A Grain of Sand WTO (id:#63076)
Les Sablons, France
1944-08-10 (11 others)
JA 8: A Stroll By the Falaise Road..... (Internet)
NQNG2: The Precious Price of Time (Waffen-SS I: No Quarter No Glory!)
VB05: The French Relief (Volfoni Brothers Scenarios)
FT195: Repair Shop at Dangeul Castle (Franc-Tireur#13)
FP2 #5: Brass In Pocket (Freedom's Price - Poland 2)
FP2 #6: Jabos!?! (Freedom's Price - Poland 2)
FP2 #7: Weighed Down (Freedom's Price - Poland 2)
FP2 #8: The Bludgeon (Freedom's Price - Poland 2)
FP2 Bonus #1: Back Door Korps (Freedom's Price - Poland 2)
J208: Panzerpioniere! (ASL Journal #13)
CB5SL: Embuscade au Sablon (Ambush at Sablon) (Casus Belli #12)
NQNG2: The Precious Price of Time (Waffen-SS I: No Quarter No Glory!)
VB05: The French Relief (Volfoni Brothers Scenarios)
FT195: Repair Shop at Dangeul Castle (Franc-Tireur#13)
FP2 #5: Brass In Pocket (Freedom's Price - Poland 2)
FP2 #6: Jabos!?! (Freedom's Price - Poland 2)
FP2 #7: Weighed Down (Freedom's Price - Poland 2)
FP2 #8: The Bludgeon (Freedom's Price - Poland 2)
FP2 Bonus #1: Back Door Korps (Freedom's Price - Poland 2)
J208: Panzerpioniere! (ASL Journal #13)
CB5SL: Embuscade au Sablon (Ambush at Sablon) (Casus Belli #12)
Designer: Lionel Colin
Starter kit scenario?: Deluxe scenario?:
Balance:
Free FrenchGerman
Overview:
The fight for Mézière-sous-Ballon started the Normandy campaign for the French 2ème Division Blindée. With the U.S. 15th Army Corps, it was part of the southern move to encircle the Germans in the Falaise Cauldron. On the 10th of August 1944, the first elements of Groupe Minjonnet met a strong and well-concealed German force from the just arrived 9.Panzer-Division in the woods and bocage near the hamlet of les Sablons just before arriving in Mézière-sous-Ballon.Attacker: Free French (Elements of 4ème Escadron, 12ème Régiment de Chasseurs d’Afrique with 3ème Section, 7ème Compagnie, 2ème Régiment de Marche du Tchad, 2ème Division Blindée)
Defender: German (Elements of 2.Kompanie, Panzer-Regiment.33 and elements of 3.Kompanie, Panzer-Pionier-Abteilung.86, 9.Panzer-Division)
5.5 turns
Players: 2 OBA: None Night: NoUnit Counts: |
Squads: A:9.0 D:7.0 |
AFVs: A:12 M5(MMG) Sherman III(a) x 5 Sherman III(a) x 3 M5 x 2 M5A1 ht |
AFVs: D:3 PzKpfw IVJ x 2 SPW 251/10 |
Guns: A:1 M1 57mm AT Gun D:0M2(a) 60mm Mortar |
Misc Rules: | Hedges are Bocage. D: Variable OB (Choice of PaK 38 Gun OR other SPWs) |
Map Board(s): |
Publication | Board |
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ASL 3a - Yanks (2nd Edition) | 17 |
ASL 5a - For King and Country | 32 |
ASL 10a - Croix de Guerre | 43 |
ASL Action Pack # 3 Few Returned | 43 |
ASL Action Pack # 4 Normandy 1944 | 54 |
Overlays: | NONE |
Errata (source)
Clarification: Either you make a breakthrough with a sizeable force and the losses are not very important or you make a mre cautious advance that can be called a victory only if it doesn't cost you to much losses. So, the CVP cap is only for the building control VC. | Lionel Colin on Gamesquad |
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Action | Date |
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tatumjonj Added a playing | 2024-07-02 03:18:14 |
Bongiovanni Added a playing | 2023-02-01 11:14:46 |
SRenaudin Modified the Attacker's AFVs | 2022-08-06 14:15:25 |
SRenaudin Modified the Attacker's AFVs | 2022-08-06 14:12:11 |
SRenaudin Modified the unit counts | 2022-08-06 14:12:11 |
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VASL setup file v6.4.1 (FT214 A grain of Sand.vsav) | VASL Setup | Lionelc62 | 983 |
(freefrench-germ.png) | Image | hoxson1 | 856 |
Shermans of the Régiment de Chasseurs d’Afrique (shermans french chaussers afrique.png) | Image | hoxson1 | 861 |
(Agrain of sand map.JPG) | Map Image | Lionelc62 | 854 |
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Avg Rating: 7.00 | Votes: 11 | Views: | 4103 |
To-Play list count: | 1 | |
Estimated Play time: | 5.4 hours | |
Recorded Games: | 11 |
Archive recorded plays: | ||
Free French | 3 | |
German | 8 | |
Drawn: | 0 |
ROAR Data: (as of today) A Grain of Sand [Confirmed] |
[A] German | 16 |
[D] Free French | 10 |