Sit rep (FOW); Battles in Leipzig

Battles in Leipzig

Sitrep (FOW): the battle for Francville. Belgium. late 1944

The battlefeild view from the Kampfgruppe entry point

Every now and again I get the itch to have a big game of FOW. The battle or Francville pits the Volksgrenadiers and Kampfgruppe Piper vs the British XX corps and the US cavalry. It is inspired the Rapid Fire Ardenne book mission “Battle of the Bugle” with several twists. For the Germans the Volksgrenadiers hold the village of Francville while Kampfgruppe Piper is trying to move through the village while being attacked on both flanks and worrying about fuel supplies. For the allies the situation is no pretty either, they must prevent the Kampfgruppe from exiting the board and capture a heavily defended village and try not to shot each other in the process. The game is played on a 6’x6’ table with the forces begin about 4000 points per side.

PIP (FOW): Volksgrenadiers AA platoon

More Volksgrenadiers reinforcements, this time in the from of some AA cover.

Watch the skies

PIP (FOW): Volksgrenadiers light artillery battery

Number one gun section preparing to fire.

PiP (FOW) Volksgrenadiers Regimental support

PaK front

PiP (FOW) Volksgrenadiers weapons platoons

Mortar platoon preparing to fire

PiP (FOW) Volksgrenadiers combat platoons

Winter may finally have ended, but the winterized Volksgrenadiers carry on

WIP (FOW); Volksgrenadiers

Volksgrenadiers sighted