British. The set up was mainly around the most northerly hillock with no units on the southmost at all while one squad set up on the summit of the central hillock. Basically, the plan was to force the Germans to come into the teeth of the British defence when attempting to take the most strongly defended hillock. Marc obviously didn't know where the British defences would be concentrated and set up his starting force to the south with the intention of sweeping towards the North with the wind in the defenders' faces. This plan quickly came unstuck at the first wind change DR which resulted in the wind turning 180 degrees so that it would now be blowing into the attackers' faces. The Germans now split their forces and came at the British across the board. The attack never really got properly co-ordinated and the British picked off enough half tracks and armour to cause a concession on turn 5. My dice were red hot in this game and made light of the heavy dust when taking out the German armour as it approached. Fun game though (for me at least!) and I would be happy to give it a go as the Germans.
2021-10-13(D) David Garvin vs Alain Chabot British win
2021-07-18(D) Eric Topp vs Ron Oxford British winBy turn 5, the Germans were likely to take two of the Hillock Summits with his infantry but Ron conceded after he lost his fourth Pz III. My two Grants were Shocked/Stunned respectively but I still had both Crusaders and the Stuart so it was likely that the DVP losses for the Germans would continue to mount.
2020-12-21(D) Christopher Graff vs Scott Fischbein German winFirst DTO game for both of us - good way to learn the dust/wind/hillock rules (and lots of opportunity to review OVR, of which there were many!). The Germans were able to take control of all of the hillocks by turn 5, but had sustained some AFV losses, so were a bit behind on DVP, but after eliminating a few squads and a couple of Stuarts were catching back up... after the Brits malfed 3/4 of the guns on their Grants, Chris conceded in turn 6, since he didn't have a way to deal with my remaining tanks. Good game vs. a fun opponent - looking forward to more DTO action.
2020-12-21(A) Scott Fischbein vs Chris Graff German winFirst DTO game for both of us - good way to learn the dust/wind/hillock rules (and lots of opportunity to review OVR, of which there were many!). The Germans were able to take control of all of the hillocks by turn 5, but had sustained some AFV losses, so were a bit behind on DVP, but after eliminating a few squads and a couple of Stuarts were catching back up... after the Brits malfed 3/4 of the guns on their Grants, Chris conceded in turn 6, since he didn't have a way to deal with my remaining tanks. Good game vs. a fun opponent - looking forward to more DTO action.
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Estimated Play time: 10.4 hours
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