This Close to the Sharp End WTO (id:#58066)
Rethem Station, Germany
1945-04-11 (30 others)
BB14: Forth Bridge (Backblast # 2)
J15: Turning Off the Spigot (ASL Journal # 2)
J64: American Tragedy (ASL Journal # 3)
G37: Forth Bridge (AH:The General # 31.3)
OBS4: Seizing the Ridge (Ordeal Before Shuri)
OBS5: The Japs Counter-Attack! (Ordeal Before Shuri)
PBP 9: Last Roundup (Paddington Bears '96 Pack)
TEF1-2: The Last Waltz (Total Eastern Front Pack I)
TEF1-3: Panzers in the Park (Total Eastern Front Pack I)
TOT 19: Liebe Elfriede (Time on Target # 2)
TOT 20: Threat to the Bridgehead (Time on Target # 2)
TOT 21: Tony - Take the Bridge - Out! (Time on Target # 2)
TOT 22: Rock of Resistance (Time on Target # 2)
TOT 43: Jagdtiger, Jagdtiger (Time on Target # 3)
FT 13: Cabanes Vieilles (Franc-Tireur #5)
FT 14: Les Mille Fourches (Franc-Tireur #5)
: Monster Mash (ConTrary `89)
FT108: The Damned Die Hard (From The Cellar Pack #3)
FT169: Daring Parafroggers (From The Cellar Pack #6)
RPT130: Stumbling Through the Steigerwald (Rally Point #13)
S16-9: Erfurt Mop-Up (Sweet 16 4-Pack 3)
T-TERROR #2: A Park in Vienna (Teutonic Terror 1)
#8: Welch Return (Across the Aller)
#9: Left Flank Failure (Across the Aller)
#10: Loss of the Seekapitan (Across the Aller)
#11: 'Hatton'...Then Steel (Across the Aller 2)
#12: Rethem Requiem (Across the Aller 2)
#2: The Last Waltz (Ostfront Pak 1)
#3: Panzers In The Park (Ostfront Pak 1)
SP288: Commanding From the Bridge (Schwerpunkt #24)
J15: Turning Off the Spigot (ASL Journal # 2)
J64: American Tragedy (ASL Journal # 3)
G37: Forth Bridge (AH:The General # 31.3)
OBS4: Seizing the Ridge (Ordeal Before Shuri)
OBS5: The Japs Counter-Attack! (Ordeal Before Shuri)
PBP 9: Last Roundup (Paddington Bears '96 Pack)
TEF1-2: The Last Waltz (Total Eastern Front Pack I)
TEF1-3: Panzers in the Park (Total Eastern Front Pack I)
TOT 19: Liebe Elfriede (Time on Target # 2)
TOT 20: Threat to the Bridgehead (Time on Target # 2)
TOT 21: Tony - Take the Bridge - Out! (Time on Target # 2)
TOT 22: Rock of Resistance (Time on Target # 2)
TOT 43: Jagdtiger, Jagdtiger (Time on Target # 3)
FT 13: Cabanes Vieilles (Franc-Tireur #5)
FT 14: Les Mille Fourches (Franc-Tireur #5)
: Monster Mash (ConTrary `89)
FT108: The Damned Die Hard (From The Cellar Pack #3)
FT169: Daring Parafroggers (From The Cellar Pack #6)
RPT130: Stumbling Through the Steigerwald (Rally Point #13)
S16-9: Erfurt Mop-Up (Sweet 16 4-Pack 3)
T-TERROR #2: A Park in Vienna (Teutonic Terror 1)
#8: Welch Return (Across the Aller)
#9: Left Flank Failure (Across the Aller)
#10: Loss of the Seekapitan (Across the Aller)
#11: 'Hatton'...Then Steel (Across the Aller 2)
#12: Rethem Requiem (Across the Aller 2)
#2: The Last Waltz (Ostfront Pak 1)
#3: Panzers In The Park (Ostfront Pak 1)
SP288: Commanding From the Bridge (Schwerpunkt #24)
Designer: Mark Neukom
Starter kit scenario?: Deluxe scenario?:
Balance:
BritishGerman
Overview:
On the afternoon of 11 April, the Welch Division mounted its fifth assault on Rethem: a direct attack across the open ground to the south of the railway station. Despite heavy fire from railway-mounted anti-aircraft guns, B Company of 2nd Battalion, the Monmouthshire Regiment managed to take a small farm complex on the right flank of their avenue of approach and from there mounted a further assault on the rail station.Attacker: British (B Company, 2nd Battallion, Monmouthshire Regiment and C Squadron, 5th Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment)
Defender: German (Kompanie 1, Marine Grenadier Regiment 5)
4.5 turns
Players: 2 OBA: British Night: No| Unit Counts: |
| Squads: A:9.0 D:7.0 |
| AFVs: A:2 Sherman VC(a) Cromwell VII |
| AFVs: D:0 |
| Guns: A:0 D:2 10.5cm LG 42 x 2 |
| Misc Rules: | Mud |
| Map Board(s): |
| Overlays: | RE2 | OG5 |
Errata (source)
| In the first line of SSR 5, add "placement of concealment counters and the start of" after "prior to". At the end of SSR 5, add "Both players may freely inspect any/all enemy stack(s) in order to implement this SSR." | Kinetic Energy |
| In the first line of SSR 5, add "placement of concealment counters and the start of" after "prior to". At the end of SSR 5, add "Both players may freely inspect any/all enemy stack(s) in order to implement this SSR." | Kinetic Energy |
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| hoxson1 Modified the overview | 2023-07-10 23:52:50 |
| hoxson1 Uploaded an Image | 2023-07-10 23:48:59 |
| Stewart Added a playing | 2023-02-03 10:32:40 |
| hoxson1 Modified the misc. rules | 2022-02-15 22:11:30 |
| hoxson1 Modified the Theatre | 2021-04-02 17:27:32 |
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| Avg Rating: 4.50 | Votes: 4 | Views: | 5025 |
| To-Play list count: | 0 | |
| Estimated Play time: | 2.9 hours | |
| Recorded Games: | 4 | |
| Archive recorded plays: | ||
| British | 2 | |
| German | 2 | |
| Drawn: | 0 | |
| ROAR Data: (as of today) This Close to the Sharp End [Log in to Confirm or Edit] |
| [A] British | 23 |
| [D] German | 18 |