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Mike Red WTO (id:#56335)

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Near Courseulles-sur-Mere, France 1944-06-06 (297 others)

Designer: Brent Pollock

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Balance:

CanadianGerman

Overview:

The port of Courseulles-sur-Mer was a German strongpoint, known to contain numerous AT guns and MG nests. The task of neutralizing these installations was given to the Canadian 7th Brigade and the hardpoints west of the River Seulles were detailed to 'B' Company of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles. As they neared the beach it was evident that they would have to start without the support of AVREs or DD Shermans. Elsewhere the naval bombardment might have succeeded, but in front of 'B' Company the German defenses appeared very much intact. The landing craft came under fire before the troops were disgorged to commence their Dieppe-like frontal assault on the strongpoint. . . . Mike Red depicts the part of D-Day landings at Courseulles-sur-Mer, the most heavily fortified position – “Mike Red” – that the Anglo-Canadian forces had to face on Juno Beach. A total of 16 Canadian squads bore down on 5 second line German squads and 6 gun crews. The crews, with their 8 morale and self rallying ability, were the backbone to the whole German defence. The Canadians win by clearing all pillboxes of good order Germans and by exiting 7 VPs of personnel in 7 turns.

Attacker: Canadian (Company B, Royal Winnipeg Rifles, and Assault Team of 6th Field Company, RCE/A Squadron, 6th Canadian Armoured Regiment)

Defender: German (Infanterie Regiment 736)

7 turns

Players: 2 OBA: None Night: No

Unit Counts:

Squads: A:16.0 D:7.5

AFVs: A:10

LCA x 6
Sherman III DD(a) x 4

AFVs: D:0

Guns: A:0

OML 2-in. Mortar x 3

D:1

5cm PaK 38
5cm leGrW 36 x 2

Misc Rules:

Ov3 w A: LC6, Seaborne Assault w D: Tetrahedrons, Pillboxes, Wire

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Publication	Board
ASL 6 - The Last Hurrah (2nd Edition)	33
ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions (3rd Edition)	33
ASL 11a - Doomed Battalions (4th Edition)	33

Overlays:

OC1

Be1

OG4

Errata (source)

Change the Allied nationality in the Turn Record Chart from “British” to “Canadian”. Delete the bracketed total MMC BPV in the Turn Record Chart; Battlefield Integrity never applies to the Assaulting side in a Seaborne Assault.

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Last Played:

Date	Reporter		Opponent	Result	Comments
2023-03-23	(A) Ireneusz Peschke	vs	Adam W	Canadian win	After a quick Canadian disaster in our first game, I decided to try again. This time I intended to keep the LCs at sea until turn 5. In turn 5 also DD Shermans can enter the beach and using ESB (D2.5) gain an additional 1 MF to stop. Tetrahedrons cannot attack them because they only attack LCs. For four turns I maneuvered only at sea, avoiding fire. The Canadians unloaded from the LC in turn 5. Shermans standing on the beach were able to fire WP and smoke in PFPh turn 6, giving needed cover. The Canadians occupied the Pillboxes and two Shermans drove off the map and provided 12 EVPs.
2022-06-29	(D) Scott Fischbein	vs	Will Allred	German win	Continuing to learn seaborne assault rules with Will. This one is tough for the Canadians. We tried to give them the balance but the math doesn't actually work out to have an extra LC without breaking the rules of PP distribution. The Canadians made it onto the beach without too much damage - a few stunned LCs but not much else, since Will was able to maneuver around my AT gun's CA for the most part. Once on the beach things got tougher, and with his tanks and mortars placing down lots of supporting fire he took out some of my key defenders, but it wasn't enough - he was unable to breach the seawall so couldn't exit enough VP, and would have needed some serious luck to clear out the pillboxes, and his last two turns were pretty devoid of luck on his part, but lots on my part, with multiple 2-3 TH rolls with my MTR, which probably took about 15 shots total in a turn or two. Will conceded in turn 6 after failing to breach the seawall with a set DC - needed <9 and got a 10. As always, a fun and gracious opponent.
2021-06-02	(D) John Garlic	vs	Jean-Pierre Pouget	Canadian win	[Imported from ROAR]
2021-03-28	(D) Ron Garcia	vs	Darryl M.	German win
2020-01-20	(A) Michael Rodgers	vs	Magnus Rimvall	Canadian win	This was our second playing. We changed sides. The Canadians won by breaching the seawall and exiting two Sherman tanks on the last turn. Full AAR at the GameSquad site.

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Action	Date
aokigaryou Modified the unit counts	2024-11-10 12:52:40
von Garvin Modified the gps location	2023-06-06 09:10:09
Ireneusz Added a playing	2023-03-23 22:29:49
Ireneusz Rated the scenario	2023-03-23 21:38:10
Jude Added a playing	2023-03-02 01:51:36

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Views:	9140
To-Play list count:	6
Estimated Play time:	6.7 hours
Recorded Games:	13

Archive recorded plays:
Canadian	4
German	9
Drawn:	0

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Mike Red [Confirmed]

[A] Canadian	12
[D] German	34

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