CoC Operation Martlet and The Scottish Corridor (updated 01 04 24)

[jon_1066]

Cracking stuff again. Appreciate the amount of effort that goes into your AAR's and the preamble on terrain along with your other blog posts has been a huge source of inspiration - thanks!

Got to agree.  Another excellent AAR and great write up and photos.  Your mortar rules sound interesting as well

[TacticalPainter]

Got to agree.  Another excellent AAR and great write up and photos.  Your mortar rules sound interesting as well

Thanks, much appreciated.

The mortar rules are a set of play test rules that have been used by the Lardies and the players at their club, so not my rules as such. I suspect if there’s ever a 2nd edition of the CoC rule book this or some further variation of it may form a revised barrage rule.

[TacticalPainter]

Cracking stuff again. Appreciate the amount of effort that goes into your AAR's and the preamble on terrain along with your other blog posts has been a huge source of inspiration - thanks!

Thank you, that’s very kind of you to say so and much appreciated. It is a bit of work, but also a labour of love, so good to know others enjoy it.

[brunei35]

Excellent as always, thanks for taking the time to post the AAR. 

[MaleGriffin]

Fantastic looking games! Incredible AARs!

[TacticalPainter]

We now reach scenario 4 and the farm at St Nicholas. Historically this is a far as the attack got, can my British do any better and try to evict the Germans? It's a tough looking table for an attacker with a lot of open ground and few covered approaches. The full AAR is here https://thetacticalpainter.blogspot.com/2024/01/operation-martlet-scenario-3-striking.html

[TWD]

Lovely stuff as always - a fine Sunday morning read with a cup of coffee.
Thank you for these reports and all the effort that goes in to them.

[TacticalPainter]

Lovely stuff as always - a fine Sunday morning read with a cup of coffee.
Thank you for these reports and all the effort that goes in to them.

Thanks, glad you are enjoying them.

[CapnJim]

Very interesting.  Good (and smart) tactics by the British won the field, but they'll have to deal with that German platoon at some point... 

Looking forward to the next installment!

[TacticalPainter]

Very interesting.  Good (and smart) tactics by the British won the field, but they'll have to deal with that German platoon at some point... 

Well, yes and no. British mission is to get to Rauray quickly, so technically fighting them is not compulsory, but yes, you’re absolutely right, at some point they’re going to have to dig their heels in and try to stop me. I think one of the key issue for the Germans is the brittleness of their platoon, they really can’t afford too many casualties unless there’s a significant pay off in terms of damaging the British or delaying them.

[.:Gunslinger:.]

Excellent AAR once again, I really enjoy reading them and imagining how things would go!

Great to see that the Germans deployed very quickly for once and they really put up an impressive line of fire. I kept wondering how much support they had, committing their assets all to the orchard. Had my fingers crossed for a Pak40 appearing on the "empty" flank to deal with the Firefly!

It's an interesting campaign, because as you said, Germans feel really brittle and close to being overwhelmed by massive British support choices, but it still can go either way on the tactical level!

[TacticalPainter]

Excellent AAR once again, I really enjoy reading them and imagining how things would go!

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it.

Great to see that the Germans deployed very quickly for once and they really put up an impressive line of fire. I kept wondering how much support they had, committing their assets all to the orchard. Had my fingers crossed for a Pak40 appearing on the "empty" flank to deal with the Firefly!

It's an interesting campaign, because as you said, Germans feel really brittle and close to being overwhelmed by massive British support choices, but it still can go either way on the tactical level!

Dave made an interesting choice with his support relying almost exclusively on fortifications - four entrenchments for his LMG teams, a tank scrape for the PzIV and he strengthened the farmhouse. Had it been me I would have gone for another PzIV or a Pak 40 and then had one to cover each side of the road. It was what I was expecting, but once I realised he had committed everything to the farm I was prepared to go out around the flank.

[bluewillow]

Great looking tables

Cheers
Matt

[TacticalPainter]

The Germans launch the Punch from Wunsche, an armoured counterattack from 12th SS Panzer Regt in an attempt to drive the British from St Nicholas farm. This puts the British on the defensive for a change. Can they hold off Wunsche's Panthers? It won't be easy. Full game report here http://thetacticalpainter.blogspot.com/2024/02/operation-martlet-punch-from-wunsche.html

[has.been]

Another nail-biter! 
I don't think my nerves can take much more of this, but please keep on posting.